{"id":6729,"date":"2026-07-24T05:08:44","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T12:08:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2026\/?post_type=wcb_speaker&#038;p=6729"},"modified":"2026-07-24T06:33:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T13:33:03","slug":"nicola-catton","status":"publish","type":"wcb_speaker","link":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2026\/speaker\/nicola-catton\/","title":{"rendered":"Nicola Catton"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nici is Chief Delivery Officer at XWP, a specialist Enterprise WordPress agency, with nearly 20 years of experience leading Delivery teams and building Enterprise WordPress platforms. Previously, she spent more than a decade leading Delivery at Penske Media Corporation, where she helped deliver some of the highest-profile WordPress migrations in the US, including Rolling Stone, Women\u2019s Wear Daily, Variety, and Billboard. Passionate about creating efficient, high-value ways of working, Nici champions delivery practices that empower teams, foster psychological safety, and help organisations deliver exceptional digital experiences at scale.<\/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-4890 wcb_session type-wcb_session status-publish hentry wcb_track-track-3-technical wcb_session_category-showcase\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title has-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2026\/session\/when-the-platform-belongs-to-its-users-migrating-daily-kos-at-scale\/\" target=\"_self\" >When the Platform Belongs to Its Users: Migrating Daily Kos at Scale<\/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-3-technical\/\" rel=\"tag\">Technical WordPress<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Daily Kos isn\u2019t just a media publisher, it\u2019s a 20-year-old community where readers write, organize, and show up every single day. When it was time to migrate 1.5 million posts, 2.7 million users, and 88 million comments off a custom-built CMS, the technical challenge was only half the problem. The real risk was losing the&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nici is Chief Delivery Officer at XWP, a specialist Enterprise WordPress agency, with nearly 20 years of experience leading Delivery teams and building Enterprise WordPress platforms. 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