January 9, 2018

January 9, 2018 — I entered the world of WordPress because my husband invited me to join him during his trip to WordCamp Europe 2016 in Vienna. I did not even know what WordPress was up to that point. I was scared of meeting the “nerdy” part of my husband’s life probably due to not being able to get involved into it because of a lack of both interest and knowledge.
The story I want to share is about how things evolved afterward, as I visited several WordCamps as a passionate volunteer to the point of getting a true WordPress Community-Junkie. It is about how the community has actually allowed me to take part in the life that my husband’s leading every day. It is about how I became a WordCamp speaker and emcee as well as a member of the organizing team of three different WordCamps including WCEU 2018 without even having used WordPress professionally before.
It is the story about how I have been changing my life completely in one year: from sickness, frustration, and depression through a new source of inspiration and creativity to lots of new opportunities in personal and professional matters.
Being part of and contributing to the WordPress Community can be a very inspiring and enriching experience – not only for WordPress users and professionals but also for their partners, friends, and family.

January 9, 2018 — A talk about recent attacks carried out by hackers. How to secure WordPress using plugins and other services. Chathu has mastered Art of hardening WordPress installation more than 20 in Sri Lanka and other clients abroad.

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January 9, 2018 — A moderated discussion of:

The challenges of competition in the freelance/agency WP development space
Tips for setting up and running an agency, or freelancing, with WordPress
Ways to attract and keep new clients, and how to stand out in your field
Rates and how to charge for your work
Audience questions and ideas!

January 9, 2018 — A moderated discussion of:

The challenges of competition in the freelance/agency WP development space
Tips for setting up and running an agency, or freelancing, with WordPress
Ways to attract and keep new clients, and how to stand out in your field
Rates and how to charge for your work
Audience questions and ideas!

January 9, 2018 — Gamification: the art of applying game development techniques outside of a gaming context. This technique helps turn a boring process into a delightful experience – and that can boost business. In this talk, we will learn how to develop successful game techniques and develop a gamification platform using the powerful features of WordPress, including:

Custom Post Types
Post Status
User Meta
Taxonomies
WordPress REST API & more!

January 9, 2018 — PoP is a WordPress framework which aims to break the information monopoly of large Internet corporations by linking autonomous WordPress websites together, allowing them to interact with each other and become part of a wider network composed of different communities. Users from different websites can interact among themselves, without the need to join a centralized service. This way, website owners can keep control of their own data, storing it on their own servers.
We will explore the technical features of the framework, how it works, how to create a website with it and how to integrate it within an ecosystem.

January 9, 2018 — Creating great content that’s interesting to people on your WordPress blog can prove challenging at times. Asking for your community members’ opinions is awesome, and people love to share.
Let your community not only share their thoughts in comments, but also empower them to create value for your blog. New content means new traffic, new traffic means new visitors and returning ones – all that cumulates to great growth.
Creating a community blog where you still control the content does not have downsides.

January 9, 2018 — Learn about Gutenberg, the new editor that is coming to WordPress!

January 9, 2018