October 12, 2024 — Plugins sind ein zentraler Bestandteil von WordPress und durch die damit verbundene Flexibilität der Systeme Basis für den Erfolg des meist genutzten CMS auf der Welt. Plugins sind schnell installiert, müssen aber auch gepflegt werden. Eine sinnvolle Update-Strategie für die Plugins, aber auch Themes und WordPress-Core, ist ein zentrales Element für die Sicherheit der Website. Trotzdem sind Plugin-Updates nicht immer problem- oder gefahrlos.

Es lauern Fallstricke bei der richtigen Reihenfolge der Updates, bei der Kompatibilität zu anderen Komponenten, beim Duell ähnlicher Plugins, bei kostenpflichtigen Plugins und vielen Dingen mehr.
Wir blicken in die Tiefen dessen, was alles bei Updates schief gehen kann – schauen uns aber auch an, wie man diese Probleme lösen kann. Und wäre es nicht gelacht, wenn wir auch noch ein paar Dinge zum Schmunzeln und Kopfschütteln finden würden?

July 7, 2021 — A video demoing the block-based Widgets Editor that’s a part of the WordPress 5.8 release.

March 22, 2021 — Community and Training contributors discuss how Learn WordPress can help Meetup organizers. The session also explains how Meetup and WordCamp organizers can contribute to the Learn WordPress initiative.

May 28, 2020 — Wir schauen uns InfiniteWP und MainWP an. Was geht mit diesen Tools, was geht nicht? Was sollte man besser selbst machen?

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December 27, 2019 — Updates – we all know that they exists and how to do them. But do we know how they really work? Let’s check. And then… We’ll think how we can use this knowledge.

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December 24, 2019 — Performing theme, plugin and core updates on your site can be intimidating and overwhelming, especially for older and more complex sites with many interconnected plugins – WooCommerce, I’m looking at you!

The solution is simple: use a staging site – a private copy of your site where you can safely test updates and resolve problems before your users ever experience an issue.

I’ll guide you across a number of ways to create a staging site depending on your specific needs, performing these updates, and then applying these updates to your main site. You’ll leave with a concrete plan for how to set up your own staging site, and will fear the update process far less!

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November 14, 2019 — Join an animated discussion on the hot topic of WordPress security and automated updates among longtime WordPress contributors. The panel will review recent conversations in WordPress Core on this issue, and discuss points for and against!

September 24, 2018 — BarCamp Track

November 12, 2017 — Unconference Talk: Food at WordCamps and events

October 21, 2017 — What’s the best way to update WordPress and plugins that causing the least amount of stress in your life and the lives of your clients? How often should it happen, what’s the process to best eliminate risk, and how much should you charge for website maintenance when doing it for others? (hint: it should be more than $50/m per site) I’ve been managing over 40 websites for the past three years and have seen it all. So much so that I created a process that my developer follows so I ensure high quality of work, in the least amount of time, reducing as much risk as possible as we update our client’s websites every month. I’ll go over my the step-by-step process, best practices and power tips so you can safely update your websites every month, or learn how to provide this as a service to clients.

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