August 6, 2026 — This video provides a comprehensive walkthrough of the newly redesigned WordPress Playground user interface. The update introduces a streamlined, customizable Dock UI that gives you faster access to essential developer tools with fewer clicks. Throughout the demo, you will see how to leverage the new auto-save functionality to prevent data loss, use the minimal view for clean presentations, and easily manage multiple saved Playgrounds using the new live visual previews. The interface also makes it incredibly simple to start new instances, import projects from GitHub or Zip files, and preview Pull Requests directly from WordPress Core and Gutenberg.
Beyond the layout improvements, the video dives into the powerful built-in development tools available right inside your browser. You will learn how to navigate the drag-and-drop file editor, manage your database, check error logs, and seamlessly switch between PHP and WordPress versions—including historical releases dating back to version 0.7. The walkthrough also covers the quick export options that allow you to download your work, share a link, or push your project to GitHub. Community collaboration is highly valued, and you are encouraged to share your feedback on the Make WordPress Playground blog or in the #playground channel on the Making WordPress Slack.

August 6, 2026 — 许多 WordPress 网站因为常见的 SEO 错误而失去宝贵的搜索排名，这些问题往往容易被忽视，却代价高昂。在本次实战分享中，我将揭露他在 WordPress 网站中一再发现的 5 个最关键 SEO 错误 —— 正是这些问题阻碍了企业获得应有的流量与营收增长。

更重要的是，你将学习如何利用包括 ChatGPT 在内的 AI 工具，快速识别并修复这些问题，即使你没有深厚的技术背景。本次课程将 SEO 的成熟最佳实践与最新 AI 自动化技术结合，为你在搜索排名中提供不公平的竞争优势。

你将学到：
● 正在让你损失流量和销售额的 5 个 WordPress SEO 常见错误
● 如何使用 AI 工具在几分钟内完成网站审计，而不是花费数小时
● 可立即实施的、实用的分步骤解决方案
● 来自电商网站的真实案例——在修复这些问题后流量增长 3–5 倍

本课程非常适合希望通过现代 AI 驱动技术最大化自然搜索表现的 WordPress 网站所有者、开发者和数字营销人员。

Many WordPress websites lose valuable search rankings due to common SEO mistakes that
are easy to overlook but costly to ignore. In this practical session, I will reveal the 5 most critical
SEO errors he consistently finds in WordPress sites what mistakes prevent businesses from
reaching their full traffic and revenue potential.
More importantly, you’ll learn how to leverage AI tools like ChatGPT to quickly identify and fix
these issues, even without deep technical expertise. This session combines proven SEO best
practices with cutting-edge AI automation to give you an unfair advantage in search rankings.
You’ll discover:
● The 5 WordPress SEO mistakes that are costing you traffic and sales
● How to use AI tools to audit your site in minutes instead of hours
● Practical, step-by-step solutions you can implement immediately
● Real examples from e-commerce sites that achieved 3-5x traffic growth after fixing these
issues
Perfect for WordPress site owners, developers, and digital marketers who want to maximize
their organic search performance using modern AI-powered techniques.

August 6, 2026 — Writing good alt-text is an essential skill for making your website accessible and user-friendly. In this workshop, we’ll cover the basics of writing effective image descriptions so everyone can fully experience your content.
We’ll go through:
• How to describe an image accurately
• Keeping your text concise and clear
• Adding important context when needed
• What not to include in alt-text
• When to mention text that appears in an image
• Why keyword stuffing is harmful
• How context changes the way alt-text should be written
To make things practical, we’ll also demonstrate the process directly in WordPress, showing you where and how to add alt-text when uploading and editing images. You’ll see exactly how it fits into your site’s workflow and have the chance to ask questions about real examples.
By the end of the session, you’ll feel more confident about writing alt-text that improves accessibility and enhances your site’s overall quality.

撰写高质量的替代文本（Alt-text）是一项让网站更具可访问性和用户友好度的核心技能。在本次工作坊中，我们将讲解编写有效图片描述的基础知识，从而让所有用户都能充分体验您网站的内容。

我们将涵盖以下内容：

• 如何准确地描述一张图片
• 如何保持文本简洁清晰
• 何时需要添加必要的背景信息（context）
• Alt-text 中不应包含哪些内容
• 何时需要提及图片中出现的文字内容
• 为什么关键词堆砌（Keyword stuffing）会产生负面影响
• 为什么错误的 Alt-text 语境会影响图片的表达方式

为了帮助大家更好地实践，我们也会直接在 WordPress 中演示 Alt-text 的添加流程，包括在上传和编辑图片时该在哪里、如何操作。您将看到这项功能如何融入网站工作流，也可以针对实际案例进行提问。

在课程结束时，您将更有信心撰写既提升可访问性、又能增强网站整体质量的 Alt-text，使您的网站更专业、更高效、更包容。

July 24, 2026 — An open panel discussion with several of the day’s speakers reflecting honestly on where WordPress is heading.The conversation covers what “junior developer” even means today, how AI is reshaping the skills needed to work with the web, and why understanding the tools matters more than ever as the industry accelerates.

July 24, 2026 — Maja Miličević explores how our biggest professional advantage is often hidden in what we perceive as a weakness. Drawing on personal experience and hands-on work with WordPress websites, she shows how SEO, content, communication and strategy each work as distinct superpowers that combine to drive results. The talk covers website structure and its impact on visibility, why understanding your audience matters more than any single SEO technique, how to write content that works for both Google and real users, and how to connect SEO, UX and communication into one cohesive strategy. The core message is that digital marketing is not a set of separate disciplines but a system where every skill, from analytics to storytelling, can become a superpower.

July 24, 2026 — How can we ensure the long-term sustainability of the open source ecosystem while providing tangible value to the next generation of developers and creators? This session explores the evolution of “WordPress Credits”—a unique program that transforms academic requirements into meaningful open source contributions. We will dive into how we are building scalable, modular contribution frameworks that colleges and vocational schools can integrate directly into their curricula. By lowering the barrier to entry through structured “contribution packages” and high-engagement mentorship models, we are not just teaching students how to use a tool—we are onboarding them into a global community.

July 24, 2026 — Let’s explore WordPress Playground, see how the WordPress community uses it today, and where it will take WordPress in the future. WordPress Playground allows us to start a new WordPress site in one click. Each site can be customized with a Blueprint to work and look exactly how you want it. Today, Playground allows WordPress to run in the browser and Node.js. WordPress will even keep working while you are offline. In the future, we want to enable the community to run WordPress on even more platforms like mobile apps and form distributed networks.

July 24, 2026 — Turn a messy, hard-to-use webpage into a clean, intuitive, and accessible experience that aligns with WCAG AA standards. In this practical, hands-on workshop, you’ll go beyond theory and dive straight into real-world improvements. We’ll take common usability and accessibility issues—like poor navigation, low contrast, missing labels, and confusing layouts—and show you exactly how to fix them in a clear, structured way. You’ll learn how to make your website easier to navigate, more readable, and fully usable for people with diverse needs, including those using assistive technologies. From improving color contrast and typography to fixing forms, buttons, and keyboard navigation, every topic is grounded in actionable examples you can immediately apply to your own projects. No fluff, no abstract lectures—just straightforward guidance, practical techniques, and before-and-after transformations that demonstrate what good accessibility really looks like. By the end, you’ll walk away with the confidence and tools to turn any cluttered interface into a polished, inclusive experience that works for everyone.

July 24, 2026 — In my talk, I’d like to address a growing problem I see regularly: site owners using ChatGPT or Google Translate to translate content, then manually copy-pasting it into their WordPress sites. While this feels free or cheap, it’s actually expensive, error-prone, and produces inconsistent results. I’ll cover five key problems with this approach: – Time cost: Manual copy-paste workflows take hours; the “free” translation is actually expensive – Broken content: LLMs can translate CSS classes, shortcode attributes, or HTML elements, breaking the front-end – Inconsistency: Different sessions, prompts, and tools create mixed styles and formality levels across the same site – Lack of context: Generic AI doesn’t know your audience, brand voice, or terminology – Update nightmare: Finding where to paste updated translations (especially in languages you don’t speak) is nearly impossible The takeaway: use proper multilingual plugins that integrate AI translation correctly. I’ll mention WPML (my company’s product), alongside TranslatePress, MultilingualPress, and Polylang, as established solutions that handle these problems properly. This is educational content about workflow efficiency, not a product pitch. The core message applies regardless of which solution attendees choose.

July 24, 2026 — Storytelling, from fairy tales to content. A story about why stories have been a fundamental need of the human species since the dawn of time. You will learn how to tell stories successfully (in life or on a website, and in any other creative task, from a simple flyer or banner to branding companies, products, or communities), both verbally and visually. You’ll get a series of practical tips on how to use the power of storytelling in important situations: from creating memorable marketing campaigns and presenting a project to a client, to enhancing your chances in a job interview. You’ll see how beneficial this strategy is for developers as well as creatives. But above all, this should be a fun act of storytelling about storytelling, with all the joy that stories evoke.