Government · Civic
WordPress built to USWDS.
Keystone is our WordPress build for state, municipal, and federal contractor work. It follows the U.S. Web Design System, it’s accessible from the start, and it’s written in plain language so it holds up in review.
What It Is
Built around the standards.
The same standards public sector work is held to, on WordPress, which your team can run day to day.
Keystone is our WordPress build for government and civic work. It follows the U.S. Web Design System, so the site meets the standards these projects are measured against, and stays that way as those standards update.
That means the site is accessible from the start, the content is in plain language, and the components look like the ones your visitors already know from other government sites.
Standards
How we meet them.
These are the requirements public sector sites answer to. We work them into the build from the first page on.
Section 508
508 aligned
Built to the federal accessibility requirements public sector sites are measured against.
WCAG 2.1 AA
AA structure
Color, focus, and semantics that meet WCAG 2.1 at the AA level throughout.
USWDS
Familiar components
Design system components your visitors already know from other public sites.
Plain Language
Clear by default
Content written to be understood on the first read, following plain language guidance.
Keyboard + AT
Works without a mouse
Full keyboard support and screen reader testing across the whole build.
Documented
Testable at handoff
An accessibility pass documented at handoff, so it can be reviewed and kept up.
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