November 8, 2018 — Two weeks before the scheduled release of WordPress 5.0, the first version with the new editor, Gutenberg, Matt Mullenweg, co-founder of WordPress, dropped by WordCamp Portland for an unscheduled Q&A with the audience.

In this 35 minute session he answers questions about the new editor, accessibility, the business ecosystem around WordPress and more.

June 4, 2018 — You have a plugin and want more people to check it out, and submitting to the official WordPress plugin directory. But how do you get it ready and submit it, easily keep it up-to-date, avoid common conflicts with other plugins, and get more people finding out about it?
In this talk, I’ll go through tips and techniques to save you (and your plugin users) from pulling out their hair and get your plugin out there on wordpress.org

May 6, 2018 — This talk is an overview of which areas the WordPress.org site consists of, what does the WordPress Meta team do, and how you can contribute code and ideas for the Plugin or Theme Directory, Support Forums, or any other part of WordPress.org.

November 1, 2016 — The WordPress.org platform is the project’s secret sauce of success. It powers the plugin and theme directories, hosts all WordPress versions, is home to the developer tools needed to create WordPress, and protects millions of WordPress sites with automatic updates. In this session I will shine a little light on a largely unknown part of WordPress, explain the impact it has, and answer all questions about it.

November 1, 2016 — In this talk Björn will talk about:

The pro and cons of having your own WordPress.org like repository for your organisation and to create one yourself.

How to setup an internal WordPress repository for clients using github-updater, Git, Atlassian’s Bitbucket Server (I might add other options as well).

After seeing this talk you should have gotten an idea on why and how to setup your own internal WordPress.org like repository!

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.

April 21, 2016 — Das Plugin Verzeichnis ist das Rückgrat des Erfolgs von WordPress. Es bietet zehntausende Möglichkeiten die eigene WordPress Seite zu erweitern und die ausgefallensten Funktionen hinzuzufügen. Es verrichtet seit bald zehn Jahren seinen Job, ohne größere Ausfälle, ohne ernstzunehmende Schwierigkeiten. Aber wie funktioniert es? Wie sieht es unter der Haube aus? Und was bringt die Zukunft? Konstantin beantwortet uns diese und weitere Fragen in seinem Vortrag ausführlich und bietet einen einzigartigen Blick hinter die Kulissen.

January 8, 2016 — Choosing between WordPress.com and WordPress.org is a pivotal decision point and it can be confusing to figure out which one is right for you. Join Josepha for a quick look at the differences between WordPress.org and WordPress.com, as well as suggestions for how to choose between them.

July 8, 2015 — This talk is about how the open source community works and what benefits there are from a single developer and from a company perspective in publishing plugins at WordPress.org

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April 23, 2015 — WordPress 4.2 “Powell” (named after jazz pianist Bud Powell) is all about communicating and sharing, globally. You can learn more about the release on the WordPress.org blog.