February 24, 2023 — Quickly learn how to add a site logo and site icon using the site editor in a block theme.

February 24, 2023 — WordPress 6.2 is scheduled to be released on March 28, 2023, with the first Release Candidate (RC) to be available to test on March 7, 2023.

Testing an upcoming release is a great way to make sure your themes and plugins will work with the newest release, while also making sure you keep up to date with upcoming features.

In this session, you’ll learn how to use the WordPress Beta Tester plugin to test a new WordPress release, and where to find information to test the new features. We’ll also cover how to log an issue in the WordPress release ticketing system, should you come across a bug.

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February 23, 2023 — Do you have a WordPress website utilizing a classic WordPress theme that you’d like to migrate to a block theme? Are you worried about potential down-time on your live website if you make a mistake when switching from theme to theme? Would you like to learn how to move widget areas from your classic theme to a new block theme? If this sounds exciting, please join Sarah Snow in a live workshop to learn how to safely and comfortably migrate from a classic theme to a block theme.

February 23, 2023 — Every back-end WordPress developer must learn “The WordPress Loop”. It can be simple, yet also very nuanced.

We will learn what functions and classes WordPress provide and what the best practices are, what to avoid, how to optimize performance, and much more.

February 22, 2023 — The Columns block is a container block that can be used to create various custom layouts, and it opens up a world of design possibilities. In this tutorial, we will take a closer at all the functionalities of a Columns block.

February 21, 2023 — In this presentation, “SEO Magic: Tricks for Top Rankings,” I’ll reveal the secrets to boosting your website’s visibility and rankings on search engines.

Discover the best practices for keyword research and optimization, high-quality content creation and updates, mobile responsiveness, website speed optimization, and the use of header tags, meta descriptions, and alt tags for images.

Learn how to earn high-quality backlinks, create a user-friendly website structure, optimize website URLs, and utilize SSL encryption.

I’ll also show you how to create and submit a sitemap, track and analyze your website’s performance, and stay up-to-date with the latest SEO algorithms and guidelines.

Don’t miss out on this opportunity to learn the SEO tricks for top rankings! Register now.

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February 18, 2023 — In this session, I answer any developer-focused questions folks have. What questions do you have about WordPress development? Is there something you don’t understand, a piece of code you’re struggling with, or a problem you’re trying to solve?

February 17, 2023 — The WordPress REST API provides an interface for applications to interact with your WordPress site by sending and receiving data as JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) objects. It is the foundation of the WordPress Block Editor.

However, it also provides a more predictable and structured way to interact with your site’s content than using admin-ajax. In this session, you will learn how to use the WP REST API in place of using admin-ajax, in order to interact with existing WordPress data.

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February 16, 2023 — Aditya manages the Hosting Support team at WPMU DEV. He is a WordPress evangelist, and is a tech enthusiast, & has presented talks at several tech conferences including WordCamp Kochi, Google Cloud Community Days, Microsoft Global Azure Bootcamp, etc. He has also been an active contributor to the community for 7+ years where he organized numerous WordPress meetups in Bhopal, India and various workshops on WordPress that have positively impacted thousands of students and professionals. Aditya introduced the WordPress Bhopal meetup Chapter in 2015 and aims to build a better and safer WordPress space by creating mass technical awareness.

Speaker Type: International

Topic: WPCLI Unleashed

Topic Description:
Remember the famous WordPress “five-minute installation” process? Find out what you can do using WP-CLI in minutes. Learn WP-CLI from basic to advance and everything else that can happen from the terminal in 25 minutes.

Intended Audience: Beginner to Intermediate

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February 15, 2023 — WordPress.org’s Learn WordPress platform is a comprehensive resource for users looking to learn more about the WordPress content management system and its various features and functions. The platform offers a variety of resources which are designed to help people learn to use, extend, and contribute to WordPress through synchronous and asynchronous learning.

In this workshop, we discuss:
* An overview of the Learn WordPress platform
* Content Types on Learn WordPress
* Sharing Learn WordPress
* How to Contribute to Learn WordPress

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