September 30, 2025 — Multisite as a feature is used only by a few percent of the WordPress ecosystem, but millions of users visit the sites it serves. I will show you how the most prominent WordPress hosting companies will serve pages and how agencies develop for large sites and how you can use Multisite in the most performant ways.

September 30, 2025 — This session unpacks what’s changing, how AI search works, and the key factors and strategies needed to stay visible. Insights are based on 100s of conversations with SEO professionals across industries and focus on real-world patterns and facts.

September 30, 2025 — Starting in 2026, parts of the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) are going into effect. There are some things to prepare for developers and maintainers of open source software like WordPress plugins. This session will give you a primer on the key points of CRA, and equip you with the knowledge (and a handy checklist) to navigate the uncertain waters of European regulations.

September 30, 2025 — The sale isn’t the end of the journey — it’s the start of your loyalty loop. In this talk, Christian Taylor shows agencies and product owners how to use social video content to keep customers engaged, excited, and eager to spread the word. We’ll cover the types of videos that drive repeat visits, deepen relationships, and make your products the center of your community.

September 30, 2025 — Ever wished your WordPress site could pull data from Google Sheets, send smart notifications, or connect to platforms without plugins? Meet integration platforms like Make (formerly Integromat), Zapier, and IFTTT—visual automation tools that connect WordPress to everything. In this 20-minute demo-packed talk, you’ll see real automations in action. Watch a single form submission create a support ticket, use AI to assess urgency, notify the right person in Slack, and update your CRM—all in 10 seconds.

September 30, 2025 — Stop wasting time on complex testing setups. Using real-world PayPal Payments integration as our case study, discover how WordPress Playground and WooCommerce Blueprints create instant, pre-configured testing environments. Learn to eliminate setup friction, accelerate feedback loops, and make your entire team more productive.

September 30, 2025 — Attackers exploit vulnerabilities in days, but organizations take months to patch them, creating a 97-day average exposure window. This talk demonstrates a practical solution: a multi-agent AI system that automates the security operations lifecycle. This system autonomously detects vulnerabilities with fine-tuned LLMs, generates patches, and validates fixes. We will walk through the architecture of this Code Guardian and learn its capabilities.

September 30, 2025 — Automatic updates in WordPress are a safety net, ensuring that sites are always running the latest code. But for development teams working with continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD), the reality is more complicated. In this talk Tim will explore practical ways to make automatic updates safer without slowing down your workflow. From staging, checking the integrity of what’s being installed, and building automated checks into your CI/CD process to spot issues before they reach production.

September 30, 2025 — While much of the focus in WordPress security is on website hardening measures, the reality is that users often represent the weakest link in the chain. In this session, I demonstrate how a small selection of free WordPress plugins and complementary tools can be used to implement practical, user-focused security measures. Attendees will learn how to support their users in adopting secure practices, ultimately helping to protect both user accounts and the wider website environment.

September 30, 2025 — Managing the performance of your WordPress site can be complex. From frontend user interactions to backend processes and MySQL database efficiencies, maintaining optimal operations requires a reliable monitoring tool. In this session, explore how New Relic transforms monitoring into an intuitive and powerful experience. We’ll cover: Frontend Monitoring, Backend Analysis, Database Performance, and Business Metrics Telemetry.