May 19, 2026 — Claude Code is a powerful AI coding agent that can serve as a command center for WordPress development and site management. In this talk we’ll see how to use it to create plugins, generate block themes from designs, interact with your production WordPress site, and automate everyday tasks — all from the terminal. We’ll explore three key capabilities: Skills (specialized knowledge packs for tasks like plugin development or block theme creation), MCP (Model Context Protocol, which lets Claude Code connect directly to external services like WordPress, GitHub, Figma, or N8N), and the Abilities API (which lets WordPress expose its functionality as tools that AI agents can use). Through live demos, we’ll walk through real workflows: generating a block theme from an HTML design, querying your production blog using natural language, installing plugins, and reading error logs — without leaving the terminal. While the demos use Claude Code, the concepts — MCP, Skills, and the Abilities API — are standard and transferable to any AI coding agent that supports them. What you learn here applies regardless of the tool you choose. Aimed at developers and technical profiles with basic WordPress knowledge who want to discover how AI coding agents are changing WordPress workflows, both for development and site management.

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May 19, 2026 — In 2026, my day stopped being about writing code and started being about describing outcomes, orchestrating agents, and reviewing diffs. I’ll walk through the loop I actually run and the guardrails that keep the output production-ready.

May 19, 2026 — WP Agentic Admin, is a privacy-first AI assistant for WordPress that runs entirely in the browser. No cloud APIs, no data leaving the device. Just a small language model running on your GPU, turning WordPress admin into a natural language command center. Marcel will demo and share how this project came to life during the Cloudfest Hackaton 2026.

May 19, 2026 — When people think about WordPress, they often focus on development, themes, plugins, and the professional ecosystem around it. But WordPress is much more than software. It is a vast open project powered by hundreds of volunteers who contribute in many different ways. In this session, we will explore the broader WordPress project and the free resources it offers: learning platforms, community support, media and photo directories, design resources, and opportunities to get involved. Whether you are a developer, designer, content creator, or simply curious, you will discover how WordPress goes far beyond code and how you can benefit from and contribute to its open ecosystem.

May 19, 2026

May 16, 2026 — The WordCamp Asia Contributor Day will be taking place on April 9, 2026! In preparation for the day, we’d like you to share ideas of what contributors at the Training Team table can get involved with that day. You can read our Preparing for a Flagship WordCamp Contributor Day handbook page to learn more about how the Training Team prepares for Flagship WordCamp Contributor Days.

May 14, 2026 — You launch a site for your client. You enable automatic updates and automated billing to boost your passive income. Before long, you realize that without monitoring, you’re taking on a slightly bigger risk than you’d like.

Downtime monitoring is the standard solution, but it doesn’t actually catch your biggest losses. Managing over 2,000 WordPress websites, we started developing a roadmap of 57 different monitoring solutions in 2025. I’d love to walk the audience through the most remarkable ones (otherwise we won’t make it in 20 minutes).

May 14, 2026 — Bespreken van concepten in Varnish die kunnen worden gebruikt om huidige implementaties een boost te geven.

May 14, 2026 — Many WordPress users face challenges when expanding into multiple languages: content duplication, SEO conflicts, and editorial confusion.

In this talk, I’ll clarify when a multisite setup is the smarter choice compared to plugin-based translation. Attendees will leave with a simple checklist, real-world examples, and best practices to build scalable, multilingual WordPress experiences especially suited for European clients with regional presence (e.g., .nl / .be / .de domains

May 14, 2026 — As a non-technical entrepreneur, I thought complex WordPress development was impossible for me. Then I discovered AI coding assistants like Claude.

In 6 months, I went from zero coding knowledge to building a sophisticated WordPress plugin with over 100k lines of code, 20+ PHP classes, React interfaces, and enterprise features used by hundreds of professionals around the world.

This talk shares my practical methodology for AI-assisted WordPress development – the mistakes, breakthroughs, and specific strategies that actually work. I’ll demonstrate how to break down complex projects, communicate effectively with AI tools, and ensure code quality without traditional programming knowledge.

Whether you’re a developer curious about AI acceleration or a non-technical person with big WordPress ideas, you’ll leave with actionable strategies for leveraging AI in your WordPress projects.