July 3, 2024 — The misconception that deaf people are ignorant is often due to a lack of accessibility to culture and information.

There are different levels of hearing, and different levels of language knowledge, the use of a sign language and/or hearing aids being only two of the many variables at play. This makes it challenging to provide equal communication environments: not all deaf people use sign language, so an interpreter isn’t always enough; neither is written language, which isn’t always accessible.

It gets even more complicated when it comes to second language learning.

We will explore strategies for making content accessible to deaf people. We will also discuss kind and respectful words to talk about deafness.

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July 3, 2024 — Art and products have more in common than we usually think.

In this talk, I will explore established art practices and how they can be applied to product creation. We will learn from these practices and identify where we should deviate. From ideation to creation, we can bring principles and practices that work within art to improve our products.

We will discover how feedback can help us grow our products, how experimentation can lead to evolution, and when to focus on specific aspects of the product.

There is art in product creation; let’s discover it together.

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July 3, 2024 — Learn WordPress, the WordPress project’s official educational web site, is relaunching later this year with a brand new information architecture and design!

The Training Team is working to improve the Learn WordPress website experience to provide an easy-to-navigate, goal-oriented learning environment that caters to learners of different roles and skill levels.

Particularly exciting is the new focus on Learning Pathways – curated sets of lessons for learners of different levels, roles, and use-cases.

Come join this session to learn about Learn WordPress’ past, its present, and the vision the WordPress Training Team have for its future.

You’ll also get a early glimpse of the new site redesign, and find out how Learning Pathways can help any WordPresser in their journey of learning WordPress.

And as a final bonus, we’ll explain how anyone interested can get involved with the revamp and future growth of Learn WordPress.

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July 3, 2024 — In this talk, Jessica will unveil the story behind ‘Twenty Twenty-Four,’ the latest default theme which debuted with WordPress 6.4 on November 7, 2023.

As the Default Theme Lead, Jessica will take the audience behind the scenes, sharing the vision that sets Twenty Twenty-Four apart from its predecessors.

She will explore the evolution of default themes and how Twenty Twenty-Four is poised to make a significant impact, showcasing how different audiences can use the theme.

Whether you’re a business owner, developer, designer, or simply a WordPress enthusiast, this talk will give you insights on Twenty Twenty-Four and why it’s a game-changer.

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July 3, 2024 — WordPress Playground is a zero-setup WordPress that runs in your web browser.

In this talk you will learn how it can help you:

– Showcase your plugin or theme on your homepage
– Build an entire website and share it with others
– Develop a plugin
– Test your code on different WordPress and PHP versions
– Create an interactive WordPress course
– …and so much more!
We will also discuss the impact Playground may have on the future of the entire WordPress project.

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July 3, 2024 — In 2023 we’ve seen some big open source projects almost die or be abandoned. So we think it is time to have an honest talk about open source and more specifically, about how to make open source software projects sustainable in the long run.

Now what does that mean? And how do we do that? Is contributing code enough?

What about funding? And how do we “sell” open source funding to the finance departments in our companies?

And what is it that we fund? What are we “buying”?

In this talk we’ll have a look at how to make open source sustainable and how you can help with this!

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July 2, 2024 — This lesson covers website optimization, focusing on improving site speed to enhance user experience. It discusses factors affecting performance, including software, themes, plugins, and third-party elements. It explains measuring performance with tools like PageSpeed Insights and WebPageTest, emphasizing Google’s Core Web Vitals. Additionally, it highlights the importance of good hosting and recommends performance-enhancing WordPress plugins like W3 Total Cache, WP-Optimize, etc.

June 25, 2024 — Now is your chance to contribute to the new Learn.WordPress.org redesign! The official WordPress education site is launching soon with a fresh look and Learning Pathways geared to users, designers, developers, and contributors. We need help to create small thumbnail graphics for lessons and tutorials on the new site. You can see examples of what the graphics look like in the Featured Courses and Courses sections on the new site. No previous graphics experience is required, since there’s a handy tool that makes the process of creating thumbnails simple! Join us for this workshop and learn how to use the tool, help us make graphics for the new site, and have some fun along the way. You’ll get recognition for your contribution and get a foot in the door on the WordPress.org Training team.

June 25, 2024 — This is a talk about the adventure and challenges of switching careers from two different fields: from the medical field to WordPress. The route had a lot of unique challenges, colorful characters and transformative life scenarios.

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June 25, 2024 — WordPress 6.6 will be released on July 16, 2024, bringing many exciting new features for theme developers. In this session, we explore how these updates can enhance your themes and streamline your development processes. Key highlights include:

– Major upgrades to the block style variations system
– New color and typography-only style presets
– Enhanced grid layout options in the Group block
– Specificity changes for Core styles
– And more…

While we weren’t able to cover everything in just one hour, you’ll have a solid overview of the most impactful changes and a wealth of resources to explore further on your own.

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