Presenting Accessible Video in WordPress

WordPress incorporates the powerful and flexible MediaElementJS library to handle audio and video files. It also includes oEmbed for many online video sources. On top of that, there are tons of plug-ins available for handling audio and video files. I’ll go through the ins and outs of making your multimedia documents accessible, what the issues are with the native WordPress methods and popular plug-ins, and show you how to make sure that you’re making your media available to as much of your potential audience as you can.

Although the presentation will cover a lot of technical issues and code, users of all levels will be able to walk away with vastly better information on making video accessible.

Slides: http://slides.joedolson.com/wcmsp2014/

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About Joe Dolson

I'm a WordPress plug-in developer and a web accessibility consultant. I'm part of the Make WordPress Accessible team, the team dedicated to improving accessibility in the WordPress ecosystem. I'm self-employed, but since fall 2022 I've had part-time sponsorship from GoDaddy to contribute to WordPress. In March 2025, I also welcomed sponsorship from Kinsta to expand my ability to contribute.