{"id":4830,"date":"2026-07-13T08:55:44","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T15:55:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2026\/?post_type=wcb_speaker&#038;p=4830"},"modified":"2026-07-28T17:10:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T00:10:21","slug":"jamie-marsland","status":"publish","type":"wcb_speaker","link":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2026\/speaker\/jamie-marsland\/","title":{"rendered":"Jamie Marsland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As Head of WordPress.com YouTube at WordPress.com, I leverage my extensive experience in building online businesses and educating others about WordPress. With over 200,000 subscribers on my YouTube channel, I\u2019ve established myself as a leading voice in the WordPress community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My career spans board-level technical and commercial roles, including Managing Director at Pavilion Publishing Ltd and CTO at Documedia PLC. 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Bring a laptop and open your browser \u2014 by the end of this session you\u2019ll have a real WordPress site built with your own hands: pages, a post, a logo, a menu, all live in the room. 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Drop in anytime and work one-on-one with volunteer mentors to get your site onto that host, connect your domain, and publish it to the world &#8211; your portfolio, your business, your project, live&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\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-4866 wcb_session type-wcb_session status-publish hentry wcb_track-track-4-wp101\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title has-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2026\/session\/how-to-vibe-code-in-wordpress-for-non-techies\/\" target=\"_self\" >How to Vibe Code in WordPress for Non-Techies<\/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-4-wp101\/\" rel=\"tag\">Beginning WP101<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">I want to talk about what happens when non-technical people start building with WordPress and AI. 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