April 24, 2010 — Colin Loretz discusses specific methods for using WordPress as a content management system, including when WordPress is best for your site and how you can optimize your WordPress use for a complete site.

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April 24, 2010 — Drew Strojny from The Theme Foundry leads a workshop-style session on customizing WordPress themes, from basic best practices to the beginnings of more advanced customizations.

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April 24, 2010 — Steve Zehngut discusses working with WordPress developers to build successful sites using WordPress as a content management system. Learn “How to Speak Geek” and work with a WordPress developer to complete a successful project in this session.

April 24, 2010 — John Hawkins teaches the basics of developing a custom plugin for WordPress to move your custom code out of your themes and into plugins.

April 24, 2010 — Most WordPress Plugins are little more than small utilities but there are a growing number of them that can dramatically augment the way WordPress behaves or give WordPress advanced new features.

Blair Williams demonstrates an effective way to develop your own platform-modifying plugin (PMP) using a Model View Controller (MVC) approach with some additional tips and tricks learned from coding and supporting two different PMPs.

April 16, 2010 — Brendan Sera-Shriar talks WordPress as a CMS, the power of jQuery, and more in this interview from the ConFoo Report by Christian Aubry.

April 2, 2010 — Matt Mullenweg of Automattic talks about WordPress 3.0, the future of WordPress, and the many uses of WordPress in this interview with the hosts of WPGirls.

March 9, 2010 — Matt Mullenweg and Mike Little, founding developers of WordPress, discuss the history of WordPress, the open source philosophy behind it, and their backgrounds in this interview recorded at WordCamp UK 2009 by Gurbir Singh.

January 23, 2010 — Learn how to keep your WordPress-powered website secure from hackers and exploits. Brad Williams from WebDevStudios.com shows examples of hacked sites, shares tips and plugins for keeping WordPress secure, and talks about his experiences with WordPress and security.

Special thanks to the Microsoft NERD Center for hosting WordCamp Boston.

January 23, 2010 — You’ve heard the rumors- MU is coming to WordPress Core in 3.0. Learn what this merge means to you and what it means for Automattic. Hear from Jane Wells about what UI changes are expected and what prompted the change from WordPress.

Special thanks to the Microsoft NERD Center for hosting WordCamp Boston.