{"id":6290,"date":"2026-07-21T09:39:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T16:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2026\/?post_type=wcb_speaker&#038;p=6290"},"modified":"2026-07-21T12:41:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T19:41:23","slug":"nik-mclaughlin","status":"publish","type":"wcb_speaker","link":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2026\/speaker\/nik-mclaughlin\/","title":{"rendered":"Nik McLaughlin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nik McLaughlin is a Support Engineer and Product Manager at SkyVerge, where he leads the team behind 40+ WooCommerce extensions used by an estimated 200,000 stores. Nik has more than a decade of experience in WooCommerce ranging across merchant-side operations to product, support, and engineering roles. Hailing from Portland, Oregon, he\u2019s fond of the quirky, personal, and exceptional businesses that the city fosters so well. 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That&#8217;s a valid use case and is what drove the development of the Abilities API by the Core AI team, but the Abilities API has a lot more to offer than just AI integration. This talk will&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nik McLaughlin is a Support Engineer and Product Manager at SkyVerge, where he leads the team behind 40+ WooCommerce extensions used by an estimated 200,000 stores. Nik has more than a decade of experience in WooCommerce ranging across merchant-side operations to product, support, and engineering roles. 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