May 19, 2025 — A partir de 28 de junho de 2025, a Lei Europeia de Acessibilidade tornará obrigatórios novos requisitos para websites e serviços digitais. Estás preparado para cumprir as novas regras? Nesta sessão vamos abordar o que muda, quem está abrangido e quais as consequências para empresas e criadores digitais. Além de garantir conformidade legal, a acessibilidade web pode ser uma vantagem competitiva – mas como a implementar? Descobre como tornar o teu website acessível, evitar penalizações e criar uma presença digital mais inclusiva.

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May 19, 2025 — Join us for an eye-opening session where we’ll demonstrate how automation can revolutionize the way you work with WordPress. In this dynamic presentation, we’ll explore powerful options to streamline essential processes like content creation, blog posting, and social media publishing. Watch in real-time as we turn hours of manual work into minutes of automated efficiency—no advanced technical expertise required! Automation is here to stay, and you don’t need to be an expert to step into the future.

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May 19, 2025 — You work hard. You take calls, troubleshoot issues, write content, design and develop websites. But at the end of the month, your invoice total doesn’t reflect all that effort. If you’re constantly wondering where your billable hours went, it’s time to take a closer look at your workflow and toolset. This talk challenges everyone making money with the creation of WordPress websites to stop accepting inefficiency as the cost of doing business. You will start to see how the wrong tools drain your time, limit your profits, and force you into unpaid maintenance work, for example.

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May 19, 2025 — In many cases, design before implementation is perceived as a duplication of work or a waste of time. In this talk I will break with that belief and show you how taking the time to plan and structure properly before acting can save resources, avoid mistakes and guarantee a much more polished result. We will see how an organized plan from the beginning can transform complex processes into clear and successful solutions. If you have been thinking that too, I invite you to discover why designing is an investment and not a cost.

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May 19, 2025 — In the realm of task scheduling within WordPress and broader system environments, selecting the appropriate scheduler can significantly impact performance, reliability, and scalability. This talk will provide an in-depth comparative analysis of three popular scheduling mechanisms: crond, wp-cron, and Action Scheduler. By understanding the strengths and limitations of each, developers and system administrators can make better decisions tailored to their specific needs. First part of the talk will start with brief introduction to task scheduling, followed by anatomy of crond, offering a exploration of crond as a Unix-based task scheduler, its advantages for server-level task automation, and its limitations in the context of WordPress-specific tasks. Next, we delve into wp-cron, how it operates, and its integration into the WordPress ecosystem, along with the challenges and limitations it faces, especially for high-frequency or resource-intensive tasks. Unlocking the potential of Action Scheduler, we introduce its role within WordPress/WooCommerce and highlight the key features that set Action Scheduler apart from crond and wp-cron. Second part of the talk will cover practical implementation of action scheduler, problems as well as introduction to concept of webhooks that are designed to trigger action scheduler and various actions. Handling large data volumes is addressed by discussing the limitations and challenges of processing large datasets with Action Scheduler, supported by a real-life example of syncing up to 100,000 products daily with a single Action Scheduler worker. To sum it all up, expected takeaways of this talk would be main differences between crond, wp-cron and Action Scheduler, and ways how and why those 3 work best together, as well as general remarks and best practices for maintaining data consistency across systems and when to search solutions outside of the box and when to bring more boxes to your box.

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May 19, 2025 — Discover the transformative potential of AI within WordPress, focusing on the innovative AI playground. This session will demonstrate how to seamlessly integrate cutting-edge AI services into your applications, unlocking new possibilities. We’ll explore practical applications like generating image descriptions, building intelligent chatbots, and implementing personalized product suggestions, showcasing the versatility of AI in enriching your WordPress projects. This talk is designed to equip you with the knowledge to harness AI, enabling you to create more intelligent and user-friendly WordPress experiences. Whether you’re a developer, designer, or website owner, you’ll gain valuable insights into elevating your projects with the latest AI advancements. Learn how to leverage the AI playground to build dynamic, AI-powered features directly within your WordPress environment. This talk will be held in portuguese, with slides in english.

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May 19, 2025 — Liderança não é um cargo. Não precisas de uma equipa ou de um título para fazer a diferença. Nos últimos 20 anos, a trabalhar com tecnologia, open source e WordPress, aprendi que os melhores líderes são aqueles que tomam iniciativa, criam valor e inspiram outros — mesmo sem “poder oficial” para isso. Se és developer, designer ou empreendedor no mundo WordPress, já sabes que construir algo significativo exige mais do que apenas código ou design. Requer resiliência, visão e, acima de tudo, caráter. E esse é o maior fator de sucesso, quer estejas a gerir um projeto open source, uma comunidade ou um pequeno negócio. Olhando para o futuro, enfrentamos um desafio: tempos fáceis criam líderes fracos. Como podemos inverter este ciclo e construir uma nova geração de líderes fortes? Nesta palestra, vou partilhar as lições mais valiosas que aprendi ao longo de duas décadas em tecnologia, desenvolvimento open source e liderança de equipas. Vamos explorar como podes liderar sem pedir permissão, como desenvolver o caráter que define um verdadeiro líder e como fazer a diferença no mundo WordPress — independentemente do teu cargo. Se queres ser um agente de mudança, melhorar os teus projetos e deixar uma marca no ecossistema WordPress, este é o momento para começares. Porque, no fim, a verdadeira liderança

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May 19, 2025 — Custom meta fields have been a go-to solution for WordPress developers for a well over a decade. Before the Site Editor and block templates, it was the ONLY way to store and access information that was not part of the content of the post or page being displayed. For this reason, custom fields and their associated meta boxes have permeated WordPress development, and entire frameworks have been created to manage them. In this talk, we’ll explore ways that you can natively connect your custom meta to the WordPress Editor experience. We’ll cover: – Reading and writing custom meta with Core APIs. – Building alternative UIs to integrate meta. – Integrating frameworks such as ACF, SCF or Pods into the editor. – Connecting Core blocks to custom meta for a truly integrated editorial experience. – Using block bindings to connect native blocks to meta.

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May 19, 2025 — Drawing inspiration from Symfony’s Live components, this API is built for speed, extensibility, and server-side rendering and is tailored to seamlessly integrate with the WordPress ecosystem. Whether you’re a seasoned developer or a WordPress enthusiast, this talk will empower you to create dynamic, interactive user experiences with ease and clarity. Showcasing fresh new features in real-life examples during a live coding session, who knows what we might end up with by the end of it. But you’ll definitely want to build it yourself.

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May 19, 2025 — Como o WooCommerce transformou a VirguWines num sucesso online. Vou demonstrar como opero um negócio baseado em WooCommerce e quais são as vantagens de escolher o WordPress como ferramenta fundamental. Acredito que esta apresentação servirá para incentivar a audiência a aproveitar a plataforma e a desenvolver-se como empreendedores.