September 30, 2025 — This talk breaks down each layer of the WordPress stack, browser, CDN, server, app, and database, and shows you the exact tools to uncover and fix real bottlenecks.

August 15, 2025 — Making a WordPress or WooCommerce site fast is typically something that’s done at the end. The idea that a performance optimizing plugin solves all of your performance problems is a myth.
This talk dives into why caching doesn’t solve your performance problems and how you _should_ go about building fast WordPress sites.

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September 20, 2023 — In this talk, Remkus will cover everything about making WooCommerce faster. The things you have thought of, but also the things you have not thought of.

Creating a fast and scalable site for high traffic influxes is something you can prepare for with ease, and Remkus’ talk will give you all the actionables you need. No shortcurts, no platitudes, just steps on how to set up your WooCommerce sites in the best way.

Additionally, Remkus will also discuss best practices for ongoing maintenance to make sure your site keeps running smoothly, efficiently, and fast!

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June 22, 2022

November 14, 2019 — Many WordCamps do not have contributor days or hackathons… many organizers hold back thinking they can’t provide a “good enough” experience or maybe their local community isn’t “developer focused.” There are also camps that have done these in the past and want to learn more ways to improve the experience for future events.

There are also contributor day / hackathons that don’t involve WordCamps (language transition day, WordPress.tv captioning, etc.). Explore the potential for local or online single-day events that cover the space between a regular meetup and an annual WordCamp.

August 16, 2018 — Did you know? WordPress is changing!

As we speak WordPress is going through one of the biggest technological revolutions in its existence. The editing screen is being replaced by a brand new JavaScript-based editor. The project to make this all happen is named Gutenberg, after Johannes Gutenberg; the inventor of the printing press. This tells you something about the ambitions behind this project.

In this talk I’ll give a demo of the new editor, explain what’s about to change and reflect on the opportunities and risks this entails. After this talk, you will have a better understanding of… – how the process of content creation in WordPress is going to change. – what could break if you have plugins installed which add functionality to the post edit screen. – the potential (business) opportunities related to the big changes that are coming.

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March 9, 2018 — Remkus legt uit wat voor kansen en mogelijkheden de nieuwe Gutenberg editor met zich mee brengt en waarom het belangrijk is om je daar nu al in te verdiepen.

January 8, 2018 — Remkus is an enthusiastic WordPress aficionado from Fryslân, The Netherlands. Back in 2006 he founded his WordPress specialist company Forsite Media and a few years later WP ServicePoint. He’s been the Dutch admin for WordPress and has been the lead-organizer of WordCamp Netherlands as well as one of the co-founders and organizers of WordCamp Europe.
During his presentation, he will walk the audience through to his long list of things he checks before making a decision about even wanting to try a plugin.

October 14, 2017 — Een presentatie over op welke manier je kunt bepalen de juiste keuzes te nemen als het gaat om welke WordPress plugin, welk thema of welke andere WordPress gerelateerde dienst dan ook. Ik ga uitleggen waar je op moet letten voor de verschillende onderdelen en op welke manier je gebruik kunt maken van je omgeving (de al bestaande WordPress Community).

October 27, 2016 — Remkus interviews Sam Sidler, the man behgind the transformation of wordpress.org (forum, codex, plugin and theme repository and translations), about what has been changed and will change in the future.