December 20, 2023 — In today’s digital age, online communities have become pivotal for businesses, organizations, and individuals alike. Whether you’re a brand aiming to connect with your audience or an enthusiast looking to foster a passionate group, understanding the dynamics of community marketing and management is essential for success.

I will guide you through the intricacies of community marketing, focusing on harnessing the power of social media, content creation, and engagement strategies to attract, engage, and retain your community members. Learn how to effectively leverage digital platforms to create a compelling brand presence and foster brand advocates.

Simultaneously, we’ll dive deep into community management, emphasizing the importance of nurturing a healthy and vibrant community ecosystem. Discover the art of moderating, resolving conflicts, and ensuring that your community remains a safe and welcoming space for all participants. Gain the skills necessary to transform your community into a hub of meaningful interactions and mutual support.

December 19, 2023 — In the final installment of Developer Hours for 2023, we explored how the wp-scripts package has become an essential tool for modern WordPress development, such as when building blocks and block themes. If you are looking to streamline your development process, harness the power of build tools, and simplify tasks such as checking for compliance with WordPress coding standards, this session recording is for you.

December 18, 2023 — An introduction to business storytelling and how to do it right.
How do you tell stories in a way that both people and search engines will love? What are the main types of storytelling? What role does WordPress play in this storytelling ecosystem and how does it help us create and tell compelling stories? In this half-hour presentation, Ivana answers these questions, providing participants with specific knowledge and tools to tell their stories online.

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