January 6, 2023 — In this online workshop, we’ll be looking at one of the most vital but overlooked aspects of developing plugins for WordPress, and that’s ensuring your plugin’s code is secure!

We will look at why this is important and learn how to implement a security-first mindset as you add functionality to your plugins, using real-world examples.

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January 4, 2023 — Over the past few weeks, we’ve been learning to build a small WordPress block using plain JavaScript. In this session, we will review everything we’ve learned so far, by rebuilding the entire block from scratch.

January 4, 2023 — In the State of the Word 2022 annual keynote address, WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg reflects on WordPress in 2022 and aspirations for the coming year.

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.