June 10, 2019 — Do_action? Apply_filter? What the hook!?

Hooks play a powerful role in WordPress development, but they can be confusing when you’re just getting started.

Let’s delve into the differences between actions and filters and look at examples of how they are used in core, themes, and plugins.

This talk is geared towards WordPressers who know their way around theme files and may have created child themes or are itching to do more customizations with existing themes & plugins, but don’t know where to start.

We’ll get into the nitty gritty of actions and filters, taking a look at input, output, priority, and naming schemes. We’ll also discuss how to find and understand hooks in core, themes, and plugins.

I will give examples of custom hooks I have added to my own projects and explain the advantages of doing so. By the end, I would like every attendee to be empowered to create their own hook in their next project.

June 10, 2019 — Don’t be afraid to try something new! Optimizing your website through experimentation can help you level up your site. Brainstorm ideas and learn about some user-friendly technologies to help you get started.

June 6, 2019 — Firstly, my topic will get to know about the aspects of the community. The real world story, especially in the context of Nepal that has been unheard or unexplored. Impact it has added. In the next verse, a presentation will showcase how community bonds and make the growth for a person who gets involved thereby showcasing a career perspective. Then the next verse will have action research along with the future prospect. Hence, I have taken a new word Connectivity (that has it contextual meaning) that actually meets the theme of WordCamps i.e. representing local and focusing the originality-true story that really engages people/community.

June 6, 2019 — The journey of product marketing starts with the conception of the product itself. The success and failure of a product is basically determined during its inception – This may sound a bit prophetic, but conception of a product is the very basis of its success. WordPress got traction because of its underlying concept of open source and its ability to fulfill the most acute principles of UX.So, any WordPress product should have this very traits built into it – they should be built to serve a specific function, should be free (at least the most compelling part of it), and most of it should excel in the basic principles of sustained usability. These are the very elements that determine the scope and extent of success of a product on WordPress.

June 6, 2019 — Getting a good amount of traffic on the website is exciting, but it’s also important to understand how many of them are taking an intended action, i.e signup, purchase and so on. In this talk, we will cover the reason behind why conversions are not happening and what needs to be done in order to improve that. By understanding, analyzing and improving the conversion rate one can increase revenue per visitor and acquire more customer.

June 6, 2019 — The website is live, the invoice has been paid. Game over, right? What if this is actually a beginning, and not an ending of a beautiful business relationship? In this talk we will cover different ways we should stop sabotaging these relationships, so we could start building up a recurring revenue business.

June 6, 2019 — We’ll go over the basics of setting up a local WordPress development environment using Docker and some of the benefits of containerized development. Utilizing docker can be extremely helpful for matching production environments closely as well as streamlining testing and deployment processes.

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June 6, 2019 — Your website content has two audiences: Human readers and search engines. Writing content that appeals to both is something that all writers and website owners should know how to do. Whether you’re a professional copywriter or a small business owner who writes for your own website, knowing how to write content that satisfies both of these audiences is an essential (and profitable!) skill. This presentation will teach you exactly how to do that, using modern-day approaches to semantic and contextual keyword optimization.

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June 6, 2019 — Ah, clients—we need them, we crave them. WordPress consultants and freelancers mostly live in attraction mode, constantly building a vibrant roster of sweet-spot clients. But not every client is a good client. So while you’re courting new relationships, beware of the challenging types of clients almost never worth the trouble.

After this session attendees will be able to:
– Identify danger signals before engagement
– Learn 5 steps for handling difficult clients
– Discover how to politely fire a challenging client
– How to prevent future nightmare clients

June 6, 2019 — Problem solving may not sound like the most rock and roll topic of conversation… and that might be so, but it’s at the core of everything we do, a skill so universal it transcends software, job role, even occupation.

In this talk we’ll explore the mechanics of problem solving, I’ll share what I’ve learnt from overcoming challenges, recovering from failure and seeing the opportunity in problems as a developer and design agency co-founder.

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