From b9b4b3f9b69bd97f73ffb74b8f0ea4dd7ad90b98 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joe Dolson <design@joedolson.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2026 12:09:18 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Add aria-hidden to stars

---
 .../wp-content/plugins/plugin-directory/class-template.php      | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/wordpress.org/public_html/wp-content/plugins/plugin-directory/class-template.php b/wordpress.org/public_html/wp-content/plugins/plugin-directory/class-template.php
index 194f25dc61..0ab844a05a 100644
--- a/wordpress.org/public_html/wp-content/plugins/plugin-directory/class-template.php
+++ b/wordpress.org/public_html/wp-content/plugins/plugin-directory/class-template.php
@@ -715,7 +715,7 @@ public static function dashicons_stars( $args = array() ) {
 		$args = is_numeric( $args ) ? array( 'rating' => $args ) : $args;
 		$args = wp_parse_args( $args, array(
 			'rating'   => 0,
-			'template' => '<span class="%1$s"></span>',
+			'template' => '<span class="%1$s" aria-hidden="true"></span>',
 		) );
 
 		$rating         = round( $args['rating'] / 0.5 ) * 0.5;