March 18, 2021 — Can you believe that it’s been two years already since the WordPress core introduced Gutenberg? In the meantime, the block editor has matured tremendously. Have you already tried to extend its functionality? Spend 15 minutes and save yourself hours when creating custom blocks. In the session, Greg will show how to make the most of the scaffolding command that comes from the Gutenberg core team.

March 18, 2021 — In her talk, she will explain how the WordPress TV team works, from collecting the videos from organisers to final publishing on the https://wordpress.tv/ and explain the criteria the TV team uses to approve and rejects the videos.

March 18, 2021 — Are you an agency that has a client who’s WordPress project is just never done? Are you an entrepreneur who hasn’t launch yet because the site just isn’t ready yet?

You’re not alone! Adrian has seen businesses struggle with launching every single day – in communities, clients, and basically everywhere..

After working with thousands of businesses over the last 6 years, and growing my own list of successful WordPress projects, he has uncovered consistent patterns and roadblocks both practical and psychological that prevent small businesses from launching on time and seeing positive results.

In this session Adrian will share with you the top 3 reasons why projects fail to launch and how to overcome them so you can get your next WordPress project launched in 90 days or less, guaranteed.

March 18, 2021 — Josepha is currently Executive Director of the WordPress project, helping to coordinate and guide volunteer efforts across the ecosystem. Since 2015 Josepha has worked behind the scenes as lead of the open-source division at Automattic. Her work includes financial planning, sponsorship relations, volunteer training programs, and several diversity initiatives on a global scale. She has recently launched an official WordPress podcast titled WP Briefing which is aimed at WordPress users, builders, and contributors of all levels.

March 18, 2021 — The WordPress block editor brings a powerful page-building experience to your content creation process. Learn how blocks can be used to create complex design as Daisy and Niharika work together to tap into the power of the block editor to create a landing page in WordPress based on a landing page design concept.

March 18, 2021 — Learn about block-based themes and how to use features like menus and widgets. This talk introduces using a block-based theme and also provides a brief demo of how you can easily build a block-based theme.

March 18, 2021 — Learn how diversifying your content portfolio in regional languages can expand your business, increase your customer base, and improve organic traffic.

February 19, 2021 — Learn how to use GitHub to explore the Gutenberg project and stay up to date on the latest work. This course is not meant for a technical audience and focuses mainly on best practices for finding information, opening issues, and more.

February 14, 2021 — Tactics, Gotchas, and Lessons-Learned from the Front Lines of a Real Migration

Migrating to a new e-commerce platform always feels like a great idea in the beginning. You daydream about the things you could do with a new platform — in your mind, there are no downsides to switching, only frictionless progress towards your goals. Yet as you descend from the fluffy white clouds of imagination and start down the hard, gritty path of migration, the realization of the difficulty in switching from one platform to another sets in. I recently completed one such journey.

In early 2018 I migrated a beauty care company’s e-commerce site from the Shopify hosted platform to a self-hosted WordPress/WooCommerce platform. The project was ultimately a success, but did not come without difficulties. In this retrospective, you’ll join me as I reminisce on problems encountered, solutions derived, and knowledge gained along the way.

I’ll touch on the following topics: data migration, domain management, URL redirects, choosing the right theme, noteworthy plugins, hosting considerations, and overall project costs.

February 8, 2021 — WordPress 101 is a half-day workshop designed for those who are just getting started with WordPress, or who may not even have a WordPress website yet.