February 26, 2019 — Traditionally, interacting with WordPress is largely a graphical affair: many users rely on WP Admin to manage themes, plugins, content, and everything else. For situations where you need to be able to script WordPress interactions, however, nothing compares to the power of WP-CLI, the official command line interface for WordPress.

This session acts as a primer for WP-CLI, scratching the surface of what can be done and how it fits into the WordPress workflow. Whether you’ve never heard of WP-CLI or have been using it as part of your daily WordPress rituals, you’re sure to learn at least a few useful tricks.

February 26, 2019 — Learn how to connect source code management to test automation and release deployment. You’ll learn some tips on setting up a solid plugin, or theme, workflow that will help take care of many repetitive tasks that can help with collaboration on open source development as well as deploying plugins to both private websites and the WordPress plugin repository.

February 26, 2019 — A website with broken links hurts the user experience and is penalized by Google, which hurts a site’s organic search results. Identify and fix broken links fast with the Broken Link Checker plugin.

February 26, 2019 — LearnDash is an excellent solution for adding a Learning Management System to WordPress, and had payment processing to boot. So why did I choose to add WooCommerce? In this talk, I’ll go over my reasoning for adding WooCommerce to LearnDash and the tools and plugins I use to take my online courses to the next level.

February 26, 2019 — A sort of 101 on what GDPR means for developers and site owners alike and how to approach certain aspects of it.

February 26, 2019 — You know security is important and want your site to be secure, but what will actually help? There’s so much information to be found on securing your site, but what are the myths and what actually helps? Find out how to avoid the myths and implement real security.

February 23, 2019 — WordPress Istanbul Meetup – 2019

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February 13, 2019 — We are working to ensure every project is tested internally and externally for accessibility issues, it’s not been an easy road and we would like to share our experiences with you. By providing live demonstrations and real world experiences James will talk through quick wins to help make your sites accessible and help your agency move forward to only producing accessible websites without interfering with workflow.

February 13, 2019 — Let’s have an honest discussion about the challenges of running your WordPress business. Building your own business, no matter what size, can be one of the most rewarding, satisfying and freeing experiences you’ve ever encountered. It can also be one of the most terrifying, isolating and lonely roads to take.

Having successfully started, developed and sold businesses, Dan has first hand experience of both the positive and negative impacts on his mental health.

Dan will talk candidly about some of his experiences, giving you some insight into his decision to launch the charity: WP&UP.

WP&UP supports & promotes positive mental health within the WordPress community.

February 13, 2019 — Join millions worldwide who are exploring mindfulness as a tool for well-being.

This session will look at the practical benefits of mindfulness, including:

– enhanced focus, memory and creativity
– reduced stress, anxiety and depression
– healthier emotional regulation, communication and social connectedness

And we will have a go at some simple mindfulness exercises – exploring how in just a few minutes, we can re-connect with ourselves and find calm.