September 20, 2025 — A Hands-on Workshop by Makarand G. Mane and Karthick M

Unlock the full potential of your WordPress management with “Automating WordPress Maintenance with WP-CLI” In this engaging and practical session, we’ll dive deep into WP-CLI, the powerful command-line interface for WordPress that allows you to perform essential tasks quickly and efficiently without ever needing to log into the admin dashboard. Whether you’re a WordPress novice or a seasoned developer, this session will equip you with the knowledge and skills to streamline your workflow, automate repetitive tasks, and manage multiple sites with ease. You’ll learn how to install, configure, and utilize WP-CLI commands for updates, backups, migrations, and much more. Join us to discover how WP-CLI can revolutionize your WordPress experience, saving you time and effort while enhancing your site’s performance and security. By the end of this session, you’ll be ready to unleash the full power of WP-CLI and take your WordPress management to the next level.

Discovering the transformative power of WP-CLI, the command-line interface for WordPress. Here we will learn how to create custom WP-CLI commands to automate repetitive tasks, streamline workflows, and enhance your site’s functionality. Dive in and unleash the full potential of your WordPress site with WP-CLI wizardry!

Covered following
-Why to use CLI
-About WP-CLI
-Common tasking using WP-CLI
-Performing Backup
-Importing/Exporting content
-Bulk importing images
-search-replace content

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September 20, 2025 — Tired of chasing payments, losing track of estimates, or dreading tax season? In this practical talk, I’ll walk you through how small WordPress agencies (even solo developers) can implement a simple but powerful accounting system using modern tools and automation.

I’ll share how I’ve personally streamlined my entire client finance workflow—from estimate approvals to invoices, sales orders, and expense management—using Zoho Books and payment gateway integrations.

You’ll learn how to:

1. Avoid forgotten payments and late billing
2. Build a clear, trackable sales process
3. Automate follow-ups and recurring invoices
4. Integrate expense categorization and cashflow tracking
5. Manage your entire money flow—without hiring an accountant

This talk is perfect for agency owners, freelancers, and developers who want financial clarity, less admin work, and more peace of mind.

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August 14, 2025 — In this session, we’ll delve into the world of WP-CLI, a powerful command-line tool for WordPress. We’ll start with an introduction to WP-CLI, breaking down its simple command structure, and explore its potential beyond the basics.

The focus of this session is to empower you to craft your own WP-CLI commands, enabling you to tackle specific issues that aren’t addressed by core commands. We’ll explore practical scenarios where custom commands can come to the rescue, such as avoiding common 502 errors or extending plugin functionality with unique commands.

We’ll shed light on the WP-CLI class, providing insights into how to harness its capabilities. The highlight of this session will be a l

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July 25, 2025 — In this insightful session recorded during a local WordPress Meetup, Krupa Nanda walks attendees through the process of contributing to the WordPress Testing Team. Whether you’re a developer, tester, or someone new to contributing, this session offers a clear, hands-on guide to getting started with testing WordPress releases, reporting issues, and improving the software’s overall quality.

Krupa Nanda covers:

1. The role of the WordPress Testing Team

2. How to set up a testing environment

3. Participating in release testing and test scrub sessions

4. Submitting feedback and bug reports effectively

Tips for new contributors

This session is a valuable resource for anyone looking to contribute to the WordPress project in a meaningful way, even without writing code.

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May 5, 2024 — In this session, you’re about to embark on a journey that will transform the way you approach WordPress project setup. Imagine being able to automate repetitive tasks, streamline essential configurations, and save valuable time—all with the power of WP-CLI.

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In today’s fast-paced world, efficiency is key. As WordPress professionals, we often find ourselves repeating the same steps when setting up new projects—installing plugins, configuring themes, removing defaults, and more. What if there was a way to eliminate this redundancy and make project preparation effortless?

This session dives deep into the world of WP-CLI, a command-line interface for WordPress, and explores how it can revolutionise your workflow. We will unravel the art of automation, demonstrating how to:

Instantly install essential plugins and themes.
Manage plugin licenses with ease.
Customize admin configurations to your preferences.
Bid farewell to unwanted default plugins and themes.
Start with a clean slate by removing default content.
Create user accounts effortlessly.
Automate Git commits and pushes for version control.
Set up a child theme for enhanced customization.
Join us for real-world demonstrations and step-by-step guides, empowering you to simplify and expedite your WordPress project setup. Whether you’re a developer, designer, or WordPress enthusiast, this session equips you with the tools and knowledge to elevate your workflow and productivity.

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May 4, 2017 — In this session Makrand would help people understand, translating WordPress into Marathi is easy & simple.

Anyone having knowledge of English and Marathi language can do it.

WordPress Polyglot site is made for Localization of WordPress. Makrand would like to motivate people to contribute to it.

WordPress is already available to use in the Marathi language. If more people’s starts contributing, more themes and plugins can be translated.

There are more than hundreds of popular themes and plugins on WordPress repository. If at least they are translated into Marathi then many Marathi peoples can use WordPress easily in Marathi.

On the occasion of Global Translation Day first, Makrand gathered many peoples to translate WordPress in Marathi. He found that some suggestions were getting rejected by General translation editor (GTE).

Not every time, GTE can explain reasons for rejecting strings. But Makrand will guide new contributor and explain them ways to get in touch with Marathi GTEs. So better translations will be possible.

Also, attendees will know benefits of contributing back to the community.