{"id":4456,"date":"2026-07-10T08:32:44","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T15:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2026\/?post_type=wcb_speaker&#038;p=4456"},"modified":"2026-07-14T15:56:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T22:56:10","slug":"matt-dorman","status":"publish","type":"wcb_speaker","link":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2026\/speaker\/matt-dorman\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Dorman"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Matt Dorman is co-founder of Ndevr, a technology-agnostic web development agency with a preference for open-source platforms. Over more than 20 years building enterprise web platforms, Matt has led engineering teams supporting Bloomberg, Johnson &amp; Johnson, Forbes, Hearst, and Penske Media \u2014 work that spans WordPress, Drupal, and the messy real-world architectures that connect them. He co-hosts &#8220;Boozy Browsing: Pour Decisions in Web Development&#8221; with Ndevr co-founder Meeky Hwang. Matt is based outside Denver, CO, and is most interested in the practical, unglamorous work of keeping enterprise content estates running long after the launch press release has been forgotten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"205\" src=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2026\/files\/2026\/07\/red-map-flowers-colorful.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5020\" style=\"width:auto;height:50px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2026\/files\/2026\/07\/red-map-flowers-colorful.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2026\/files\/2026\/07\/red-map-flowers-colorful-766x157.jpg 766w, https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2026\/files\/2026\/07\/red-map-flowers-colorful-300x62.jpg 300w, https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2026\/files\/2026\/07\/red-map-flowers-colorful-500x103.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-4473 wcb_session type-wcb_session status-publish hentry wcb_track-technical-wordpress\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title has-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2026\/session\/surviving-the-plugin-stack-a-practical-playbook-for-auditing-and-simplifying-complex-wordpress-sites\/\" target=\"_self\" >Surviving the Plugin Stack: A Practical Playbook for Auditing and Simplifying Complex WordPress Sites<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-wcb_track wp-block-post-terms has-medium-font-size\"><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__prefix\">Track: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2026\/track\/technical-wordpress\/\" rel=\"tag\">Technical WordPress<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Every mature WordPress site accumulates plugins the way a garage accumulates boxes\u2026 one at a time, each for a reasonable purpose, until the whole thing is load-bearing and nobody wants to touch it. The problem is not that plugins exist. The problem is that most teams have no repeatable method for evaluating what they actually&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matt Dorman is co-founder of Ndevr, a technology-agnostic web development agency with a preference for open-source platforms. Over more than 20 years building enterprise web platforms, Matt has led engineering teams supporting Bloomberg, Johnson &amp; Johnson, Forbes, Hearst, and Penske Media \u2014 work that spans WordPress, Drupal, and the messy real-world architectures that connect them. 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