Title: Accessibility Last modified: August 29, 2025 --- # Accessibility * [James Monroe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jhmonroe/) * (@jhmonroe) * [1 year, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/accessibility-92/) * Hey! I had a question about accessibility and was wondering if you have a github page to track issues. Couldn’t find it. * I am working with clients who are blind and/or using assistive technology (aka screen readers) and accessibility consultants. While testing out various plugin options, they said an issue with yours is that you use “role=presentation” on the frontend (either in the wrong places or too much…?). I’m working to get more clarification from them to share with you. * I suspect that your plugin is probably one of the more accessible generally since it uses simple tables and your pop-over is a nice big modal that opens on click and not some finnicky little javascript hover. I also prefer it because of your use of regular posts, two checkboxes and a regular date picker. All these things lead me to believe that the admin sidebar will remain fairly accessible (will have them test out and let you know!) * Here are two things I found via a quick search: * How one post mentions role=presentation should be used (but confusing since it would hide the entire table from aria? not sure) [https://www.emailonacid.com/blog/article/email-development/why-should-i-set-my-table-role-as-presentation/](https://www.emailonacid.com/blog/article/email-development/why-should-i-set-my-table-role-as-presentation/) * Example of it failing tests: [https://www.powermapper.com/tests/screen-readers/tables/table-role-presentation-layout-table/](https://www.powermapper.com/tests/screen-readers/tables/table-role-presentation-layout-table/) * interesting guide: [https://blog.pope.tech/2023/08/22/beginners-guide-to-accessible-tables/](https://blog.pope.tech/2023/08/22/beginners-guide-to-accessible-tables/) * More in depth (it mentions a distinction between tables for data versus layout): [https://www.w3.org/WAI/tutorials/tables/](https://www.w3.org/WAI/tutorials/tables/) * Thanks! - This topic was modified 1 year, 1 month ago by [James Monroe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jhmonroe/). - This topic was modified 1 year, 1 month ago by [James Monroe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jhmonroe/). - This topic was modified 1 year, 1 month ago by [James Monroe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jhmonroe/). - This topic was modified 1 year, 1 month ago by [James Monroe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jhmonroe/). - This topic was modified 1 year, 1 month ago by [James Monroe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jhmonroe/). Viewing 3 replies - 1 through 3 (of 3 total) * Plugin Author [Spellhammer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/spellhammer/) * (@spellhammer) * [12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/accessibility-92/#post-18671733) * Hey James, * Really sorry about the delay here! * We do take accessibility seriously and strive to create a very accessible product. * I took a look and couldn’t find any use of role=”presentation” in our output on my test site. Are you able to provide an HTML snippet of where you found this in Pie Calendar’s output? * Any additional details are appreciated! * Thread Starter [James Monroe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jhmonroe/) * (@jhmonroe) * [12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/accessibility-92/#post-18673455) * I see it quite a few places when I use the browser inspector on a page with the calendar embeded: * [https://lauracannamela.com/all-news/](https://lauracannamela.com/all-news/) ( behind the details dropdown) * screenshot of inspector view: [https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/f2n592xt6droiuk8y1nql/Screenshot-2025-10-08-at-11.06.00-AM.png?rlkey=sb7afx61pdekqsvrhhkcqh4xu&dl=0](https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/f2n592xt6droiuk8y1nql/Screenshot-2025-10-08-at-11.06.00-AM.png?rlkey=sb7afx61pdekqsvrhhkcqh4xu&dl=0) * Plugin Author [Spellhammer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/spellhammer/) * (@spellhammer) * [11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/accessibility-92/#post-18711223) * Hey James, * Thanks for the follow-up, that was helpful. * Sorry I missed that! The markup is generated on the front-end using our calendar library, so it didn’t appear in our codebase when I searched for it. That was a silly oversight on my part. * > I’m working to get more clarification from them to share with you. * Please let us know if you receive any further clarification on what the specific issue with our use of role=”presentation” is and we’ll be glad to look into it further. 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