May 22, 2023 — Remember the famous “5 minutes installation” process for installing WordPress?

Let’s see what WP-CLI can do in 5 minutes. And everything else that can happen in the terminal in 40 minutes. We might actually make WordPress instances more secure. Or just break it.

This is not your usual presentation talk. This is a live terminal commanding; SSHing your WordPress administration and development; and releasing the Kraken or two.

May 22, 2023 — Child themes have always been an important part of the WordPress theme developer’s workflow. With the dawning of FSE (Full Site Editing) and block-based themes, developers are finding that old approaches don’t work anymore, and asking important questions: Where should customization take place? What is this theme.json thing? And, do we even need child themes anymore?
In this talk, I’ll address these questions and propose best practices for how to handle child themes and site customization.

May 22, 2023 — The open-source community thrives on collaboration and the sharing of knowledge. In recent years, there has been a growing emphasis on inclusivity and accessibility in educational materials. The WordPress Training Team is at the forefront of this movement, continually striving to improve the quality and accessibility of their training resources. We invite researchers, educators, and open-source enthusiasts as contributors in creating inclusive education within the open-source community.

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May 22, 2023

May 22, 2023 — Step into the future of e-commerce with “Sell Smarter: Use A HEADless Starter” – your ultimate guide to a streamlined online store experience.

Discover the power of SureCart, the headless plugin that enables you to create lightning-fast checkout pages and sales funnels in WordPress, effortlessly.

In this engaging WordCamp presentation, we’ll also unveil SureTriggers, the innovative headless automation plugin to automate transactional information and boost your sales process efficiency.

Learn practical tips and strategies for harnessing these dynamic tools to elevate your e-commerce and automation game, regardless of your WordPress expertise.

May 22, 2023 — The Metaverse and WordPress, Oh My Gosh Here Comes VR The explosion of the Metaverse, AltSpace VR, Infiniverse and other Immersive Environments is changing the structure and face of web development.
WordPress will have to pivot and maneuver through the myriad of digital languages, codes, programming and growth of AI, VR, XR, MR realities.
William will share how to understand and provide strategies to navigate the differences and nuances associated with maneuvering through immersive environments while maintaining a sense of normalcy, coherence, and connection. Those attending will take away knowledge that should prepare them for the new worlds being developed and shaped to replace basic web development.

May 22, 2023 — WordPress is awesome, but everyone runs into issues now and then. Whether you own, maintain or build WordPress sites, troubleshooting is a skill set that will save you time and money.

In this session, you will:
– Learn about the types of WordPress issues you may encounter and how to diagnose them.
– Discover the step-by-step processes that will help you find the root cause of an issue.
– Learn what your next steps are once you know the source of an issue.
– Learn what information you should be providing when interacting with developers or your web host to help speed up the problem resolution process.

May 22, 2023 — This talk will be helpful for any WordPress developers or consultants who are thinking of building products of their own. I’ll use our own story as one example of how to do this, with advice that should helpful for businesses and freelancers looking to increase the value of their consulting services, add revenue streams from products, or transition 100% into products like we did.

Note that I’ve given this talk at WordCamps twice before, but it has been over 5 years. It’s time to update the talk. And this talk is also one that is beneficial to see in person.

May 22, 2023 — Have you always wanted to start a blog, but think you’re a terrible writer? Let me show you ways that you can not only start a blog, but you can also do it without having masterful writing skills, creating the content yourself, or even having to write at all!
In this talk, you will learn proven strategies used by bloggers and social media influencers for years! You will learn how to hone in on your ideas, different styles of blogging, microblogging, outsourcing, AI, and more!

May 22, 2023 — 2022 was remarkable for the explosion of GenerativeAI technologies. DALL-E, MidJourney and Stable Diffusion blew our minds with their ability to generate images from text prompts.

Then ChatGPT came along and totally blew up the internet. We’ve seen all sorts of daily tools integrate these new generative AI technologies; from Github’s CoPilot through Notion and even CodeWP – a specialist WordPress code generator.

In this talk, David will explain briefly how these technologies work and how they fit into the broader landscape of both AI and technology trends more broadly. He’ll then cover some of the most impressive and coolest examples of the technology in use today.

This all sets the stage to discuss how GenerativeAI and WordPress intersect. These are technologies that will have a direct impact on the entire array of WordPress stakeholders, right from developers through to end users of WordPress-powered sites. As with any disruptive technology, we will see opportunities and threats. David will help the audience think more precisely about this disruption and how they might best maneuver to enjoy the benefits and avoid the downsides.

These technologies are only going to get more impressive; let’s use them to make WordPress even better!