List of Pending WCAG 2.0 and WPML Compatibility Issues

[Nancy]

Hi,

There have been various posts regarding WCAG 2.0 and WPML compatibility. E.g.,

Status of WCAG 2.0 Accessibility Compliance

I noticed that the latest release is said to be more WPML compatible. Is the core code now fully compatible? If not, what are the known pending areas that still need to be addressed?
https://wpml.org/documentation/plugins-compatibility/

Also, regarding accessibility, you mentioned that there were audits done. What are the known current issues that still need to be addressed?

Thanks.

[George]

Hey Nancy,

Thanks for reaching out. I’ll address your questions here in two parts.

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WPML Compatibility

WPML compatibility is something we have recently indeed committed to for The Events Calendar core plugin, and for Events Calendar Pro. Our other add-ons are not fully compatible at this time, still. 🙁

I’m sorry about the latter part of this news; we are actively working on improvements for compatibility with our other add-ons, and while even Events Calendar Pro is still not 100% compatible, The Events Calendar should be quite solid with WPML. To learn more about The Events Calendar and using it with WPML, I would recommend checking out these two knowledgebase articles just to get a sense of how the integration works and what it entails:

• https://theeventscalendar.com/knowledgebase/setting-up-the-events-calendar-with-wpml/
• https://theeventscalendar.com/knowledgebase/creating-translations-for-events-using-wpml/

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Accessibility Issues

Now, in regards to Accessibility, to be completely frank and honest we have several accessibility incompatibilities. This is not something we are proud of one bit. As of right now these are some of the main accessibility problems we have yet to resolve:

• The Month-view table can, and often does, render improperly and out of order when its content is read on a screen reader.
• The “View as” dropdown is not accessible to screen readers.
• Datepicker calendar is not accessible to screen readers.
• On screen readers, Prev/next day event navigation should include header + announce when no events present.
• Searching through venues/organizers via filters is not possible with screen readers.
• Search fields need focus styles and possibly better placeholder text.
• Some dropdowns throughout our plugin family do not have associated form labels.
• Color change defined between future/past events needs to be stronger.

These are the bugs I was able to find in our bug-tracking system; some have been reported several months ago, and so there may be other issues that we have not found at this time. But hopefully this information is helpful.

Let me know if that’s the case and/or if there’s anything else I can help with! 🙂

Thanks,
George

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