October 8, 2016 — Have some fun as you learn the basics of how people add new features to WordPress. Whether you want to write your own first plugin or just if you want to understand that foreign language your web developer is speaking, this is a great place to start.

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October 7, 2016 — When should you use a plugin? When should you create a custom solution? That is the question… Learn how a critical application and voting module for a high-profile WordPress build was fixed in the 11th hour and launched successfully just in time, after catastrophic plug-in failure.

October 3, 2016 — Akismet, Jetpack, Disqus, all of these big companies are utilizing the cloud to deliver services through a plugin. Can a small WordPress development shop even attempt this? Yes, you can, and it’s not that hard to do. Heavy volume processing, shared data across clients, AI and big data are just some of the services you can more easily deliver through the cloud. In this talk I will cover some of the key concepts that you need to know to get started including:

* Identifying processing best delivered through cloud services
* Architecting a cloud service plugin
* Building a cloud service on Amazon with PHP/Apache
* Communication between your plugin and the Cloud Service
* Tips, volume metrics and other lessons learned in 4 years of supporting Artificial Intelligence and volume processing through a cloud service plugin

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September 19, 2016 — Daniel J. Lewis is an award-winning podcaster. He helps others launch and improve their own podcasts for sharing their passions and finding success. Daniel creates training resources (like SEO for Podcasters) and podcasting tools (like My Podcast Reviews); He offers one-on-one consulting and group training. He has been a keynote speaker on podcasting and social media on numerous occasions.

August 22, 2016 — Ahmad Awais is a Core Contributor, a Plugin Developer and also on the Polyglots Team.

August 17, 2016 — What are some of the ways to quickly get a WordPress site up and running with a minimal amount of effort?

An over view of core plugins, page builders and themes as well as the latest cutting edge software to help even the unmotivated get a high quality WordPress Site up and running.

Also a tongue and cheek humorous presentation that reveals the pitfalls of shortcuts and the final assessment of what it takes to get a WP based site live.

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August 2, 2016 — “Microservice Architecture”という言葉をご存知でしょうか？１つの大きな一枚岩アプリケーションを作るのではなく、サービス単位で作られたアプリを疎結合に構築するアーキテクトのことを指します。今回はWordPressのプラグイン・テーマの「密結合」な部分について紹介しつつ、WP REST APIなどを用いた疎結合なサイト・アプリ構築について紹介します。

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January 9, 2016 — This talk recommends best WordPress plugins for a variety of users and website types.