Joe Dolson
Sponsored Contributor To WordPress at GoDaddy
Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
Summary
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RockstarJoe Dolson is an experienced web developer and accessibility specialist who has been consulting and building inclusive web experiences since 2004. As the creator of popular WordPress plugins like My Calendar, My Tickets, and WP Accessibility, and a core a11y committer, he blends hands-on plugin development with sustained contributions to WordPress core—sponsored by GoDaddy and Kinsta. He focuses on improving media and editor UX, fixing accessibility associations and responsiveness across core components, and leads work on accessible media players like Able Player. Based in Saint Paul, he also teaches through LinkedIn Learning and brings a rare combination of freelance adaptability and long-term open-source stewardship to every project.
12 years of coding experience
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Github Skills (11)
html10
accessibility10
wordpress10
css10
editors10
media-manager10
php10
javascript10
media-library10
editor10
mediaelement6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
WordPress/wordpress-develop
Sep 2022 - Jan 2023
WordPress Develop, Git-ified. Synced from git://develop.git.wordpress.org/, including branches and tags! This repository is just a mirror of the WordPress subversion repository. Please include a link to a pre-existing ticket on https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ with every pull request.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:236 reviews, 9 commits, 234 PRs in 4 months
Contributions summary:Joe contributed to improving the accessibility and functionality of the WordPress network signup and media library components. They addressed accessibility issues by fixing associations between error messages and fields, improved labels, and added fieldsets. The user also focused on UI improvements, modifying CSS for the editor link popup and the media library's image details, implementing a textarea for the alt attribute, and fixing a JS TypeError with video playlists. They also fixed responsiveness issues in various areas, including the plugin modal close button.
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WordPress/WordPress
Feb 2023 - Mar 2023
WordPress, Git-ified. This repository is just a mirror of the WordPress subversion repository. Please do not send pull requests. Submit pull requests to https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop and patches to https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ instead.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:18 commits in 1 month
Contributions summary:Joe's commits primarily focused on media-related functionalities within the WordPress core. They addressed several bug fixes related to media uploads, attachment handling, and the media library interface. The user implemented code changes to improve data consistency and address issues with font weight and inconsistent display in media detail views. They also worked on making the media features more robust by adding arguments to existing functions for subsizes and enhancing the handling of attachment links.
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