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Amber Hinds

CEO at Equalize Digital

@alh0319 Georgetown, TX joined Jan 2011

equalizedigital.com github.com/amberhinds Slack: @Amber Hinds

    Bio

    Amber Hinds is the CEO of Equalize Digital, a website accessibility company and maker of the Accessibility Checker plugin. Equalize Digital strives to create a world where all people have equal access to information and tools on the internet, regardless of ability. Since 2010, Amber has led design and development projects for nonprofits, K-12/higher education institutions, government agencies, and businesses of all sizes. User experience has always been a primary focus of Amber’s work. After having the opportunity to experience first-hand the importance of accessible websites through a blind acquaintance, she founded Equalize Digital.

    Amber is a corporate member of the International Association of Accessibility Professionals, frequently speaks on accessibility-related topics, and has been featured in Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and CNBC, among other media outlets. Amber leads the WordPress Accessibility Meetup and WordPress Accessibility Day conference.

    Interests

    accessibility, marketing, SEO, blogging

    WordPress Origin Story

    Mommy blogging, how else?

    Badges

    CODE
    3 badges
    Core Contributor '24 Meta Contributor '24 Plugin Developer
    CONTENT
    1 badge
    Documentation Contributor '22
    COMMUNITY
    3 badges
    Meetup Organizer '18 WordCamp Organizer '22 WordCamp Speaker '17
    PRACTICE
    2 badges
    Accessibility Contributor '22 Accessibility Team '24

    Current Job

    CEO
    Present
    Equalize Digital

    Recent impact

    Score weights high-impact work (commits, releases, approved translations, props) at 3x routine activity.

    Last 30 days
    6contributions
    high0
    medium6
    score6
    Last 90 days
    9contributions
    high0
    medium9
    score9
    Last 12 months
    50contributions
    high18
    medium32
    score86

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 5 releases
    • 7.0
    • 6.9
    • 6.8
    • 6.6
    • 6.5

    Contributions

    Type
    June 2026
    Jun 01 Mon · 20:21
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Where to flag Accessibility Issues, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Issues added! Thank you.
    Jun 01 Mon · 18:36
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Where to flag Accessibility Issues, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Follow up - I found a WooCommerce Gateway Amazon Pay repo on Woo's GitHub and…
    Jun 01 Mon · 18:20
    GitHub med
    Created issue #662 in the WordPress/wordpress.org repository:
    Profiles + 5 for the Future: Create a way to measure impact…
    Jun 01 Mon · 14:39
    Forums med
    Created a topic, Where to flag Accessibility Issues, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hi @christian1983, I saw you were responding to sup…
    May 2026
    May 08 Fri · 14:50
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Remediation and Education for the win, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Thanks you for the detailed review, @waynecoit! We're glad our plugin is making compliance easier…
    May 08 Fri · 14:48
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to A plugin with an extensive ecosystem of knowledge attached., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Thank you so much for your review, @opensourceweb! We really appreciate it and are glad…
    April 2026
    Apr 15 Wed · 14:48
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Accessibility Enhancements Needed, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hi Tom, Thank you so much for releasing some fixes and your kind response to…
    Apr 13 Mon · 13:22
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Elevating Individuals, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    *that should have said "much more" not "much money" - autocorrect. 🙃
    Apr 13 Mon · 13:21
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Elevating Individuals, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    It's worth noting that systems that elevate the total number of hours contributed are inherently…
    March 2026
    Mar 02 Mon · 21:45
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Generated Navigation lists includes non-public wp-admin URLs, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Also, I just noticed that it's also including posts with a draft status.