October 10, 2024 — As you learn to write WordPress code, you might come across the concept of coding standards.

In this lesson, you’ll learn what coding standards are and why they are important, where to find information on each coding standard, and learn about some useful coding standard tools.

October 10, 2024 — In this session we will explore the strategic and technical processes behind migrating Vox Media’s extensive portfolio—including Vox.com, Polygon, and The Verge—from the proprietary Chorus CMS to a headless WordPress multisite. Attendees will learn about creating a new backend editorial workflow, managing extensive data migrations, and developing a custom GraphQL API for Vox’s “Duet” frontend. Key takeaways include methods for customizing CMS to fit specific editorial needs, essential factors for successful large-scale migrations, effective collaboration with internal teams, and ensuring a smooth launch day. This session is ideal for those curious about the complexities of large-scale CMS migrations.

October 10, 2024 — Learn how you can use Dub.co’s link & analytics infrastructure to transform every external short link shared in marketing campaigns (social media, email, SMS) into a powerful end-to-end attribution engine. By leveraging Dub’s deep integration with WordPress, marketers can gain valuable insights into how their efforts translate into revenue – turning what was once a black box into a clear, actionable flow.

October 10, 2024 — Discover how The New York Post harnesses the power of WordPress to deliver nonstop news to its readers. Linnea will showcase the use of Gutenberg blocks for the homepage and landing pages, allowing for real-time updates and customization. She’ll also dive into other block-based features including shopping modules, newsletter sign ups, video player, live blogs, and breaking news alerts that ensure the audience is always informed. This presentation will demonstrate how WordPress enables The New York Post to operate as a highly scalable and dynamic news platform.

October 10, 2024 — Block Visibility allows users to conditionally display the content of any WordPress block according to various conditions, such as date, user permissions, location, and screen size. With over 20,000 active installs, the plugin integrates seamlessly with the WordPress Editor and has become an essential tool for building block-based WordPress sites.

In this session, Nick will share the development and design philosophy behind Block Visibility and demonstrate how to effectively use WordPress Core components and design patterns. Attendees will gain practical insights into extending the WordPress Editor and enhancing block functionality, which they can apply to their own projects.

October 10, 2024 — Equalize Digital Accessibility Checker is an accessibility testing plugin that scans pages and posts for accessibility problems and puts reports in the WordPress admin. It was a winner of a 2023 Gaady award for its innovative approach to improving accessibility (fellow winners were Unilever and Studio 24), and is used by enterprise organizations, educational institutions, small businesses, nonprofits, and government agencies around the world, including NASA and The US Department of Veterans Affairs, among others.

Accessibility Checker was created to make it easier and more affordable for everyone to identify accessibility problems on their website. Competitor solutions rely on API connections and charge per page and per scan, frequently costing tens of thousands of dollars per year. This can easily put accessibility testing out of reach for many website owners. Equalize Digital came up with an innovative way to run accessibility scans on the website’s own server, within WordPress. The free, open source version available on WordPress dot org doesn’t limit the number of posts or pages that can be scanned, allowing even very large websites to start finding and fixing accessibility at zero cost. In this way, Equalize Digital Accessibility Checker is democratizing accessibility.

Laws around the world are increasingly requiring accessibility for websites of all types. Accessibility Checker is an ideal tool to showcase as it can help website owners better comply with these laws. Showcasing it may also attract more enterprise organizations to WordPress, as NASA stated that Accessibility Checker was a major contributor to their decision to use WordPress as the CMS for their new website.

October 10, 2024 — In this showcase, James LePage, founder of WPAI, will dive into AgentWP, an AI agent built for WordPress. AgentWP functions as an expert AI assistant for individual user websites, performing tasks like writing blog posts, creating reports, and troubleshooting issues. James will explain the underlying systems enabling safe AI/WordPress interactions. He’ll demonstrate how AgentWP leverages frontier AI models, custom pipelines, and industry-specific fine-tunes to take safe action within WordPress websites, and how these actions are executed using familiar WordPress developer tools and methods. Attendees will gain a clear understanding of how cutting-edge agentic AI solutions like AgentWP operate under the hood and the sophisticated systems powering them.

October 10, 2024 — In this technical workshop, we’ll explore Disney’s comprehensive strategy for leveraging Gutenberg to modernize our diverse platforms. Join us as we delve into the distinctive methods we employ, our overarching strategy, and how Gutenberg is instrumental in refining our websites for enhanced performance and user experience.

October 10, 2024 — In late 2023, Disney Experiences unveiled Disney Connect, a spellbinding multi-site communication platform that transformed our segment’s public affairs and public relations content. We will discuss how we sprinkled pixie dust on Gutenberg, weaving together 50+ captivating pre-designed blocks for Gutenberg that capture the essence of our Disney magic, creating a platform that empowers our communications teams to build beautiful websites, quickly.

Join us as we share our tale of triumph, tribulations, and transformation in Disney Experiences. We will talk about our design approach, our unique Gutenberg development strategies, and our challenges as we reach for the sky.

October 10, 2024