April 21, 2026 — It’s time to have a conversation about ethics in plugin and product design. We’ll learn that recognising and rejecting dark patterns isn’t about stricter rules, it’s about building trust through transparent, user-centred design.

July 10, 2025 — The WordPress Plugin Repository provides a platform for developers to showcase their work to a broad audience. However, it enforces specific guidelines that can influence monetisation strategies. This session will delve into the premium monetisation options permitted within the repository, highlight those that aren’t, and examine how your premium implementation can impact your product’s discoverability.

November 25, 2024 — The plugin review team handles hundreds of new plugin submissions every week. 90% of those plugins fall foul of the same mistakes, time and time again.

In this talk we’ll walk through the most common pitfalls, so that your plugin submission goes as smoothly as possible.

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April 9, 2024 — The plugin review team handles hundreds of new plugin submissions every week. 90% of those plugins fall foul of the same mistakes, time and time again. In this talk we’ll walk through the most common pitfalls, so that your plugin submission goes as smoothly as possible.

March 12, 2020 — Everyone and their dog seems to be using a page builder just now and there are many on the market all working a slightly different way.

March 11, 2020 — This talk will include the theme / plugins we used, the method of validating License Keys, key decisions we made about the “Upgrade Path” UX, and how we manage a premium and free codebase.

October 22, 2019 — So by now you’ve had a chance to check out the new WordPress editor. You’ve created some posts using Paragraph Blocks, experimented with the Image Block, and maybe installed a plugin that adds some brand new Blocks.

Now it’s time to create your very own Custom Blocks. It’s easier than you might think. Using just a little basic HTML, CSS, and a simple helper plugin – Block Lab, we’ll create our very own Hero Block.

https://2019.brisbane.wordcamp.org/session/blocks-for-beginners/

November 26, 2018 — Brendan & Luke are joining us to remind us that we’re living at a time in history when technology is changing at a profound rate, creating deep challenges for companies all over the world. Those with the foresight to adapt will be greatly rewarded, while those who ignore changing technologies will fall behind (aka Blockbuster). Join them and learn about the 4 major areas of change that will fundamentally disrupt the future of the web.

August 19, 2018 — Following from Luke’s talk on the Future of Web Content we’re kicking off a special panel on Gutenberg (new WordPress Editor).

We’ll start by taking Gutenberg specific questions from the audience and field them to our expert panellists, then if we have time we can move on to more general WordPress related questions and issues for our panel to help you with.

August 17, 2018 — An introduction to the new WordPress editor

The new WordPress editor is coming, and it’s quite a departure from the classic “text in a box” mode that we’re used to.

In this talk, we’ll discover hidden features and workflow tips to help optimise our writing flow. We’ll also discuss editing and layout trends enabled by Gutenberg, to help our content stay fresh and engaging.

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