I’m really on a quest to find some web accessible, standards-compliant WordPress theme. It’s so disappointing that the platform is set up for web standards (and usability, accessibility) but nearly all custom themes break it. Ugh!
Last week, I did a search on Google, but wasn’t happy with the results. Then on Twitter, I asked the question:
Can anyone recommend a few fully accessible, fully standards-complaint #WordPress themes (besides Sea Beast)
I received a few replies, but didn’t get much further in my quest. Then I ran a few searches in the WordPress themes site, but didn’t come up with much. This is what I’ve got so far:
- Sea Beast by Mike Cherim: the first theme to come to mind. Solid, but outdated.
- Puritan by Peter Krantz: didn’t try it because it didn’t install with the new version of WordPress, 2.8.
- Hybrid: Already had it installed , but still needs styling since it’s a framework. And it requires joining a “club”.
- Stardust: good, but still needs some tweaking.
Does anyone know of any other accessible WordPress themes available? Valid code and semantic markup sure wouldn’t hurt either. Template options and widget-ready are good too! Not sure why this is so difficult. Guess I’ll have to make time to build my own (hopefully late this summer!).
UPDATE 2016
Accessibility-ready WordPress Themes on WordPress.org
