April 22, 2026

April 22, 2026 — Wrap-up presentation of my contribution to the WordPress Polyglots team as part of the WP Credits program.

April 21, 2026 — Search engines interpret more than just text—they rely on structure, context, and relationships. This session explores how WordPress page structures affect machine readability and how better structuring helps search engines understand your content more accurately. You’ll learn practical ways to use schema, internal linking, and contextual signals aligned with knowledge graph entities. Takeaway: Attendees will leave with a clear approach to structuring WordPress content so search engines can recognize expertise and relevance—just as humans already do.

April 21, 2026 — There’s a lot to unpack here, but this session will include a live demo and practical tips for how agencies can take advantage of the shift. 1. Lessons from Salesforce, Cox Automotive, and rtCamp on scaling WordPress for intelligent experiences. 2. The Agentic Shift: Understanding how WordPress fits into the emerging AI-powered enterprise. 3. Why the future of enterprise WordPress depends on agencies, and how to position yours as a strategic enabler. 4. Practical ways to align your team, tools, and storytelling with the new wave of enterprise innovation. Additional Information: Across the enterprise world, WordPress is being reimagined. No longer just a publishing tool, it’s becoming the foundation for intelligent, connected, and adaptive digital experiences. At WordPress VIP, we’ve seen this transformation unfold through collaborations with Salesforce, Cox Automotive, and rtCamp partnerships that showcase what’s possible when open source meets enterprise scale. In this session, we’ll unpack the story behind those projects: how global teams came together to solve complex problems with WordPress at the core, and how that work is helping some of the world’s largest brands move toward agentic ecosystems, systems that learn, adapt, and respond to user intent. For agencies, this is a story of opportunity. You’ll learn how to position your team as a strategic enabler in the enterprise WordPress landscape, how to frame your work in terms of value and intelligence, and how to build partnerships that last. Whether you’re building, architecting, or advising, this session will give you the stories, language, and inspiration to elevate your impact in the era of the intelligent web.

April 21, 2026 — Too many WordPress projects end up as one-offs. Each team builds differently, each site drifts, and technical debt piles up. Block themes give us a chance to change that. I will share how my team uses block theme standards to scale large projects. We start with a starter theme, add a library of reusable patterns, and manage design through theme.json. I will also talk about what works and what fails in onboarding, QA, and balancing editor freedom with long-term maintainability. If you are leading a team or managing multiple sites, this talk will give you a practical playbook for using block themes to bring order and consistency to your work.

April 21, 2026 — Curious about how to extract, transform, and analyze data from WordPress.org plugins and themes using open-source tools? In this session, Mahangu Weerasinghe will walk through a practical starter project that demonstrates how to build a simple data pipeline using Meltano to extract data from WordPress.org. You’ll get an overview of how the pipeline works, how data is collected and structured, and how it can be used for analytics, insights, or product decision-making.

April 21, 2026 — Learnings about the fundamental issues under the current approach of web forms management and a breakthrough solution for that.

April 21, 2026 — AI Orchestration: Learn to connect Gemini CLI and GitHub Copilot with the Playground CLI to automate code execution and verification. Autonomous Sandboxing: Understand why WebAssembly-based environments are the safest and fastest way for AI agents to test changes without infrastructure friction. Agentic Testing: Move beyond static code generation to “agentic” workflows where AI validates its own logic within a live WordPress instance. Self-Healing Pipelines: Insights into building CI/CD systems that use AI to maintain and update testing scripts automatically. Talk description: Discover how WordPress Playground is revolutionizing development by shifting the testing landscape from servers to the browser. This session explores the power of running complete WordPress instances via WebAssembly (Wasm) and how this architecture serves as the perfect sandbox for AI-driven automation. We will begin by establishing the foundation: using Playground for instant PR previews and seamless integration testing across diverse WordPress configurations. From there, we’ll dive into the core of the session—integrating AI agents via GitHub Copilot and the Gemini CLI. You will learn how to connect these AI tools with the Playground CLI to create a closed-loop system where agents don’t just write code, but actively execute and validate their own changes. Finally, we’ll demonstrate how this synergy allows AI to autonomously generate E2E tests and maintain CI/CD pipelines. By the end of this session, you’ll understand how to leverage Playground as a high-speed execution environment that reduces manual overhead and elevates code quality through AI orchestration.

April 21, 2026 — Back by popular demand, the WordPress Speed Build Challenge returns to the WordCamp Asia stage. In this high-energy live session, experienced WordPress builders will take on the ultimate test: creating a complete website in just 30 minutes using only the Full Site Editor (FSE). No page builders. No custom code. Just WordPress core and the clock ticking. A surprise brief will be revealed live on stage, and from that moment on, it’s a race against time. Watch as the builders plan their layout, structure their content, style their design, and make real-time decisions under pressure – all while sharing their thought process with the audience. This isn’t just about speed. It’s about: Smart problem-solving Creative use of blocks and patterns Efficient workflows inside the Site Editor Adapting quickly when things don’t go as planned Whether you’re curious about Full Site Editing, actively building with blocks, or simply love seeing experts think on their feet, this session offers an exciting behind-the-scenes look at modern WordPress building completely live and unscripted. How much can be built in 30 minutes? Come watch, learn, and be inspired.

April 21, 2026 — How generative AI can dramatically improve plugin maintenance — from code review and documentation to testing and dependency updates.

How AI assistance changes the way developers think about ownership and sustainability of open-source projects.

Practical workflows for integrating AI tools into daily plugin development without losing human creativity.

How this shift impacts WordPress agencies: moving from reactive maintenance toward proactive, scalable innovation.