[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #58272: Accessibility issues with core embed block's handling of Flickr and TikTok

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Fri Jul 14 15:38:05 UTC 2023


#58272: Accessibility issues with core embed block's handling of Flickr and TikTok
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 Reporter:  markcmorantt  |       Owner:  joedolson
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  accepted
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  6.4
Component:  Embeds        |     Version:  6.2
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                |     Focuses:  accessibility
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Changes (by joedolson):

 * owner:  (none) => joedolson
 * status:  new => accepted
 * milestone:  Awaiting Review => 6.4


Comment:

 We're not able to do anything at all about the content within the iframe;
 that's provided by the media provider, in this case Flickr. However, we
 should be able to add a title attribute to the iframe itself, so that the
 container is labeled for screen readers.

 We'll probably want to do something similar to what we did for the YouTube
 oEmbed:
 https://core.trac.wordpress.org/attachment/ticket/40245/40245.3.diff

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