May 29, 2015 — Andrew Nacin walks step by step through how a critical security vulnerability was discovered and then patched using emoji as a trojan horse in WordPress 4.2.

May 29, 2015 — Dan and a few others started exodusesports.com. They used WordPress, which allowed them to get off the ground quickly, taking advantage of a lot of newer technologies ranging from the new WordPress restful api with angular to websockets for realtime match results, but not forgetting the basics including extending the XMLRPC interface, custom post types and posts 2 posts plugin to link it all together.

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May 29, 2015 — Growth talks are usually addressing large businesses or startups but I’d like to take a different angle and give a few valuable tips to anyone who wants to run a project using WordPress in some way or another. It can be a personal blog, a small business or a larger project. How do define your very own relevant metrics, how to make sure you are focusing your effort in the right direction, how to take important decisions and how to monitor your results. All of this, specifically tied to WordPress sites and blogs.

May 28, 2015 — This presentation looks at novel and unique ways to use WordPress beyond a simple blog or website by using BuddyPress, bbPress, and P2. Ever think of using WordPress to manage a project, be a private communication board, or even have a forum? We’ll cover these and more uses that truly push WordPress to its limits.

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May 27, 2015 — WP-CLI is a set of command-line tools for managing WordPress installations. Learn how to ditch your traditional methods for updating, migrating and installing for something much faster and more efficient. See examples of existing commands and learn how to create your own custom commands!

May 27, 2015 — Blogging is not new. It might be new to some people, but it’s been around for some time. Some even think it’s a dirty word! Blogging is just another cute term like writing a journal or creating content. Now, blogging doesn’t mean you have to sit with the night light on and talk about what you did for the day. It’s MORE than that! Blogging is a tool anyone can use, even a business. You don’t even have to be some hotshot journalist or Grammar Nazi. I’m going to answer why you should be blogging, and if you’re a business owner, this is definitely a MUST attend because you’re going to get a the 411 on the foundation of leveraging blogging for your business.

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May 27, 2015 — This talk is about the challenges that are faced when building a platform structure in WP for enterprise. It discusses building a scalable WordPress platform offering WP as a service to the business and meeting their requirements, policies, documentation, and vulnerabilities. It looks at building WordPress on AWS, automated deployments, automated testing and WP best practices, auto-scaling.

May 27, 2015 — With new PHP versions being released more often it’s clear that things are changing rapidly. This session is all about the changes introduced in recent versions of PHP, and what that means for PHP projects everywhere – including yours. There will be practical examples of the shiny new features, advice on finding hosting and safely upgrading your existing codebases, and news about the performance improvements you can expect as you move between the versions. After this talk, you’ll know what’s been introduced in recent PHP versions and how to make sure your code will be awesome wherever it goes!

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May 27, 2015 — Open source is not only found everywhere – running the Internet, powering supercomputers, servers, desktops, mobile phones, and in embedded devices – increasingly it is becoming the dominant force in those sectors. Open source builds on the earlier achievements of free software, whose foundation is freedom itself. That freedom is particularly important in the world of online publishing, where WordPress plays a leading role. This talk will look at how the elimination of barriers to disseminating information and commentary has become a major factor in preserving free speech and freedom itself.

May 27, 2015 — Considerate design and user experience is vital to making alternatives to the current mainstream tech. We don’t want our alternatives to only be available to a geek elite. Accessibility and diversity will make us design better solutions, and help new tech spread beyond enthusiasts. Accessible sharing and education will also help us promote sustainable practices in our industries and communities.

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