September 21, 2022 — Optimizing images is an easy way to improve the performance of your WordPress website without requiring any coding skills! In this session, we’ll talk about:

– What image optimization is, and why we need it
– How you can optimize your images
– Tips, methods, and tools

September 21, 2022 — Block development can be challenging, but getting started with block development has never been easier. In the past few years, WordPress contributors have created tools to simplify the process and make building blocks more accessible to those without advanced knowledge of JavaScript and React. Coupled with core components, native block supports, and a bit of guidance, every WordPress builder can add custom blocks to their toolset.

This online workshop is a follow-up to my WordCamp US presentation “Let’s Build a Custom Block in 15 Minutes”. We will walk through the process of building a custom block using the Create Block tool in more detail and add a few additional features. For our block example, we will be “blockifying” the original Hello Dolly plugin by Matt Mullenweg.

September 21, 2022 — This lightning talk provides a firsthand account of an agency owner’s journey building a WordPress-based business.

September 21, 2022 — This lightning talk explains the importance of local open source communities, Meetups, and how regular Meetups strengthen the community.

September 21, 2022 — Debugging can sometimes be nightmare if you don’t know exactly how to do it. In this Session Suren shares some of the tips/tricks and features of the developer tools that can help with the development and debug easily. We shall be exploring some of the lesser-known features of the developer tools.

September 17, 2022 — Learn more about becoming an open source contributor to WordPress by joining one of the Make WordPress teams.

September 16, 2022 — Learn the basics of building the simplest functional block theme possible from scratch using a text editor and local development environment.

September 16, 2022 — Being able to edit a theme in the Site Editor is handy, especially if you’re using it as the base for a new theme. But where do those changes get saved? What happens when you make changes to Global Styles, Block styles, Theme template files, and template parts? What happens when you make changes to the theme files, and changes to the Site Editor; which take precedence? In this session, we’ll be answering these questions.

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September 15, 2022 — What goes into deciding which font(s) to use? Where might you get your fonts? How do you hook your font up within a block theme? What are variable fonts, and should you use them?

In this workshop we will explore:

– Some considerations for choosing a font
– Where to find fonts and how to download and convert to proper formats
– A brief overview of variable fonts and when to consider using them
– How to hook up a font in a block theme (hint: theme.json)
– Discuss the future of fonts in WordPress full site editing

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September 13, 2022 — Moderated by @greenshady, the walk-through began with a planned feature review by @matveb that included the TT3 default theme, a refined template experience, fluid typography, and locking tools, amongst other features. Following the demos, the participating release squad members @davidbaumwald, @jeffpaul, @ndiego, @richtabor, @mikachan, and @desrosj spoke about the scope of their respective team’s release work. Closing out the event, the panelists fielded questions from the 80+ live attendees.

Speakers: David Baumwald, Jeff Paul, Jonathan Desrosiers, Justin Tadlock, Matías Ventura, Nicholas Diego, Sarah Norris

Thank you to the panelists, the WordPress 6.1 release squad, and contributors, @dansoschin, @priethor, and @jpantani for making this a successful walk-through.