June 13, 2022 — WordPress is an open-source project. That might not mean much to you as you use the software to build your website, but in reality, the open-source nature of the project is what has enabled it to grow and thrive.

In this session, we’ll look at four core open-source principles and how they apply to WordPress. Not only will this give you a deeper understanding of how WordPress came to be and continues to be built, but it will also show you how you are a part of the wide world of open-source, whether you knew it or not.

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June 9, 2022 — If you’re using a block theme for the very first time, you may be wondering what the best way is to create a front page — look no further! This brief tutorial will walk you through the basics so you can take your website front page from blog posts to front page!

June 2, 2022 — Sites get bigger. We keep on adding content but tend to forget to clean up. As the web grows older, more and more sites are growing older and bigger as well. That’s not necessarily a bad thing. Google loves authority, so being around for a long time pays off. However, your website does need to stay fit. Old content needs to be updated, your internal linking strategy needs to stay top-notch and your keyword research has to remain fresh. What can you do to keep your website SEO fit? In this talk, I’ll show you 7 ways to improve the content SEO fitness of your website!

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June 1, 2022 — This talk suggests values and principles for recognizing high-quality free information.

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May 27, 2022 — Learn the story of one shy WordCamper whose English-speaking WordCamp friends became a catalyst for personal growth.

May 26, 2022 — In this session, we are going to learn how to identify when updates are available for a WordPress site and how to run those updates.

May 25, 2022 — Practice along with us as we build a simple, four-page website using full site editing, template parts, and patterns to create a simple, but effective website for your small business.

May 25, 2022 — Look over the shoulder of a security expert whose process will discover how a favicon could turn a site into a zombie node.

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May 24, 2022 — Welcome to a three-part series on working with templates in the context of Full Site Editing. In Part 3, we will explore how Template and Template Parts can be configured for custom post types. We will also revisit Bock Templates that were introduced in Part 1, and create custom Block Templates for posts and the custom post type “books”. Finally, we will introduce the block locking API and how this can be used within templates to provide editing guardrails for clients and end-users.

May 22, 2022 — Everyone has a story and gifts to share with the world. And WordPress can be a medium for both.

This talk shares the journey of one story-teller to help others who might be early in their effort to tell their story using WordPress.

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