‘Keynote’ Videos

  • Josepha Haden Chomphosy on the future of WordPress

    WordCamp US 2023Speaker: Josepha Haden Chomphosy

    October 13, 2023 — WordPress Executive Director, Josepha Haden Chomphosy, speaks to the important conversations happening in WordPress and how they and you can move the WordPress of tomorrow.

  • Gutenberg: Next with Matt Mullenweg

    WordCamp US 2023Speaker: Matt Mullenweg

    October 13, 2023 — Matt Mullenweg discusses 2023 Gutenberg improvements and what is next, followed by live Q&A.

  • From mailman to WordPress engineer

    WordCamp Montclair 2023Speaker: Caleb Matteis

    September 30, 2023 — This WordCamp Keynote shares the remarkable journey of transitioning from a mailman to a software engineer in just three years, with the WordPress community as a guiding force. Discover how the power of WordPress and the support of its vibrant community propelled a career transformation.

  • The gift of WordPress

    WordCamp Seattle 2019Speaker: Jocelyn Mozak

    April 2, 2020 — WordPress has come a long way from its humble beginning. Many of us have come a long way since our own humble beginnings with WordPress. WordPress enters our lives and we never look back. Together, we will explore all that WordPress has to offer. Whether you are a blogger, freelancer, or small business owner, you will discover how you can connect and grow within the WordPress community, and how to get the most from your WordPress—and WordCamp Seattle 2019—experience.

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  • WordCamp Asheville 2019 Keynote

    WordCamp Asheville 2019Speaker: Chris Lema

    August 8, 2019 — The team at WordCamp Asheville is thrilled to announce our 2019 keynote speaker – Chris Lema. Chris not only brings expertise, talent, and skill to his work and the stage, he also brings strategic vision, authenticity, and straight talk. Get ready to learn and be inspired.

    Read more about our 2019 WordCamp Asheville keynote.

  • WordCamp Atlanta 2019 Keynote

    WordCamp Atlanta 2019Speaker: Chris Lema

    June 10, 2019 — Keynote for WordCamp Atlanta 2019

  • Using WordPress to create social change

    WordCamp Edinburgh 2017Speaker: Bridget Hamilton

    April 7, 2019 — The Verbal Remedy website has WordPress at its heart. With up to 50 blog post submissions per month on everything from feminism to sexual health, we need a theme that gives our words the impact they deserve and a dashboard that means we can create posts effectively as a remote editorial team.

    As Verbal Remedy’s founder I’ve watched the platform grow over the past four years from a tiny Tumblr site to a fully integrated WordPress creation with a strong presence in the North East of England. I’d love to be able to share what I’ve learnt along the way.

    I’ll talk about:
    – Why we chose WordPress for our website
    – How starting a blog can create social change
    – How to handle tough issues when blogging
    – How your blog can create a buzz offline, too

  • John Eckman: The Future of WordPress (and Your Role in it)

    WordCamp Ann Arbor 2015Speaker: John Eckman

    January 19, 2019 — What does the future hold for WordPress, as a platform and as a community?

    Will we see continued growth, from ~24% of the web to 50%? Will the REST API enable a whole new generation of powerful interfaces to content stored and managed by WordPress? Will Skynet become self-aware as a side effect of the introduction of Emoji? Will the customizer lead to a totalitarian state? Will we all join hands and sing “I’d like to teach the world to sing, in perfect harmony”?

    Through the lens of various 19th, 20th, and 21st century utopias and dystopias, we’ll look at what the future has in store for WordPress, and what you can do to make it happen (or stop it).