Category: Honing your Skills
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Figuring Out Sponsored Contribution
Open source software runs on passion, but passion doesn’t pay the bills. WordPress powers over 40% of the web, yet many of the people maintaining it aren’t funded. That’s starting to change, and your company can be part of it. In this talk, we’ll explore how sponsored contribution works, why…
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Your Words, Your Brain, Your Device: Democratizing Writing Assistance with ML at the Edge
Machine learning has been around for decades. Until recently, running ML models typically required big centralized servers due to high computational demands. With modern hardware and tools like Rust and Burn, we can flip the script. When run on a user’s device, trained models can be an incredible boost to…
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The System is the Strategy
Big ideas don’t scale on inspiration alone—they scale on systems. In this talk, Tammie Lister makes the case for treating systems thinking as a core strategic tool, not just a design discipline. From building resilient design systems to structuring AI workflows, she’ll show how the most effective work happens when…
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Working in the WordPress Ecosystem
There are many job seekers in WordPress. There are many job openings. But how do the right people find the right jobs? As someone who has been tweeting weekly openings, and who has a keen interest in seeing the ecosystem thrive, I’ve been working on helping people find jobs –…
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Building Resilient Interfaces by Embracing Fluid Design
Handing the keys to a shiny new site over to clients is always a nerve-wracking experience. In this technical session, we’ll look at how to leverage modern CSS alongside the block editor to take the anxiety out of client handoffs by building resilient web experiences with fluid design. We’ll start…
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Scaling WordPress: How CANCOM Manages 150 Sites with One Smart System
Managing a handful of WordPress sites is tough. Now imagine 150 — with one marketing team, zero developer bottlenecks, and no chaos. In this session, Jakob Trost shares how CANCOM used Full Site Editing, smart templates, and content automation to build a scalable, no-code website system. You’ll see how centralized…
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Moving a Website from Classic to a Block Theme
Technology is always evolving and WordPress is no exception. If you are stuck with a Classic theme on an old website or just aren’t sure how to deploy a block theme, you will learn how to easily and quickly refresh and update your site. No page builder is needed. We…
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Block Composability: The Past and The Future
Gutenberg excels at crafting beautiful static content, but what if you could empower anyone to build dynamic, interactive web experiences directly within the block editor? This session dives into Block Composability, a powerful concept that enables the creation of rich, interactive content using blocks, making advanced web development accessible to…
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Launch Your Personal Portfolio — A Hands-On WordPress Workshop
In this hands-on workshop, students will build and launch their own professional portfolio websites using WordPress — no coding required. Perfect for designers, developers, creatives, and anyone starting their career, this session will guide attendees through choosing a theme, customizing their site, and publishing it live. All participants will leave…
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Reimagining WordPress Editing: How We Embedded Gutenberg Into Our Product Ecosystem
What happens when you take the Gutenberg editor out of WordPress? This talk explores how we decoupled the block editor from wp-admin and the loop, embedding it into a standalone React application to power custom editorial workflows—while still saving to a traditional WordPress database. We’ll start with the fundamentals: how…