December 18, 2023 — 12 years ago, when I started developing and maintaining my first plugin, I knew it was me the one who needed it. Deploying it to WordPress.org and sharing my work with other people seemed cool, almost obvious, like deploying your projects to Github/Bitbucket these days. But caring for a WordPress plugin is different.

December 18, 2023 — Are you curious about how my crash test site operates? It’s a multisite running on beta and boasting a staggering 468 plugins, including an assortment of page builders, multilingual plugins, and a variety of themes – all working together harmoniously. This cozy little space serves as my testing ground for everything that has been or will be installed on my clients’ or personal sites. My motto: if it works here, it’ll work anywhere.

December 15, 2023 — The Make WordPress Training team are stewards of Learn.WordPress.org – the official education website for WordPress. The team uses multiple GitHub project boards to track content development, updates, and localization. It’s also where we track contributions from team members, and where we triage website development bugs and feature requests.

Over the last month, many updates have been introduced into the team’s GitHub repository and processes. These were introduced with the goal of reducing complexity, opening up more processes to more contributors, and preparing for future updates to the Learn WordPress website itself.

In this workshop, team rep Ben will walkthrough these updates and demonstrate the new processes live. It’ll be a great chance to see the new workflows in action, ask your questions, and even provide feedback on how things could be even better.

December 15, 2023 — The main goal of the Interactivity API is to provide a standard and simple way to handle the frontend interactivity of Gutenberg blocks. This standard would make it easier for developers to create rich, interactive user experiences, from simple cases like counters or popups to more complex features like instant search, or carts and checkouts. In this session, you will learn more about this new developer API, through a live coding example.

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December 15, 2023 — Keyword research is the foundation of any successful SEO strategy, yet it can be a daunting task. Where do you even start? In this workshop on keyword research, you’ll learn how to do proper keyword research for your site and uncover the keywords that your audience is using. During this hands-on workshop, we’ll guide you through the steps of keyword research, giving you the tools and knowledge you need to find the keywords your audience is searching for. By the end of this workshop, you’ll have a powerful list of keywords for your site. You’ll have so much inspiration for making new content! And best of all: it will be content that your audience is actually looking for.

December 14, 2023 — This lesson covers some basic security steps you should take when starting a new WordPress site.

December 14, 2023 — The workshop will give several demos about how to use the group block using the 2024 theme. Several new features within 6.4.2 release will be highlighted.
Objectives:
Set up and style a group block
Rename a group block
Add an image to a group block
How to group and ungroup block
Feel more confident using the group block tools

December 14, 2023 — XML-RPC may sound like a technical jargon, but it plays a vital role behind the scenes of your WordPress website. It’s a powerful tool that allows remote interaction with your WordPress site, enabling you to perform various tasks and integrate your site with other applications. In this blog, we’ll explore what XML-RPC is, how it works, and how to use it effectively in your WordPress site.

December 11, 2023

December 11, 2023 — State of the Word is the annual keynote address delivered by the WordPress project’s co-founder, Matt Mullenweg, celebrating the progress of the open source project and offering a glimpse into its future.

For the first time, State of the Word ventures beyond North America, bringing the WordPress community to a new and vibrant city that plays a vital role in the WordPress project — Madrid, Spain! Join Matt as he provides a retrospective of 2023, demos the latest in WordPress tech, and comments on the future of the WordPress open source project.