October 2, 2023 — We typically think of WordPress as publishing information for humans, but WordPress is also quite good at publishing information for computers via the WordPress REST API. We’ll look at how to write code to retrieve this information and how to extend the WordPress REST API so our WordPress site can serve our own custom information.

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October 2, 2023 — “Is anybody truly good at context switching? Our business culture values multitasking, but our brains just aren’t built for it! Nonetheless, whether you are a manager or individual contributor, to move up in our careers we inevitably have to juggle more and more tasks of increasingly different types.

Agency life requires more context switching than other environments, and we’ve seen the good, the bad, and the ugly of these challenges. In this talk I will share practical strategies that I and my colleagues find useful for keeping track of it all: how to jump between projects and land on your feet, and how to get back into the groove faster after switching between different types of work. Teaser: the answer isn’t to try to do everything all at once!”

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October 2, 2023 — We’ve often been asked “why did ‘they’ make this change” or “when is WordPress going to do this?”. We are not mere spectators, but can find a place of belonging as WordPress contributors.
For WordPress to become a better project and meet its philosophies, it needs a more diverse set of backgrounds. Your life experiences are needed to move things forward!

During this session, you’ll learn about the teams that make WordPress, and ways to bring your unique background and influence.

What are the biggest changes you’d like to see? Come join the team: coding is optional.

October 1, 2023 — Sharing a 15-minute session of my experience as a WordPress freelancer, followed by two years as a junior website specialist at a digital marketing agency, and now as a lecturer at UPM. My journey with WordPress began during the challenging period of completing my PhD. Freelancing as a WordPress developer was a crucial part of my survival strategy. Today, I am dedicated to training my students and building a community focused on website development using WordPress. I hope this inspirational journey may inspire young developers. Keep learning and upgrading your skills.

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October 1, 2023 — I would like to share my experience with WordPress development. Previously, I was purely a UI/UX designer, and I was very afraid to learn coding as I found it to be very difficult. However, one day I decided to give WordPress a try, and I discovered that it allows you to easily create and manage a basic website without writing a single line of code. I believe WordPress is an accessible and easy-to-use platform for users of various levels, from beginners to experienced webmasters. Even after trying other CMS platforms, I found that WordPress remains the best and most user-friendly interface platform, even for those without technical expertise.

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October 1, 2023 — Headless WordPress refers to a decoupled architecture where the WordPress content management system (CMS) is used as a back end, providing content management capabilities, while the front end is built using a separate technology stack or framework. In a traditional WordPress setup, the CMS handles both content management and front-end rendering. However, with a headless approach, the front end is disconnected or “headless” from the back end.

This front-end application can be developed using various technologies such as React, Angular, Vue.js, or any other modern JavaScript framework.

Why should you use Headless WordPress:

Flexibility: You can choose the most appropriate framework or library for creating a dynamic and interactive user interface.

Enhanced Performance: Separating the front end from the back end can improve performance.It can make use of techniques like lazy loading, caching, and server-side rendering to deliver faster and smoother user experiences.

Scalability: If you have heavy traffic on your website, you can scale the front-end servers separately from the CMS, ensuring better performance and stability.

Omnichannel Content Delivery: Headless WordPress allows you to deliver content across multiple platforms and devices, such as web, mobile apps, smart TVs, or even IoT devices.

Future-Proofing: Headless WordPress enables you to future-proof your website by separating the content management system from the presentation layer. If you decide to change or upgrade your front-end technology in the future, the content and data from the WordPress CMS can still be utilized without significant disruptions.

Developer Experience: Headless architecture provides developers with the freedom to work with their preferred programming languages, frameworks, and tools.

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October 1, 2023 — Technical SEO doesn’t have to be complicated and intimidating. These 10 actionable but oft-overlooked technical SEO fixes have proven to skyrocket a page’s ranking on Google search and will ensure visibility in the new Search Generative Experience(Google SGE).

Outline:
I. 10 Technical SEO Techniques That Boost Page Rankings
• Each winning tip will be described for:
A. What It Is
B. Why It’s Important
C. How to Do It The Right Way

II. Technical SEO Case Studies
• Low-Hanging Fruits That Increased Page Rankings From 0 to No. 1 on Google

III. Recommended WordPress Plugins

IV. Leveraging Technical SEO for the new Google Search Generative Experience

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October 1, 2023 — You may already know that GraphQL can be used for building headless WordPress sites. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

GraphQL can be used for plenty of other things too, such as replacing the domain for site migrations, converting image URLs in the database when using a new CDN, sending emails when a comment is added, adding mandatory blocks to a new blog post, synchronizing content across sites, translating posts to another language, automating admin tasks, and more.

Join me to discover how GraphQL could be the single tool you need to interact with all of your WordPress data.

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October 1, 2023 — Aku kena Hack! Macam mana nak recover WordPress site aku? / I’ve been Hacked! How can i recover my WordPress site?

Discovering that your site has been hacked can be distressing experience. But fear not! Help is at hand. This presentation, will guide you through the necessary steps to recover your compromised WordPress site effectively and securely.

This includes delve into identifying and tracing the source of the attack, providing you with a comprehensive understanding of how your website was compromised. Then, will outline various recovery methods, emphasizing the importance of backing up your site, restoring the original files, and implementing robust security measures to prevent future breaches.

Apart from that, will share additional security tips to bolster your site resilience against future attacks, such as utilizing security plugin, keeping your WordPress version up to date, and strengthening your password.

If you find yourself in panic due to this, this presentation is totally your go to guide.

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October 1, 2023 — Overview
This workshop will cover the basics of understanding blocking resources, how browser threads work, and how to minimize blocking resources. We will review some examples and analyze submitted sites. Participants will learn to identify and resolve blocking issues on their own sites.

Summary
This workshop will cover the basics of blocking resources, how they affect Core Web Vitals, and how to identify and fix blocking issues on your website.

The workshop will be divided into three sections:

An introductory presentation covering the basics of blocking resources, how browser threads work, and why (and what) resources can be blocking for the browser.

A live analysis review of submitted sites. Workshop participants will submit their website URLs ahead of time and a handful will be selected for analysis. We will go through performance reports and dev tools traces to understand and investigate how to resolve blocking related issues.

A final section where participants will try the techniques they learned in the workshop on their own sites.

The workshop will conclude with a summary of the concepts learned and some interactive polls to see what participants got out of the workshop.