{"id":4668,"date":"2026-07-10T11:24:32","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T18:24:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2026\/?post_type=wcb_speaker&#038;p=4668"},"modified":"2026-07-17T08:11:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T15:11:08","slug":"manny-costa","status":"publish","type":"wcb_speaker","link":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2026\/speaker\/manny-costa\/","title":{"rendered":"Manny Costa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Manny Costa is a full-stack web developer, WordPress contributor, meetup organizer, and open-source advocate based in Las Vegas. With more than 30 years of experience in web development, digital strategy, cybersecurity, and public-sector web projects, Manny works at the intersection of WordPress, accessibility, resident services, and civic technology. He is passionate about using open-source tools to build websites that are more accessible, useful, and sustainable for the communities they serve.<\/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-4705 wcb_session type-wcb_session status-publish hentry wcb_track-track-2-skills wcb_session_category-showcase\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title has-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2026\/session\/wordpress-for-the-public-good-modernizing-civic-websites-for-accessibility-services-and-the-open-web\/\" target=\"_self\" >WordPress for the Public Good: Modernizing Civic Websites for Accessibility, Services, and the Open Web<\/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\/track-2-skills\/\" rel=\"tag\">Honing Your Skills<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">WordPress has changed dramatically since 2020, with Full Site Editing, block themes, the Site Editor, patterns, performance improvements, accessibility work, and modern development workflows reshaping what the platform can do. At the same time, public-sector websites are being asked to do more than ever. They are not just marketing tools. They are public-service infrastructure where&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manny Costa is a full-stack web developer, WordPress contributor, meetup organizer, and open-source advocate based in Las Vegas. With more than 30 years of experience in web development, digital strategy, cybersecurity, and public-sector web projects, Manny works at the intersection of WordPress, accessibility, resident services, and civic technology. He is passionate about using open-source tools [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23426715,"featured_media":6029,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_wcpt_user_name":"emanweb","footnotes":""},"speaker_group":[49],"class_list":["post-4668","wcb_speaker","type-wcb_speaker","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","wcb_speaker_group-group-1"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgSBpQ-1di","avatar_urls":{"24":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fbe9d8b8e3580ba760b7af40d117c0ce53d495ca80c80d0f35a1878971b6eca5?s=24&d=blank&r=g","48":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fbe9d8b8e3580ba760b7af40d117c0ce53d495ca80c80d0f35a1878971b6eca5?s=48&d=blank&r=g","96":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fbe9d8b8e3580ba760b7af40d117c0ce53d495ca80c80d0f35a1878971b6eca5?s=96&d=blank&r=g","128":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fbe9d8b8e3580ba760b7af40d117c0ce53d495ca80c80d0f35a1878971b6eca5?s=128&d=blank&r=g","256":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fbe9d8b8e3580ba760b7af40d117c0ce53d495ca80c80d0f35a1878971b6eca5?s=256&d=blank&r=g","512":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fbe9d8b8e3580ba760b7af40d117c0ce53d495ca80c80d0f35a1878971b6eca5?s=512&d=blank&r=g"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers\/4668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wcb_speaker"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23426715"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4668"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers\/4668\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6055,"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers\/4668\/revisions\/6055"}],"sessions":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/4705?_embed=1&context=view"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wcb_speaker_group","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speaker_group?post=4668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}