November 25, 2024 — In a nutshell, I would like to highlight the importance of non-Coding or non-Technical contributions to the WordPress community as a whole.

These include but is not limited to documentation, translation, testing… but for me quite importantly, community building.

– discussing mentorship between working WordPress professionals and people new to WordPress
– a touch of diversity of inclusivity of interacting and engaging with other WordPress communities outside your local bubble
– share experiences from back in the Philippines on how individual WordCamps and WordPress meetups culminate with WordCamp Asia 2025 Philippines
– encourage people from different professions that there is space for them in the WordPress space, coding or otherwise

And then a special call to action for everyone to take on responsibility of leading WordPress towards its 3rd decade.

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November 25, 2024 — “Ugh, I hate WordPress.” and “Why would you use WordPress, anyway?” These were just a few of the comments I heard as a fresh-faced developer entering the industry. So, why does WordPress have this reputation, and how can we change it?

I graduated from She Codes Bootcamp in early 2024, where I discovered my strengths in HTML/CSS and React. Eager to start my development career, I landed my first junior software developer role two months before the end of the boot camp. That’s when I encountered the reality of working with WordPress in the developer world. The experience I had as a graphic design student creating a website with a theme builder did not prepare me for the steep learning curve I faced.

There’s a lot to learn about WordPress, and as a junior developer, it can be daunting. I’ll guide you through my journey of navigating WordPress, sharing the humorous pitfalls I encountered and the lessons I learned. I’ll provide practical tips, walk you through debugging basics, highlight common knowledge gaps, and offer resources that helped me work with WordPress more effectively. If you’re a junior developer feeling overwhelmed by confusing interfaces, unexpected bugs, and the platform’s complexities, you’re not alone. My goal is to help you avoid the frustrations I faced and shift away from the negative perceptions of WordPress.

By the end of this talk, you’ll leave with a toolkit to streamline your workflow, avoid common pitfalls, and boost your confidence in tackling WordPress projects. If you are starting your dev journey and looking to refine your skills, I hope my story will help you navigate WordPress with greater ease and confidence.

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November 25, 2024 — 1.- Familiarise yourself with Facebook’s API
2.- Create a test app on Meta’s framework
3.- Call the API from your WordPress page.

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November 25, 2024 — The layout feature is most visible in the Group block variations: Row, Stack and the brand new Grid. But it’s also used in other core blocks, and it can be added to any custom block. To a limited extent, it can also be customised in a theme’s `theme.json` file.

This talk walks through what can currently be done with layouts in core, what new features can be expected in 6.7 (TBC) and how you can help shape the future of layout by trying it out and giving feedback!

We’ll also showcase a few different ways of creating cool and useful layouts for both templates and content. No plugins required!

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November 25, 2024 — The plugin review team handles hundreds of new plugin submissions every week. 90% of those plugins fall foul of the same mistakes, time and time again.

In this talk we’ll walk through the most common pitfalls, so that your plugin submission goes as smoothly as possible.

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November 25, 2024 — Some digital marketing agencies are broken, and can give the entire industry a bad rap. But there are certain stand-out agencies who are changing this. Together we can uplift and support each other to do better.

– Why do agencies have so much churn, and a bad rap?
– What clients really want.
– Examples of pioneering agencies in Australia.
– Why change? So that everyone wins!

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November 25, 2024 — I have been teaching PHP application development for over a decade to various organisations, government departments, and the public. In 2022 I officially became a teacher and joined a local college. Over the next 12 months I taught programming languages (PHP and others), frameworks and content management systems to different student cohorts. I’m going to share a number of exciting and concerning takeaways I learnt while teaching PHP (with focus on WordPress).

The goals of my session are to strengthen the link between the WordPress community and academia, to question a few educational institution stigmas, and to improve the way we as a community present WordPress to teachers and students.

I will touch upon important topics such as Artificial Intelligence AI (the good and the ugly), open source indifference, proprietary software vendor dominance, quality documentation, student reflection on real life projects, and how different content and context can change student perception of the technology.

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November 25, 2024 — Did you know that even if you think like the most common thinking profile, less than 20% of the world think like you? This is mind blowing when you think about it! Unlock the potential of your (WordPress) business with Whole Brain Thinking. Discover how to communicate more effectively with clients, improve sales conversions, and deliver exceptional service. Join me for this session where we’ll explore how leveraging the different modes of thinking can transform your client interactions, and those of your end client too! Key Takeaways: • Learn techniques to understand and communicate with diverse clients • Discover practical strategies to enhance your sales conversations • Gain insights into improving service delivery communication.

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November 25, 2024 — The term “sustainability” has evolved in recent years. In the context of this talk, when I mention sustainability I will be specifically focusing on emissions, particularly greenhouse gas emissions like CO2.

Together, we will take a look at some practical steps that can be taken during the design, development, hosting, and long-term management of WordPress websites to reduce their impact on the environment.

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November 25, 2024 — Vous pensez que le SEO sur WordPress se limite aux mots-clés et aux backlinks ? Détrompez-vous ! Une bonne stratégie de communication peut transformer votre visibilité en ligne.

Relations presse, réseaux sociaux, marque employeur : des leviers souvent sous-estimés, mais essentiels pour améliorer votre référencement naturel. Lors de cette conférence, nous explorerons comment intégrer ces éléments dans votre stratégie digitale, les meilleures pratiques à adopter, et des exemples concrets pour maximiser votre impact en ligne.

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