September 5, 2025 — Direct from appearances at WC Asia and WCEU, the Block Developer Cookbook is coming to America! In this fully interactive workshop, attendees will vote on which recipes to explore, and we’ll work through them together. Each iteration of this workshop expands with new recipes and content, leveraging the latest features in WordPress, including: Custom social icons New! Working with the command palette New! Converting static blocks to dynamic New! Block Bindings API Plugin Template Registration API Interactivity API Performantly loading multiple blocks in a single plugin Using third-party API data in a custom block Creating a block variation bound to the post excerpt Registering a custom post type with its own template Building a dark/light mode toggle that saves to user meta Developing a gallery slider with the Interactivity API Using filters and the HTML Tag Processor to extend core blocks Designing a custom Image block style Adding a fade-in effect to core blocks Restricting publishing based on word count Customizing the @wordpress/scripts build process Connecting a block to custom fields Implementing front-end JavaScript for blocks Using the data layer in a block Creating a custom format Working with block transforms And more… Join us to expand your block development skills with hands-on guidance and real-world examples. Workshop Requirements: An account at http://www.blockdevelopercookbook.com to be able to vote. Laptop configured for block development and your IDE of choice. I’ll be using VSCode. Local WordPress development environment. I’ll be using WordPress Studio. Copy of the workshop repository installed and configured inside your local environment. Chef Hat (optional, but you’ll be a legend) There will be copies of WordPress Studio along with import files to get you up and running on USB keys during the event, but in the interest of time, please come prepared.

September 5, 2025 — This 2-hour masterclass is for anyone building or growing a WordPress product – current founders, aspiring product creators, and developers transitioning from services to products. Led by Katie Keith (Barn2 Plugins) and Matt Cromwell (GiveWP / StellarWP), we will present practical lessons from our own product businesses and from 40+ interviews with top product company founders on the WP Product Talk podcast.

September 5, 2025 — This talk covers how to improve QA using Playwright alongside AI tools based on real experience. It explores common challenges like flaky tests and missed edge cases and offers practical do’s and don’ts for writing effective, maintainable tests. You’ll learn how AI can help generate test scenarios, catch bugs that human testers might miss, and speed up debugging, as well as when AI may produce misleading results. The focus is on using AI as a supportive tool within a solid QA process, not as a replacement for human judgment

September 5, 2025 — AI is becoming standard in content workflows—but too often, it comes at the cost of data privacy, long-term ownership, and open standards. What if WordPress could help you do AI differently? In this workshop, we’ll go hands-on with ClassifAI and local LLMs to explore how AI features can be built ethically and scalably—from alt text generation to semantic classification to content summarization. You’ll learn how to configure ClassifAI with a local model via Ollama or any compatible runner, using the new AI Services plugin developed by the WordPress Core AI Team. We’ll walk through real-world use cases and show how teams can reduce third-party dependencies while speeding up editorial flow—especially useful for enterprise content teams, agencies, and hosts. You’ll leave with a working configuration (or clear path to one), plus a roadmap of how these tools are evolving across the WordPress ecosystem. Bring your laptop and a local or staging WordPress site if you’d like to follow along. Whether you’re building for one site or 10,000, this workshop will help you make AI work for you—not the other way around. Prepare for this workshop here! Presented byJeffrey Paul

September 5, 2025 — In this hands-on workshop, students will build and launch their own professional portfolio websites using WordPress — no coding required. Perfect for designers, developers, creatives, and anyone starting their career, this session will guide attendees through choosing a theme, customizing their site, and publishing it live. All participants will leave with a fully functioning portfolio, making this an ideal first step into the world of web publishing.

September 4, 2025 — In this session, I will delve into the exciting world of integrating WooCommerce and Python to create robust, scalable solutions for WordPress. We’ll explore how WooCommerce webhooks can be effectively implemented using Python to automate processes, streamline workflows, and enhance your website’s functionality.

I’ll walk you through practical examples of using Python to handle real-time data synchronization, manage order processes, and extend WooCommerce capabilities beyond standard plugins. You’ll also gain insights into scaling WordPress integration with Python by leveraging powerful tools and libraries that simplify complex tasks.

Whether you’re a developer looking to optimize your WooCommerce store or a tech enthusiast curious about WordPress-Python integrations, this session will provide actionable knowledge and inspiration to take your projects to the next level. Join me to discover how to harness the power of Python to transform your WordPress experience!

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September 3, 2025

September 3, 2025 — “Unlock Developer Superpowers with AI” will equip WordPress developers with actionable strategies to leverage artificial intelligence as a powerful coding assistant, covering everything from real-time coding aids like intelligent autocomplete and “vibe coding” platforms, to strategic planning and execution with AI. Attendees will discover how to supercharge existing codebases through AI-assisted refactoring, adding automated testing, and documentation, integrate AI into their GitHub workflows and command line, and master prompting techniques to ensure high-quality, WordPress-standard results, ultimately transforming their development process to build better projects faster, understanding AI as an augmenter of their skills, not a replacement. Presented byAdam Silverstein

September 3, 2025 — I’ll cover testing in WordPress and guide attendees on how to get more involved with testing. We’ll discuss what testing is and why it is done. The types of testing in WordPress and an overview of each: Automated testing (unit and end-to-end tests), User testing (how to get involved in testing patches and giving feedback to move the project along), and Beta testing (testing during release cycles and calls for testing). We’ll follow a couple of flows and examine some useful trac keywords and github issue tags. Finally, I plan on sharing some helpful tools and resources to aid in getting involved with contributing to the WordPress project by testing. Presented byEvan Mullins

September 3, 2025 — Has a client ever wasted your time in a consulting session? Ever had a one-hour consultation turned into 3? Have you experienced the sinking feeling that comes when you leave the consultation and realize you failed to ask a key question? This talk provides answers to these issues and more. Attendees will leave with a clear, memorable outline to manage the client consultation. Key Takeaways: Why you need a strategy for that first discovery meeting The purpose of the discovery meeting: what it is and isn’t A memorable outline to manage the discovery conversation Presented byNathan Ingram