January 4, 2023 — Hear the State of the Word 2022 question-and-answer session with WordPress co-founder, Matt Mullenweg.

January 3, 2023 — Learn how using the right WordPress actions and hooks can make or break your site’s performance and reliability.

January 3, 2023 — Learn how how to validate if blog content is worth converting to video. Find out more about strategies for video SEO and video production.

Video is a huge opportunity to reach new audiences, get more site visitors, and improve Google search results.

December 22, 2022 — WordPress offers a diagnosis of your site’s health. Learn how to use the Site Health tool to help you monitor how your site is doing.

December 22, 2022 — As of this event posting there are 190 Block Themes in the WordPress.org library. As WordPress advances to a more code-less (as in no need to use code) future, the ability to create and design themes is being made simpler and more accessible.

In this session we will explore how to create your very own theme using the Create Block Theme plugin.

Target Audience
Intermediate WordPress users– folks who are familiar with the Site Editor and using Blocks and Block Themes.

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December 21, 2022 — In this tutorial, we will learn how to create a call to action from scratch or using a pattern.

December 21, 2022 — This talk explores the foundation of block themes, patterns, templates, parts, and style variants: all the elements that encompass this new era of WordPress.

Learn more about how the full block editing experience introduces many new concepts for editing and publishing with WordPress.

December 20, 2022 — Having an account on WordPress.org is useful for many different reasons! With a WordPress.org account you can:
• Post on the WordPress support forums
• Rate and review themes and plugins
• Join the Making WordPress Slack
• Track your activity and contributions to the WordPress Open Source project

In this workshop, we:
• Tour the different parts of a WordPress.org profile
• Demonstrate how to create an account on WordPress.org
• Help interested folks to create their own account

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December 20, 2022 — Learn more about designing for accessibility. Find out how designers can work to WCAG standards and create a beautiful inclusive web.

This talk is best suited for designers working in a layout tool such as Figma, but it can also be useful for individuals auditing sites for design and accessibility.

December 19, 2022 — Learn more about the fundamental techniques and tools for using video to increase conversion. Find out how to focus video content on engagement, signup, lead generation, sales, or anything else that is a priority action from your audience.

The presentation also covers using a WordPress video marketing tech stack, including plugins and others services.

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