December 3, 2025 — State of the Word is the annual keynote address celebrating the progress of the open source WordPress project and offering a glimpse into its future. This year’s event takes place on December 2, 2025, at 8:00 PM UTC from San Francisco. From local stories to global growth, WordPress leadership highlighted the platform’s strengths, roadmap milestones, and vibrant community.

Watch with us as WordPress enthusiasts and newcomers from around the world came together for this unforgettable annual celebration.

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December 2, 2025 — This video explains how the WordPress Campus Connect (WPCC) application process works from start to finish. It covers how Community Event Supporters review your application, help with orientation, determine your event email address and create the event website, guide you through budgeting and venue approval, mark your event as scheduled, and follow up with post‑event surveys and feedback.

December 2, 2025 — WordPress 6.9 is just around the corner, so now is a great time to start digging into the new developer focused updates coming in the next release.

In the first of two scheduled sessions we will cover

Block Bindings
Interactivity API & Interactivity Router

Join us as we dive into these new updates with live demos and code examples. We’ll wrap up with a Q&A session, so feel free to bring your questions and ideas.

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November 28, 2025 — This video walks you through how to plan a WordPress Campus Connect event—from choosing a date and name, to selecting a venue, curriculum, and target audience. You’ll also learn about event duration, pricing, branding guidelines, sponsor support, and how to get help and submit your application.

November 28, 2025

November 27, 2025 — WordPress 6.9 is scheduled for December 2025. In this hands-on session, we’ll turn the Beta/RC notes and Field Guide into a simple, repeatable launch plan.

By the end of this workshop, attendees will learn how to use the Beta/RC releases to test their site for the upcoming releases. This will be a practical walkthrough to build your staging, test for compatibility, and plan a safe rollout

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November 26, 2025 — An introduction to the WordPress Campus Connect Organizer Orientation course.

This course will guide you through the entire WordPress Campus Connect event setup process.

November 24, 2025

November 24, 2025 — WordPress developers are well familiar with Custom Post Types — a powerful feature, though not without its limitations. One of the modern alternatives gaining attention is the Custom Content Type (also known as Advanced Content Type).

But what exactly is a CCT, and why might you consider using it — especially when it’s nowhere to be found in the official WordPress documentation?

In this talk, Łukasz Wilczak will clear up the confusion, share insights from real-world projects, and demonstrate the practical differences between CPTs and CCTs.

As a bonus, you’ll see data-driven results from hands-on experiments answering the key question: Is it really worth switching to CCT?

November 24, 2025 — AIO is shaking up SEO and the old playbook won’t survive. Traditional rankings are giving way to AI-powered snapshots, zero-click answers, and a search landscape where visibility looks completely different.

In this session, we’ll explore what AIO means for SEO professionals, content creators, and WordPress site owners. You’ll learn how AI-driven results impact click-through rates, how brand authority and structured data become non-negotiable, and what strategies will future-proof your website.

We’ll also cover practical steps: optimizing for visibility, diversifying traffic sources beyond Google, and building brand signals that survive algorithm shifts.