March 28, 2025 — In today’s rapidly evolving digital world, e-commerce platforms like WooCommerce are prime targets for fraud and cyber-attacks. This keynote session will delve into the strategies and tools available to secure your WooCommerce store against fraudulent activities. From transaction monitoring to securing customer data, and combating bot fraud, this talk will cover everything you need to know to protect your online store. With real-world examples and actionable insights, you’ll learn how to implement fraud detection mechanisms, leverage AI-driven security, and maintain a balance between robust security and optimal site performance. Whether you’re a developer, business owner, or security professional, this session will equip you with the tools to safeguard your site and foster trust among your customers.

February 15, 2025 — Session 3: Mastering Themes, Widgets, and Site Structure

This session is all about customizing your WordPress site:

Themes: Understanding Parent and Child themes and their usage.
Widgets Capabilities: Learn how to use widgets to enhance your site’s functionality.
Template Hierarchy: Get insights into how WordPress templates work.
Full Site Editing (FSE): An introduction to FSE and how it revolutionizes website customization.
User Roles: Understanding different user roles and permissions in WordPress.

February 13, 2025 — n this video, We look at two-panel discussions, including ‘Publishing in the Open’ and ‘The Future of WordPress in Japan and Beyond.’

February 13, 2025 — In this video, Matt takes questions from the audience about some of the most pressing topics for WordPress.

February 13, 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, the event takes place on December 16, 2024, at 9:00 UTC from Tokyo Node Hall in Japan. From local stories in Japan to global growth, WordPress leadership will highlight the platform’s strengths, roadmap wins, and vibrant community. Don’t miss this unforgettable annual celebration.

January 31, 2025 — In this talk, Noel explores what comes next for WordPress. In a turbulent world, yet with innovative and new technologies coming out quickly, how will WordPress fit in all of this? Expect to learn how you can best position yourself or your business to best succeed in the years to come.

January 31, 2025 — Have you ever thought: “oh man I have to push this hotfix to production but I don’t know what side effects it might have, and its already 3am in the morning, I should test the whole app, but it will take me 2 hours and I’m so tiered”? 🥱

What if you could let the computer do the hard and repetitive work? Manual testing can be often replaced by automated testing, and that makes quality assurance cheaper, more reliable and MORE FUN.

You wouldn’t need to be scared anymore of introducing regressions, the tests will protect you!
You finally could: “move fast, break things”, because every-time you break something the tests will catch it!
With automated tests you finally could work agile, because they provide super powers for developers! 🦸‍♀️
So let the computer do the hard work, you do what you are good at: drink chiya ☕ and hack code. 👩‍💻

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January 31, 2025 — Many people want to start on their own – launching a plugin, theme or SaaS… or building a consulting business around WordPress. Most of us in WordPress also have technical background. This combination of tech knowledge and entrepreneurship aspiration can be deadly – both figuratively and literally!

In the end, we all aspire for better life – a life worth living. But sometimes you wonder, is there a pot of gold at the end of your rainbow?? Will you succeed? Is it all worth it?

Join Nirav in this quick retelling of some of his near-fatal adventures in entrepreneurship and technology. Learn from a journey of chasing aspirations and tough lessons.

Like how to start a business even before graduation, or how to react when co-founders want to throw you out, or why get into WordPress, or how to ride the wave of WooCommerce, or what to do when your health report gives you a shock, or how to scale a business amidst today’s uncertain times.

Find your answers. Do attend this one!

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January 31, 2025 — In his talk, Desh will discuss the importance of AWS’s Well-Architected framework and its six pillars namely Operational Excellence, Security, Reliability, Performance Efficiency, Cost Optimization, and Sustainability for managing WordPress sites at their best.

He will share his own WordPress personal experiences with knowledge and wisdom, and he will offer advice on how to create a more inclusive environment for WordPress site management on the cloud.

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January 31, 2025 — My topic is about my journey so far of running a startup in Nepal. I’d like to speak about the ideation, inception, and realization of a startup venture as well as the challenges that follow. There are many ups and downs on a journey like this so I’d also like to share some of them and how to overcome the challenges. This topic is not only about my personal journey but also around the broader themes of youth entrepreneurship, with an aim to inspire other young individuals who may have a desire of getting on this path.

With Nepal still having an emerging startup landscape, I’d also like to share about its entrepreneurial climate, its opportunities, and challenges.

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