September 30, 2025 — Automatic updates in WordPress are a safety net, ensuring that sites are always running the latest code. But for development teams working with continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD), the reality is more complicated. In this talk Tim will explore practical ways to make automatic updates safer without slowing down your workflow. From staging, checking the integrity of what’s being installed, and building automated checks into your CI/CD process to spot issues before they reach production.

September 30, 2025 — While much of the focus in WordPress security is on website hardening measures, the reality is that users often represent the weakest link in the chain. In this session, I demonstrate how a small selection of free WordPress plugins and complementary tools can be used to implement practical, user-focused security measures. Attendees will learn how to support their users in adopting secure practices, ultimately helping to protect both user accounts and the wider website environment.

September 30, 2025 — Managing the performance of your WordPress site can be complex. From frontend user interactions to backend processes and MySQL database efficiencies, maintaining optimal operations requires a reliable monitoring tool. In this session, explore how New Relic transforms monitoring into an intuitive and powerful experience. We’ll cover: Frontend Monitoring, Backend Analysis, Database Performance, and Business Metrics Telemetry.

September 30, 2025 — This talk breaks down each layer of the WordPress stack, browser, CDN, server, app, and database, and shows you the exact tools to uncover and fix real bottlenecks.

September 30, 2025 — “Switch from Elementor to the Block Editor,” they said. “How hard can it be?” Well… This session is the true story of how my years of experience and old habits turned into 1001 wrong assumptions and a very bumpy ride. I’ll walk you through the traps I fell into and how I eventually found my workarounds. If you work with clients, deadlines, or designs that “must look exactly like this,” these lessons might just save your next project.

September 30, 2025 — What can realistically be achieved in 30 minutes using the WordPress Site Editor — and what should you intentionally leave out? Drawing from my experience in live Speed Build Challenges, I’ll walk you through the mindset, thought process, and toolbox that help me make fast, focused decisions under pressure. This session offers practical techniques you can apply to your own client work.

September 30, 2025 — In this talk, you will learn how theme developers can leverage WordPress Playground alongside the Create Block Theme plugin to create a seamless, browser-based development environment that integrates directly with GitHub for version control—all without writing a single line of code.

September 30, 2025 — A practical look at using an LLM to edit blog posts directly within WordPress. I show what it looks like in action, how different models compare, how well they perform, what it costs, the challenges, best practices, and prompt examples. Come see this if you don’t have the budget for a human editor.

September 30, 2025

September 26, 2025 — Join us for a hands-on session that demystifies one of Gutenberg’s most powerful features – the Query Loop block. We’ll break down how the Query Loop block works, transforming it from an intimidating tool into your go-to for creating dynamic and engaging content displays. You’ll learn how to tell WordPress exactly what content to fetch and how to style it… all without writing a single line of code. This workshop is perfect for WordPress site builders, content creators, and business owners who are comfortable with the block editor and ready to take full control of their site’s design.

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