Andrea Fercia
Accessibility specialist at Self employed
@afercia Rome, Italy joined Jan 2012
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Current Job
Accessibility specialist
May 2026 –
Present
Self employed
Job History
Accessibility specialist, Senior frontend engineer
Mar 2016 – May 2026
Yoast
Recent impact
Score weights high-impact work (commits, releases, approved translations, props) at 3x routine activity.
Last 30 days
17contributions
high8
medium9
score33
Last 90 days
28contributions
high14
medium14
score56
Last 12 months
45contributions
high30
medium15
score105
Team focus
Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days
WordPress releases
Contributed to 32 releases
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- 6.9
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- 4.0
- 3.9
Time commitment
10 hours per week
- On my own time 10 hrs/wk
Contributions
Type
June 2026
Jun 19
Fri · 11:02
Core
med
Jun 19
Fri · 11:02
Core
high
Committed [62531] to WordPress SVN:
KSES: Add command and commandfor to the list of allowed attributes for buttons.
KSES: Add command and commandfor to the list of allowed attributes for buttons.
Jun 19
Fri · 09:30
Core
med
Jun 19
Fri · 06:41
Core
high
Jun 18
Thu · 12:58
Core
med
Created issue #79321 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Welcome dashboard widget: Add heading to identify what the cards are about
Welcome dashboard widget: Add heading to identify what the cards are about
Jun 18
Thu · 11:19
Core
med
Submitted pull request #79314 to WordPress/gutenberg:
Improve accessibility and consistency of the Dashboard widget headers.
Improve accessibility and consistency of the Dashboard widget headers.
Jun 18
Thu · 11:15
Core
med
Created issue #79313 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Dashboard widgets: improve accessibility and consistency of the widget headers
Dashboard widgets: improve accessibility and consistency of the widget headers
Jun 17
Wed · 20:02
med
Wrote a comment on the post Core Committers Meeting – WordCamp Europe 2026, on the site Make WordPress Core:
> A strong opinion, loosely held, was expressed and discussed: The full RTC feature set…
> A strong opinion, loosely held, was expressed and discussed: The full RTC feature set…
Jun 17
Wed · 10:31
Meta
med
Jun 16
Tue · 22:08
Core
med
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Admin Dark Mode
20+ active installs
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1 locale
it_IT
Italiano (Italian)
Plugins Translation Editor
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Translation editor for 10 projects.
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Yoast Test Helper
Contributed translations to 23 projects.
WordCamp.org
Gutenberg
LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin for Create and Sell Online Courses
MainWP Dashboard: Self-hosted WordPress Management for Agencies
Query Monitor
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Responsive Table Layout
Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI
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