October 19, 2022 — This lightning talk explains the importance of internationalization in WordPress, and why it’s essential for themes and plugins. Learn how to make themes and plugins translatable, with practical tips and real code samples.

October 17, 2022 — In this live demo, we will be re-creating block designs or design elements in the Block Editor. This will require using and nesting a variety of blocks.

October 14, 2022 — This 2019 talk offers some considerations about working remotely based on firsthand experience. Learn more about work schedules, time management, technical glitches, overworking, burning out, as well as eating and sleeping while working on WordPress in daily life.

October 14, 2022 — WordPress 6.1 will include ways to create custom templates and template parts for your block theme from the Site Editor. These custom templates and template parts are useful when you need to display specific posts or pages using templates that don’t form part of the template hierarchy.

In this session, we’ll look at both how you can register and create custom templates and template parts from the editor, as well as how to register them in your theme.json file when distributing your new block theme.

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October 13, 2022 — This talk is about the development of WordPress mobile applications, including firsthand information on the way volunteers develop and test. Learn how anyone in the WordPress community can support the WordPress mobile application effort through coding, testing, contributing designs, or documentation.

October 13, 2022 — The Cover block allows you to display text and other content on top of an image or video. It is a great block for headers, banner-style displays, call-to-actions, and more.

In this session, we are going to use the Cover block to create a
– Call-to-action
– Parallax Images
– Video Banner
– Window effect
– Header

October 12, 2022 — This 2019 talk is a 52 minute workshop using React and Frontity to build a headless WordPress website.

October 11, 2022 — This session explains how to integrate external data into WordPress websites and how share data with external systems using REST APIs and webhooks.

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October 10, 2022 — The rise of the website creator economy has introduced new creator-focused platforms and approaches to building.

How does WordPress fit into this new world? Learn from some of the real-life experiences about what has worked with small and large creators and newsletter-focused sites across various platforms.

Find out how to recognize where WordPress can be a smart choice and how to explain the value of WordPress.

October 10, 2022 — This lightning talk shares the story of the SWAPafrica website and how WordPress empowered its creator and changed his life.