{"id":6758,"date":"2026-07-24T05:57:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T12:57:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2026\/?post_type=wcb_speaker&#038;p=6758"},"modified":"2026-07-24T06:42:57","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T13:42:57","slug":"joseph-lopreste","status":"publish","type":"wcb_speaker","link":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2026\/speaker\/joseph-lopreste\/","title":{"rendered":"Joseph LoPreste"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am a web accessibility specialist and co-owner of ClearPath Web Accessibility, which I run with my wife. I help WP designers, developers, and organizations make websites more accessible through manual testing, remediation, training, and practical guidance. I also built an accessibility plugin available in the WP Plugin Repository to help site owners with accessibility. My goal is to make accessibility easier to understand, easier to act on, and part of the everyday WordPress workflow. We can make a difference, one website at a time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"205\" src=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2026\/files\/2026\/07\/red-map-flowers-colorful.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5020\" style=\"width:auto;height:50px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2026\/files\/2026\/07\/red-map-flowers-colorful.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2026\/files\/2026\/07\/red-map-flowers-colorful-766x157.jpg 766w, https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2026\/files\/2026\/07\/red-map-flowers-colorful-300x62.jpg 300w, https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2026\/files\/2026\/07\/red-map-flowers-colorful-500x103.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-6755 wcb_session type-wcb_session status-publish hentry wcb_track-track-1-ai\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title has-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2026\/session\/beyond-plugins-real-accessibility-for-wordpress-websites\/\" target=\"_self\" >Beyond Plugins: Real Accessibility for WordPress Websites<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-wcb_track wp-block-post-terms has-medium-font-size\"><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__prefix\">Track: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2026\/track\/track-1-ai\/\" rel=\"tag\">AI<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Accessibility in WordPress is often misunderstood as something that can be solved by simply installing a plugin. While plugins can be helpful, true accessibility requires understanding how themes, content, design choices, navigation, forms, images, headings, and interactive elements affect real users. In this session, I will explain what real WordPress accessibility looks like beyond automated&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am a web accessibility specialist and co-owner of ClearPath Web Accessibility, which I run with my wife. I help WP designers, developers, and organizations make websites more accessible through manual testing, remediation, training, and practical guidance. I also built an accessibility plugin available in the WP Plugin Repository to help site owners with accessibility. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11601481,"featured_media":6769,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_wcpt_user_name":"","footnotes":""},"speaker_group":[],"class_list":["post-6758","wcb_speaker","type-wcb_speaker","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgSBpQ-1L0","avatar_urls":{"24":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=24&d=blank&r=g","48":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=48&d=blank&r=g","96":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=blank&r=g","128":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=128&d=blank&r=g","256":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=256&d=blank&r=g","512":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=512&d=blank&r=g"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers\/6758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wcb_speaker"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11601481"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6758"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers\/6758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6765,"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers\/6758\/revisions\/6765"}],"sessions":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/6755?_embed=1&context=view"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wcb_speaker_group","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speaker_group?post=6758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}