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Explore AI abilities directly in your website, all managed from a central hub. Slide seamlessly through the sleek, new admin theme implemented across the dashboard. Ignite creative flow with new blocks and design tools, and tap into an expansive developer toolbox that gives you more control than ever, letting you make it uniquely yours.

The fourth Release Candidate (“RC4”) for WordPress 7.0 is ready for download and testing! This version of the WordPress software is under development. Please do not install, run, or test this version of WordPress on production or mission-critical websites. Instead, it’s recommended that you evaluate RC4 on a test server and site. Reaching this phase […]

August 16–19, 2026, Phoenix Convention Center – Phoenix, Arizona Tickets are now available for WordCamp US 2026, taking place August 16–19, 2026, at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona. The flagship event brings together people from across the WordPress community to learn, contribute, share ideas, connect with contributor teams, and help shape the future […]

The third Release Candidate (“RC3”) for WordPress 7.0 is ready for download and testing! This version of the WordPress software is under development. Please do not install, run, or test this version of WordPress on production or mission-critical websites. Instead, it’s recommended that you evaluate RC3 on a test server and site. Reaching this phase […]

WordCamp US 2026 will take place August 16–19 in Phoenix, Arizona, and applications are now open for sponsors, speakers, and volunteers. WordCamp US is the flagship gathering for the WordPress community in North America, where contributors, builders, and users come together to share ideas and help shape what comes next for the open web. Full […]

WordPress Student Clubs are beginning to take shape as a new way to carry the momentum of WordPress Campus Connect beyond one-time workshops. What starts as an introduction to WordPress and open source is now continuing on campus through student-led groups that create space for learning, peer support, and early community participation. That shift matters […]

WordCamp Asia 2026 brought the global WordPress community to Mumbai, India, from April 9–11, gathering contributors, organizers, sponsors, speakers, and attendees at the Jio World Convention Centre for three days of learning, collaboration, and community. With 2,627 attendees, the event reflected the scale of the WordPress community and the strong turnout throughout the event. The […]

WordCamp Asia 2026 will be available to watch live across three days of streaming, making it easy for the global WordPress community to follow along from anywhere. This year’s live streamed programming begins with a special Contributor Day broadcast, followed by two full conference days of presentations from across the WordPress community. This post gathers […]

April 9-11, 2026 | Jio World Convention Centre, Mumbai, India WordCamp Asia 2026 brings the WordPress community to Mumbai, India, from April 9 to 11, with a schedule shaped around artificial intelligence, enterprise WordPress, developer workflows, product strategy, and open source collaboration. For attendees planning their time, the program offers a useful view of the […]

The second Release Candidate (“RC2”) for WordPress 7.0 is ready for download and testing! This version of the WordPress software is under development. Please do not install, run, or test this version of WordPress on production or mission-critical websites. Instead, it’s recommended that you evaluate RC2 on a test server and site. Reaching this phase […]

One of the best parts of blogging is the ability to share something with the people you care most about. Over the last few weeks, we’ve built a WordPress.com feature to make that easier. It’s geared to the kind of short, casual thing you’d otherwise send in a group chat …

WordPress Workspace is an macOS companion that turns your website into a full productivity suite. Ask the WordPress Agent, dictate, upload images, capture screenshots, and transform text with the voice, history, media, and structure your site already contains.

More AI for more people, a new way to build with WordPress in the terminal, and a theme that turns blogging into a social feed.

Learn how to set up, design, and launch your own online store with WooCommerce on WordPress.com in our new free, self-paced course.

At WordPress.com, we believe short thoughts deserve a real home. Today we’re introducing a new theme built for quick posts, replies, and reblogs: the kind of writing that lives somewhere between a tweet and a blog post, on a site that’s entirely yours. If you’ve been thinking about starting your …

Studio Code is a CLI coding agent for WordPress that builds sites from descriptions, manages local environments, and validates content. Now in beta.

Test the WordPress 7.0 beta on WordPress.com, upgraded the block editor and fix fatal plugin errors in just one click.

Spry Fox has grown its audience for 15 years with a blog, newsletter, and community. Here’s why their WordPress.com site still matters.

Connect Claude to your WordPress.com site and use your own data to find content gaps, prioritize topics, generate outlines, and publish posts without switching tools.

How HealthPress.io uses WordPress.com and Automattic for Agencies to power a European lifestyle medicine community of clinics, courses, and 600+ students.

BuddyPress 14.4.0, BuddyPress 12.6.0, and BuddyPress 11.5.2 are all now available. This is a security release. Please update as soon as possible. 14.4.0, 12.6.0 & 11.5.1 fixed one bug and one security issue: Note: 11.5.2 contains the same code changes as 11.5.1 but has been repackaged to hopefully resolve some SVN oddities. For complete details, […]

BuddyPress 14.3.4, BuddyPress 12.5.3, and BuddyPress 11.4.4 are all now available. This is a security release. Please update as soon as possible. 14.3.4, 12.5.3 & 11.4.4 fixed two bugs: For complete details, visit the 14.3.4 changelog. You can get the latest version by clicking on the above button, downloading it from the WordPress.org plugin directory or checking it […]

BuddyPress 14.3.3 is now available. This is a maintenance release. 14.3.3 fixes a mistake made in the build process for 14.3.1 (and 14.3.2 attempted to fix, but didn’t completely fix the issue, so was never released). 14.3.1 fixed two bugs: For complete details, visit the 14.3.1 changelog. You can get the latest version by clicking on […]

BuddyPress 14.3.1 is now available. This is a maintenance release. 14.3.1 fixes two bugs: For complete details, visit the 14.3.1 changelog. You can get the latest version by clicking on the above button, downloading it from the WordPress.org plugin directory or checking it out from our Subversion repository. Many thanks to our 14.3.1 contributors  dreampixel, boonebgorges, emaralive & imath.

BuddyPress 14.2.1 is now available. This is a maintenance & security release. All BuddyPress installations should be updated as soon as possible. The 14.2.1 release addresses the following security issue: This vulnerability was reported privately to the BuddyPress team, in accordance with WordPress’s security policies. Our thanks to the reporter for practicing coordinated disclosure. 14.2.1 also […]

Immediately available is BuddyPress 14.1.0. This maintenance release fixes 4 bugs. For details on the changes, please read the 14.1.0 release notes. Update to BuddyPress 14.1.0 today in your WordPress Dashboard, or by downloading from the WordPress.org plugin repository. Many thanks to 14.1.0 contributors  thomaslhotta, shailu25, emaralive, espellcaste & imath.

We’re very excited to announce the immediate availability of BuddyPress 14.0.0 « Da Lucia », named after the excellent pizza restaurant located in the 15th arrondissement of Paris, France. Get it now from the WordPress.org plugin repository, or right from your WordPress Dashboard. This new major version of your site’s community engine introduces around 80 changes mostly working under the […]

The first release candidate for BuddyPress 14.0.0 is now available! “Release Candidate” means that we think the new version is ready for release, but with the many possible specific WordPress configurations, hundreds of BuddyPress plugins and Thousands of WordPress themes, it’s possible something was missed. BuddyPress 14.0.0 is slated for release on July 12, 2024, and your help is […]

Please read the 14.0.0-beta1 announcement post for a list of nice improvements to expect from our next major release. What has been fixed in beta2? If you haven’t tested our 3 previous beta release, here’s a fresh opportunity to helped us build 14.0.0. Whether you’re a new, regular or advanced user, a theme designer or […]

The BuddyPress contributors have been hard at work baking our next release, version 14.0.0. This release is all about code modernization, focusing on these areas: We are excited for you to try our new release. Please run it through its paces, and let us know what problems you run into! Thanks for your help in […]

bbPress 2.6.14 is a minor release that fixes 20 issues. For everyone running bbPress 2.6, feel free to update at your earliest convenience. 🍯 This release improves Akismet, BuddyPress, and PHP 8.2 support, moderation terms, search, and more! (All of these fixes have already been merged into trunk/2.7.) Thank you to everyone who contributed to […]

bbPress 2.6.13 is a minor release that fixes 1 small incompatibility with WordPress 6.8. (This fix is already merged into the 2.7 development branch.) Thank you to vortfu, peterwilsoncc, spacedmonkey, joemcgill, swissspidy, and jorbin for helping communicate this to the bbPress team 🐝

bbPress 2.6.12 is a minor release that fixes 1 security issue and 1 small bug. The security issue was responsibly disclosed via the WordPress HackerOne bounty program. It does not appear to be actively exploited, and specifically targets: single-site WordPress installations, newer than 5.3.0, with the “Membership” setting set to “Anyone can register”, and with […]

bbPress 2.6.11 is a minor release that fixes 13 relatively small bugs reported over the past few years. Most notably, it improves HTML output escaping in the topic & reply forms (nothing serious, just some entities showing up where they should not), prevents a bunch of different debug notices from filling up error logs, and […]

bbPress 2.6.9 is a minor release that improves the Akismet clean-up routines introduced in the 2.6.7 release. If you are using Akismet with bbPress and saw some debug notices in your logs, this release is for you! Thank you to our friends over at Automattic’s Akismet team for helping! 💚

bbPress 2.6.8 is a minor release that fixes 1 regression in the 2.6.7 release. 😬 Thank you to everyone who provided prompt feedback in the support forums. Because of you, we were able to react quickly and repackage this release right away. 🎉

bbPress 2.6.7 is a minor release that fixes 19 issues. For everyone running bbPress 2.6, feel free to update at your earliest convenience. 🍯 This release improves Akismet and BuddyPress support, allows Moderators to reply to unapproved Topics, and fixes a user-interface issue with the hierarchical replies feature, just to highlight a few notable changes. […]

bbPress 2.6.6 is a minor release that fixes 22 issues. For all y’all running bbPress 2.6, you are welcome to update at your earliest convenience. 🐝 This release fixes a few PHP warnings & notices, some output formatting bugs, and improves a few different moderator experiences, just to name a few of my favorite changes. […]

bbPress 2.6.5 is a security release, and fixes 8 total issues reported either via Trac or HackerOne. For anyone running bbPress 2.6, please update to this version immediately. Special thanks to the following folks for improving the security of bbPress: Raphael Karger for disclosing an unauthenticated privilege escalation when New User Registration is enabled hoangkien1020 […]

bbPress 2.6.4 is a security release, and fixes 8 total issues reported by our amazing, patient, and vigilant community members: Fixes an obscure security issue with BuddyPress Group Forums, allowing Group Members to save Topics to invalid Forum IDs Fixes performance degradation for 2.5 database schemas Fixes a few typos Fixes some debug notices Fixes […]

With the release of 7.0 earlier today, trunk is finally open to any and all commits for WordPress 7.1. Trunk is now WordPress 7.1-alpha While the common practice is for trunk to open once the next release has been branched, closing the primary branch to any commits unrelated to 7.0 was necessary to avoid making […]

Preparation for the WordPress 7.0 release is underway. This post shares the release process, including the timeline and how you can help. Release Timeline Overview 24-Hour Code Freeze A mandatory 24-hour code freeze will be in effect for the 7.0 branch after the Dry Run finishes on April 14th. What does this mean? No source […]

WordPress 7.0 RC5 is ready for download and testing! This version of the WordPress software is still under development. Please do not install, run, or test this version of WordPress on production or mission-critical websites. Instead, it’s recommended to test RC5 on a test server and site. WordPress 7.0 RC5 can be tested using any […]

The full chat log is available beginning here on Slack. WordPress Performance Trac tickets Performance Lab Plugin (and other performance plugins) Open Floor Our next chat will be held on in the #core-performance channel in Slack. #core-performance, #hosting, #performance, #performance-chat, #summary

X-comment from +make.wordpress.org/ai: Comment on Leadership transition for the Core AI team

WordPress 7.0 removes—or facilitates removing—title attributes from links relating to post authors in the following functions: get_the_author_link(), the_author_link(), get_the_author_posts_link(), the_author_posts_link(), and wp_list_authors().

This guide outlines major developer features and breaking changes in 7.0 and is published in the Release Candidate phase to help inform WordPress extending developers, Core developers, and others. There are more than 419 Core Trac tickets included in WordPress 7.0, over 76 of which are enhancements and feature requests, and more than 300 bug […]

The next WordPress Developers Chat will take place on in the core channel on Make WordPress Slack. The live meeting will focus on the discussion for upcoming releases, and have an open floor section. The various curated agenda sections below refer to additional items. If you have ticket requests for help, please continue to post details in the comments section […]

Start of the meeting in Slack, facilitated by @audrasjb 🔗 Agenda post. Announcements 📢 WordPress 7.0 Updates General Discussion 💬 @desrosj noticed there are still 37 open tickets in milestone 7.0 and that the statuts of the about page ticket (#64536) wasn’t clear. @jorbin proposed to run a dedicated 7.0 scrub after the chat. @juanmaguitar will host […]

Following the decision to remove real-time collaboration from WordPress 7.0, this post summarizes what the latest hosting test data showed and outlines the recommended storage strategy for future iteration. A huge thank you to every web host that submitted results in response to last week’s call for testing. Submissions came in from eight hosting environments […]

Today, @matt made the decision to remove real-time collaboration from WordPress 7.0 and shared that he is not confident the current approach is robust enough to include in Core at this time, citing concerns around surface area, race conditions, server load, memory efficiency, and recurring bugs found through fuzz testing. This is a difficult decision, […]

What’s new in Gutenberg 23.1? (07 May) “What’s new in Gutenberg…” posts (labeled with the #gutenberg-new tag) are posted following every Gutenberg release on a biweekly basis, showcasing new features included in each release. As a reminder, here’s an overview of different ways to keep up with Gutenberg and the Editor. Gutenberg 23.1 has been […]

The next WordPress Developers Chat will take place on in the core channel on Make WordPress Slack. The live meeting will focus on the discussion for upcoming releases, and have an open floor section. The various curated agenda sections below refer to additional items. If you have ticket requests for help, please continue to post details in the comments section […]

The full chat log is available beginning here on Slack. WordPress Performance Trac tickets Performance Lab Plugin (and other performance plugins) Open Floor Our next chat will be held on in the #core-performance channel in Slack. #core-performance, #hosting, #performance, #performance-chat, #summary

Updated: May 18, 2026 with video recording and transcript of the Hallway Hangout (bph) The Block Editor Handbook is one of the primary resources for developers building with Gutenberg and WordPress core. Keeping it accurate and up-to-date as the editor evolves is an ongoing challenge. Recently, a detailed Core Blocks reference section was proposed for […]

X-comment from +make.wordpress.org/hosting: Comment on Urgent: Testing request to Web hosts for collaborative editing by May 4th

The next WordPress Developers Chat will take place on in the core channel on Make WordPress Slack. The live meeting will focus on the discussion for upcoming releases, and have an open floor section. The various curated agenda sections below refer to additional items. If you have ticket requests for help, please continue to post details in the comments section […]

WordPress has no built-in way to see who else is in the admin with you. This experimental feature plugin changes that — try it in Playground.

“What’s new in Gutenberg” posts (labeled with the #gutenberg-new tag) are posted following every Gutenberg release on a biweekly basis, showcasing new features included in each release. As a reminder, here’s an overview of different ways to keep up with Gutenberg and the Editor. Gutenberg 23.0 has been released and is available for download! This release introduces […]

A basic look up table on design tools supported per block.

Version: Gutenberg 23.x / WP 7.0 Description block_core_navigation_submenu_render_submenu_icon() was silently removed in ​Gutenberg PR #74853 (synced to Core via ​wordpress-develop PR #10865 in [61605]) as part of a refactor that consolidated submenu icon rendering into a new shared function: block_core_shared_navigation_render_submenu_icon(). The old was deleted with no _deprecated_function(). Since no backwards-compatible alias was provided, this is a breaking change for any theme or plugin that previously called the function directly. Steps to Reproduce Install or activate a custom theme (or plugin) that calls block_core_navigation_submenu_render_submenu_icon() as part of a render_block_core/navigation-submenu filter (a documented and reasonable usage pattern for customizing the dropdown chevron icon). Update to Gutenberg 23.x (or WordPress 7.0 with the synced change). Load any page on the site. Expected Behavior The function call either continues to work, OR WordPress triggers a _deprecated_function() notice with guidance to use block_core_shared_navigation_render_submenu_icon() instead, while remaining functional until a future major version. Actual Behavior A fatal PHP error is thrown. Proposed Fix Add a deprecated shim in Core. In wp-includes/blocks/navigation-submenu.php (or wherever the function previously lived), add a backwards-compatible wrapper: <?php /** * Renders the submenu icon SVG for the Navigation Submenu block. * * @deprecated Use block_core_shared_navigation_render_submenu_icon() instead. * @return string SVG markup for the submenu icon. */ function block_core_navigation_submenu_render_submenu_icon() { _deprecated_function( __FUNCTION__, '7.0.0', 'block_core_shared_navigation_render_submenu_icon()' ); return block_core_shared_navigation_render_submenu_icon(); } References Gutenberg PR (introduced change): ​https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/74853 WP Core sync PR: ​https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/pull/10865

Hi there, On new WP 7 i have problems on publish section (right pannel) because the new icons are too big and are not displayed correctly if WP Rocket plugin is active. I attach how it lokks on WP 6.9.4 (are displayed OK) and on WP 7.0 (i use latest php 8.4). Hoppe you will fix the problem.

Build/Test Tools: Test 7.0 in upgrade testing workflows. This sets 7.0 as the most recent branch of WordPress in the upgrade testing workflows. See #64893, #64966.

duplicate: This issue is already being discussed in #64762.

Couldn't find similar tickets, but surprised people didn't find this bug before.

Visiting the connectors page /wp-admin/options-connectors.php shows rounded corners. The rounded corners also get weirdly stuck when scrolling. It looks like it may be incomplete?

Hey, Look like button text vertical alignment issue on focus under mobile devices. For more information see mentioned screenshot.

Media modal filter dropdown seems to have both float and display:grid, and it's misaligned.

Post WordPress 7.0 version bump

Are you looking for affordable WordPress themes and plugins for your new website or blog? Sometimes you need a premium […] The post Elegant Themes Review 2024: Should You Invest in a Theme Club? appeared first on WPHacks.

Have you been wanting to share your ideas with the world at large and start a WordPress blog? Maybe you’ve […] The post How to Start a WordPress Blog (Ultimate Beginner’s Guide for 2023) appeared first on WPHacks.

Looking for the best WordPress membership plugin to base your site on? It’s a big decision, and one you’ll be […] The post 6 Best WordPress Membership Plugins in 2023 (Pros and Cons) appeared first on WPHacks.

In 2020, the number of bloggers is expected to reach 31.7 million, which means the best blogging platforms are in […] The post 6 Best Blogging Platforms for Beginners – Compared (2023) appeared first on WPHacks.

Do you need to create a high-converting landing page for your website? Thankfully, there are some well-developed WordPress landing page […] The post 6 of the Best WordPress Landing Page Plugins for Your Website (2023) appeared first on WPHacks.

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Not many of the present readers might know me very well, and that in part, is the reason that I have made the decision to transfer WLTC to more willing and presently capable hands. I am a stranger on my blog and the time has come for me to make sure that this blog, its contents and its knowledge are archived and preserved and maybe rejuvenated at a later time. I delved into blogging tools back in 2004 when I started my Masters degree in CS. I wanted some code to mess around with in my free time and everyone was talking about blogging. I looked into a variety of tools, built a small Linux server for myself at home, and installed a few of the tools that were freely available at that time. I had a heck of a time getting a hold of MT (Moveable Type, the most well-known name) and […]

The landscape of news has changed so much over the last few years that news about a particular topic or platform is readily available to anyone within an instant. With WordPress, I imagine that could be one of the perks of powering over 16% of the web, but it’s true that news is becoming incredibly accessible. In short, news is everywhere. Speaking of WordPress in general, you can of course acquire official direct news from WordPress News, but you can also take a peak behind the curtain and follow news in the making at Make WordPress.org. Though it’s only specific to the WordPress.com blogging platform, WordPress.com News is also worth watching for WordPress development news, as WordPress.com users often get access to new WordPress features before they’re released, so you’ll be able to try new features rather than just read about them. There’s more news than just direct official news, like I […]

New plugins GC Message Box allows you to highlight your key message(s) in smart ways within articles and blog posts. Simple Social Icons allows you to insert social icons in any widget area. Stick It allows you to stick the navigation menu in any theme to the top of browser window. Updated plugins Jetpack allows you to supercharge your WordPress site with powerful features previously only available to WordPress.com users. Nav Menu Images enables uploading of images for nav menu items on the menu edit screen.

AirTime is a subtle and simple theme. FirmaSite is a responsive theme with BuddyPress and bbPress support. Stark Lite is a minimalist and simple theme.

New plugins Easy Watermark automatically adds watermark to images when they are uploaded. Internet Defense League Cat Signal automatically loads either the modal or the banner Cat Signal when there is an active campaign from the Internet Defense League. Updated plugins BFT Autoresponder allows scheduling of automated autoresponder messages and managing a mailing list. Google Analytics Dashboard for WP will display Google Analytics data and statistics inside your Dashboard. WordPress MU Domain Mapping allows users of a WordPress MU site or WordPress 3.0 network to map their blog/site to another domain.

Memori Jingga is a responsive, clean, and simple theme. Rockers is a responsive theme with a clean design. Satu is an elegant single-column responsive theme.

The dates have been announced for WordCamp San Francisco 2013, an event which is often heralded as the annual WordPress conference. WordCamp San Francisco 2013 will be held on July 26 and 27 at the Mission Bay Conference Center with a Developer Hack Day on July 28. A list of speakers is not yet available, but they would like you to nominate your favorite past WordCamp speakers. Will you be attending WordCamp San Francisco this year?

New plugins Google Adsense Dashboard for WP will display your Google Adsense earnings and related reports inside your Dashboard. Google Analytics Dashboard for WP will display Google Analytics data and statistics inside your Dashboard. Updated plugins Ad Code Manager allows you to manage your ad codes through the WordPress admin in a safe and easy way. BFT Autoresponder allows scheduling of automated autoresponder messages and managing a mailing list. CampTix Event Ticketing is an easy to use and flexible event ticketing plugin.

Cazuela is a neutral colored theme. Ilisa is a clean and minimal theme that can be easily used as a personal portfolio or a business website. Partition has a light, lively, colorful, yet professional and classic appearance.

New plugins Barc Chat provides a simple yet feature rich chat room for your whole community to interact in real-time directly on your site. Get Directions is a flexible and responsive map plugin. Namaste! LMS is a learning management system for WordPress. Pinterest Verify Meta Tag simply inserts the Pinterest meta tag verification code to the correct section of your site. Updated plugins BackWPup allows you to backup your WordPress database, files, and more. Ooyala Video allows you to easily embed videos from the Ooyala Video Platform.

Ease is a simple red and white theme. Nomad is an attractive professional, business or blog theme with an unusual, very narrow orientation and design. Sensitive is fully responsive theme using Twitter Bootstrap and a Metro-styled accent. Visual is a dark minimalist theme for displaying photos and images.

The impending release of WordPress 3.6 has been pushed back one more week to April 29. At this time, WordPress 3.6 is not yet feature complete (meaning that all intended new features have not been entirely finished), so the decision was made to push the first beta release back two weeks to March 27 and the final release back one week to April 29. This will allow the team time to focus on finalizing the in-progress new features so that they (and the brave folks who enjoy running beta software) can simply focus on testing and bug fixing rather than polishing up partial features.

New plugins Easy Media Gallery is designed to display portfolios and various media types including gallery sets, single images, google maps, video, audio, and links with ease and elegance. ytlink provides a preview image for embedded YouTube videos. Updated plugins BackWPup allows you to backup your WordPress database, files, and more. Genericon’d enables easy use of the Genericons icon font set from within WordPress. Icons can be inserted using either HTML or a shortcode. Keyring provides a very hookable, completely customizable framework for connecting your WordPress site to an external service. WP All Import makes it easy to import any XML or CSV file into your WordPress site.

There has been a lot of talk lately about working from home and maintaining a distributed workforce. Web-based software, like WordPress, Joomla, and Drupal, are taking over the publishing industry and allow you to work from anywhere with an internet connection. Though, even though they can be managed  from home, working from home and maintaining a distributed workforce is not yet broadly acknowledged in society as a successful and efficient alternative to working in an office. Despite working with software that doesn’t need to be tied to one specific workstation, you could still find yourself tied to a desk in cubicle. I work full-time for Automattic and have the pleasure of both working from home and setting my own hours. After all, I only need a browser, an email client, and IRC client, and Skype to do my job. A desk is nice, but there’s no one saying that said desk has to be […]

Attitude is a simple, clean, and responsive retina-ready theme. Catch Everest is a simple, clean, and responsive theme. Liberus is an ideal business related theme that is relatively simple and would suit any blog or website. Stitch is an elegant, modern theme with optional fixed header.

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Starting in September 2026, parts of the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) are going into effect. There are some things to prepare for developers and maintainers of open source software like WordPress plugins. This session will give you a primer on the key points of CRA, and equip you with the knowledge (and a handy checklist) to navigate the uncertain waters of European regulations.Presentation Slides »

Your search rankings have an accessibility problem, and Google is already measuring it. Every time a user bounces because they can't read your navigation, abandons a form because the error message is confusing, or gives up because a page is cognitively overwhelming, search engines record a failure signal. In this talk, you'll learn how to spot those failure signals yourself, what to demand from your developer to fix them, and how the content decisions you make every day directly affect both accessibility and your rankings. You'll walk away with the 5-Second Clarity Test, which is a practical, no-code audit you can run on any page, and a clear understanding of why accessible, well-structured content is what both human visitors and AI search agents need to do their job. Turn accessibility from something you outsource into your most effective SEO argument.Presentation Slides »

LLMs and AI agents don't visit your website the way humans do. They don't even need to visit it at all. They pull information from structured data, knowledge graphs, and entity signals scattered across the web, then decide whether to trust you, cite you, or ignore you. Most website owners are still optimizing pages. The game has expanded. What your website says about itself, how consistent that identity is across the web, and whether machines can verify who you are now matters more than what's on the page. This is Machine-First Architecture: designing your web presence for the systems that read it, not just the humans who land on it. This talk covers both sides of that architecture: the on-site fundamentals (semantic HTML, Schema.org) and the off-site reality (entity optimization, trust signals, knowledge graph presence).Presentation Slides »

Building custom Gutenberg blocks can feel complex and time-consuming, especially for developers who want to move fast without over-engineering. In this talk, I will show the fastest and most practical ways to build Gutenberg blocks using modern WordPress tools and scripts. The session will focus on real workflows that developers can start using immediately.Presentation Slides »

The WordPress agency model isn't dying — it's being upgraded. While most conversations about AI focus on what it threatens, this talk maps what the most successful agencies are actually building right now. Three shifts are happening simultaneously, and the agencies that embrace all three are pulling ahead: From projects to partnerships — Replacing one-off website builds with ongoing strategic relationships. Agencies that automated routine maintenance freed up to 80% of repetitive workload, reinvesting that time into higher-value advisory work. From deliverables to decisions — Moving from “we build your site” to “we guide your digital strategy.” Agencies charging for AI-augmented strategic consulting are reporting significantly higher monthly retainers than traditional project shops. From isolation to ecosystem — The agencies that actively participate in communities like this WordCamp, contribute to open source, and build public knowledge aren’t just doing marketing — they’re building a moat. When platforms shift and AI evolves, relationships and reputation are the assets that can’t be commoditized. This is not a doom talk. It’s an optimistic, data-grounded map of where the best WordPress agencies are heading — and a practical path for anyone who wants to follow. Based on real pricing data, direct conversations with over 1,000 agencies in the last two years, cases from the global GTM community, and lessons from organizing WP Agency Forum and the Digital Agency Summit Colombia with 300+ agency leaders.Presentation Slides »

La inteligencia artificial está provocando el mayor cambio en la historia del SEO. Por primera vez, las respuestas llegan antes que los clics, y el posicionamiento deja de ser solo una cuestión de ranking para convertirse en una batalla por la recomendación. En esta charla analizaremos cómo los LLM están transformando los buscadores, qué significa hoy construir autoridad digital y qué nuevas estrategias de contenido, relaciones públicas y visibilidad son necesarias en una era donde, para muchos, el clic ya se ha convertido en fado.Presentation Slides »

A Inteligência Artificial está revolucionando a segurança do WordPress — mas será que estamos preparados para os dois lados dessa moeda? Nesta talk, exploraremos como a IA pode ser sua maior aliada na proteção de sites, ao mesmo tempo que se torna uma arma poderosa nas mãos de atacantes. Descubra as técnicas, ferramentas e estratégias para se defender neste novo campo de batalha digital.Presentation Slides »

In this talk, I will revisit some of the essential foundations of web design and share my personal view on what design means today, how it has evolved in recent years, and what changes artificial intelligence has brought to the design process. I will also explore the trends that are shaping the road toward 2026. During the session, I will share the tools I use in my daily work, provide practical resources that attendees can download, and introduce a small gamification element to make the experience dynamic, engaging, and fun. All examples and approaches will be applied to real projects built with WordPress. I will talk about what web design looks like today, where it is heading toward 2026, and the new aspects worth paying attention to. Attendees will learn to understand the most important changes in design, recognize what other professionals who are setting trends are doing, and discover useful, relevant resources they can apply directly to their own projects. Participants will leave with a clearer vision of where web design is going, practical ideas they can immediately apply to their WordPress projects, helpful tools, and downloadable resources—all delivered in a light, practical, and enjoyable format.Presentation Slides »

In recent releases, WordPress has started introducing small portions of real gems that will have an immense impact on the way we develop websites and think about essential aspects of them that go beyond the code, such as performance, user experience, developer experience, and maybe the most important of all, accessibility. Drawing inspiration from Symfony’s Live components, this API is built for speed, extensibility, and server-side rendering and is tailored to seamlessly integrate with the WordPress ecosystem. But the Interactivity API is not just the most fun API ever; it is built with accessibility best practices in mind.Presentation Slides »

A Inteligência Artificial não veio para substituir os developers, mas sim para elevar o nosso papel. Estamos a deixar de escrever código linha a linha para assumirmos a posição de arquitetos e orquestradores. Esta palestra é um guia prático, pensado para developers seniores que querem ir muito além das simples sugestões de autocomplete e adotar um workflow verdadeiramente agêntico. Começamos por mapear o panorama atual da programação com AI, que vai desde o código assistido, com as típicas sugestões ao estilo Copilot, passando pelo “vibe coding”, onde se prototipa à base de prompts e alguma esperança. O nosso foco, no entanto, será a engenharia agêntica: um desenvolvimento estruturado onde o humano controla a arquitetura e a qualidade, enquanto os agentes de AI tratam da implementação, testes e iteração. Usando o AI Fluency Framework da Anthropic como base, vamos explorar a mudança de mindset necessária para este novo modelo e desmistificar a ideia de que usar AI é “batota”, desde que seja feito com rigor. Durante esta apresentação irei partilhar ferramentas open source — baseadas em servidores MCP e criadas a partir do meu uso diário em projetos reais de clientes na Codeable — que transformam o Claude Code num verdadeiro ambiente de desenvolvimento nativo para WordPress. Arrancamos com um exemplo simples focado no scaffolding de um plugin com página de opções, validando hooks automaticamente. Passamos depois a um nível intermédio com a construção de um bloco Gutenberg personalizado, para por último, avançarmos para o desenvolvimento de produto end-to-end, cobrindo todo o processo desde a especificação da ideia à implementação, passando pelo debugging com Chrome DevTools e a execução de testes automatizados. Nesta sessão, os participantes vão compreender a diferença crucial entre vibe coding e engenharia agêntica, percebendo porque é que os testes marcam a linha divisória entre ambos. Vamos também demonstrar como os servidores MCP resolvem o problema dos dados de treino desatualizados, dando à AI contexto verificado e em tempo real. No final, todos levarão consigo um toolkit concreto, disponível no GitHub em pluginslab, e um workflow que poderão configurar e começar a usar no próprio dia.Presentation Slides »

E se pudesses transformar uma ideia simples num interface funcional em poucos minutos? Nesta sessão vamos explorar como ferramentas de prototipagem baseadas em inteligência artificial, como Lovable, Bolt, Replit ou v0, podem ser usadas para criar rapidamente protótipos e aplicações web que comunicam com o WordPress através da REST API. E não, não é só para programadores. Esta apresentação é para designers, developers, product builders e utilizadores “normais” de WordPress que querem experimentar, validar ideias e criar interfaces interativas. A IA entra como parceira criativa e técnica, ajudando a reduzir barreiras e a acelerar a passagem da ideia ao protótipo.Presentation Slides »

A maioria das lojas online em Portugal está, sem saber, bloqueada para os "compradores" mais eficientes de 2026: os Agentes de IA (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini). Enquanto os seus concorrentes continuam a lutar por atenção humana, o futuro pertence ao E-commerce Invisível. Nesta sessão, vou revelar como transformar o seu WooCommerce numa infraestrutura capaz de vender sozinha, comunicando diretamente com assistentes autónomos através do Protocolo MCP (Model Context Protocol) e de uma checklist técnica de 50 pontos. Vamos aprender a eliminar a fricção, otimizar a semântica para máquinas e garantir que a sua loja é a escolha número um dos robôs.Presentation Slides »

Nos projetos WordPress, muitos dos desafios não vêm do código, dos plugins ou da tecnologia — vêm da forma como gerimos clientes, expectativas e processos. Nesta sessão, Filipa Simões de Freitas partilha uma perspetiva prática sobre o lado menos falado dos projetos web: a comunicação com o cliente, a definição de limites, o alinhamento de objetivos e a gestão de expectativas ao longo do processo. Através de exemplos reais, serão abordados temas como: briefings que evitam problemas futuros scope creep e pedidos constantes de alteração como traduzir linguagem técnica para decisões de negócio a importância da estratégia e do branding antes da execução o papel de designers e developers como guias do cliente Esta talk pretende criar uma ponte entre perfis técnicos e business owners, mostrando como uma melhor gestão da relação com o cliente pode tornar projetos WordPress mais simples, mais eficientes e mais sustentáveis.

AI is rewriting the rules of the web. Users now expect products to be smarter, faster, and more capable than ever, and that bar keeps rising. WordPress core isn’t sitting on the sidelines. In this session, we’ll dig into the AI building blocks already shipped in core, including the WP AI Client, the Abilities API, and the MCP adapter. You'll see exactly how to use them to bring AI-powered features into your own plugins, themes, and sites. We'll also tackle a bigger question: when agents can spin up entire projects on any stack, why is WordPress still the right bet?Presentation Slides »

Claude Code is a powerful AI coding agent that can serve as a command center for WordPress development and site management. In this talk we’ll see how to use it to create plugins, generate block themes from designs, interact with your production WordPress site, and automate everyday tasks — all from the terminal. We’ll explore three key capabilities: Skills (specialized knowledge packs for tasks like plugin development or block theme creation), MCP (Model Context Protocol, which lets Claude Code connect directly to external services like WordPress, GitHub, Figma, or N8N), and the Abilities API (which lets WordPress expose its functionality as tools that AI agents can use). Through live demos, we’ll walk through real workflows: generating a block theme from an HTML design, querying your production blog using natural language, installing plugins, and reading error logs — without leaving the terminal. While the demos use Claude Code, the concepts — MCP, Skills, and the Abilities API — are standard and transferable to any AI coding agent that supports them. What you learn here applies regardless of the tool you choose. Aimed at developers and technical profiles with basic WordPress knowledge who want to discover how AI coding agents are changing WordPress workflows, both for development and site management.Presentation Slides »

Over the past decade, customer journeys have become increasingly fragmented, dynamic, and personalized — driven by artificial intelligence and an explosion of digital touchpoints. The traditional marketing funnel (awareness → consideration → conversion) no longer explains how people discover, evaluate, purchase, and stay loyal to brands. In an AI-powered world, journeys are continuous, non-linear, contextual, and often initiated by algorithms — not marketers. In this session, we will explore how AI is reshaping the customer journey and what this means for marketers, creators, and WordPress professionals. We will cover: Why the traditional funnel model is becoming obsolete How AI systems (search, recommendations, conversational agents) influence decision paths The shift from linear funnels to adaptive journey ecosystems Practical implications for WordPress websites, content strategy, and digital experiences Attendees will leave with a clearer mental model for understanding modern customer behavior — and practical ideas to redesign their digital presence for the AI era.Presentation Slides »

Numa era em que a web está saturada de textos genéricos e automáticos, como podem as empresas destacar-se? O segredo não está na ferramenta mas na estratégia. Nesta sessão, vou apresentar o Método F.A.C.E., uma fórmula desenhada para transformar a Inteligência Artificial num estratega de comunicação capaz de gerar conteúdo específico, humano e profundamente otimizado. Vou partilhar como esta fórmula resolve o maior problema da IA (a falta de contexto adequado) através de quatro pilares críticos: Função, Atividade, Contexto, Execução. Os participantes sairão com uma metodologia prática para escalar a produção de artigos, páginas, guias e casos de estudo que não só dominam os resultados de pesquisa, como preservam a identidade única da marca. Uma abordagem estratégica indispensável para programadores, agências de marketing e donos de lojas online que procuram eficiência sem comprometer a qualidade.Presentation Slides »

In 2026, my day stopped being about writing code and started being about describing outcomes, orchestrating agents, and reviewing diffs. I'll walk through the loop I actually run and the guardrails that keep the output production-ready.

WP Agentic Admin, is a privacy-first AI assistant for WordPress that runs entirely in the browser. No cloud APIs, no data leaving the device. Just a small language model running on your GPU, turning WordPress admin into a natural language command center. Marcel will demo and share how this project came to life during the Cloudfest Hackaton 2026.

When people think about WordPress, they often focus on development, themes, plugins, and the professional ecosystem around it. But WordPress is much more than software. It is a vast open project powered by hundreds of volunteers who contribute in many different ways. In this session, we will explore the broader WordPress project and the free resources it offers: learning platforms, community support, media and photo directories, design resources, and opportunities to get involved. Whether you are a developer, designer, content creator, or simply curious, you will discover how WordPress goes far beyond code and how you can benefit from and contribute to its open ecosystem.

Workshop en español dirigido a mentores y alumnos de WordPress Credits para mostrar cómo instalar y aprovechar al máximo el plugin de Weglot, una de las herramientas ofrecidas por los patrocinadores del programa que permite a los estudiantes traducir su web a otros idiomas de forma gratuita.Presentation Slides »

The WordCamp Asia Contributor Day will be taking place on April 9, 2026! In preparation for the day, we’d like you to share ideas of what contributors at the Training Team table can get involved with that day. You can read our Preparing for a Flagship WordCamp Contributor Day handbook page to learn more about how the Training Team prepares for Flagship WordCamp Contributor Days.

Tener una página de servicios no significa que te contacten. En la charla veremos qué es lo que hace que una página de servicios genere confianza de verdad… y por qué muchas no lo consiguen aunque estén bien diseñadas. Hablaremos de cómo definir un servicio, cómo comunicarlo desde el punto de vista del cliente y qué elementos son clave para que una persona pase de estar interesada a dar el paso: escribirte, pedirte presupuesto o contratarte. Porque la página de servicios no es para hablar de lo que haces, sino para que la otra persona entienda por qué debería escogerte a ti.Presentation Slides »

Una introducción práctica a Docker aplicada al desarrollo con WordPress. A través de un ejemplo real veremos cómo crear un entorno de desarrollo completo con Docker Compose, desde la configuración inicial hasta tener el proyecto listo para desarrollar y preparar su despliegue.

En esta entrevista, Erika Joana Claros Choque comparte su experiencia dentro del programa WordPress Credits Bolivia, donde participó en el área de traducción contribuyendo al proyecto “Translation of 7.0.x - Development: Spanish (Uruguay)”. Durante la conversación, habla sobre el aprendizaje obtenido, los retos de colaborar en una comunidad global y cómo esta experiencia fortaleció sus habilidades técnicas y profesionales dentro del ecosistema WordPress.

You work hard. You take calls, troubleshoot issues, write content, and design and develop websites, but at the end of the month, your invoice total doesn’t reflect all that effort. If you’re constantly wondering where your billable hours went, it’s time to take a closer look at your workflow and toolset. This talk challenges WordPress professionals to stop accepting inefficiency as the cost of doing business and start seeing how the wrong tools drain their time, limit their profits, and force them into unpaid maintenance work. Attendees will: Learn how to calculate the hidden cost of inefficiencies in their WordPress business. See real-world examples of how site updates, troubleshooting, and plugin incompatibilities eat into their bottom line. Get a framework for evaluating their tool stack—identifying which tools are making them money and which ones are wasting it. Discover how to break free from the cycle of tool addiction, where every missing feature requires yet another paid add-on. Walk away with an actionable strategy to build a more profitable, scalable, and sustainable WordPress business.

You launch a site for your client. You enable automatic updates and automated billing to boost your passive income. Before long, you realize that without monitoring, you’re taking on a slightly bigger risk than you’d like. Downtime monitoring is the standard solution, but it doesn’t actually catch your biggest losses. Managing over 2,000 WordPress websites, we started developing a roadmap of 57 different monitoring solutions in 2025. I’d love to walk the audience through the most remarkable ones (otherwise we won’t make it in 20 minutes).

Bespreken van concepten in Varnish die kunnen worden gebruikt om huidige implementaties een boost te geven.

Many WordPress users face challenges when expanding into multiple languages: content duplication, SEO conflicts, and editorial confusion. In this talk, I’ll clarify when a multisite setup is the smarter choice compared to plugin-based translation. Attendees will leave with a simple checklist, real-world examples, and best practices to build scalable, multilingual WordPress experiences especially suited for European clients with regional presence (e.g., .nl / .be / .de domains

As a non-technical entrepreneur, I thought complex WordPress development was impossible for me. Then I discovered AI coding assistants like Claude. In 6 months, I went from zero coding knowledge to building a sophisticated WordPress plugin with over 100k lines of code, 20+ PHP classes, React interfaces, and enterprise features used by hundreds of professionals around the world. This talk shares my practical methodology for AI-assisted WordPress development – the mistakes, breakthroughs, and specific strategies that actually work. I’ll demonstrate how to break down complex projects, communicate effectively with AI tools, and ensure code quality without traditional programming knowledge. Whether you’re a developer curious about AI acceleration or a non-technical person with big WordPress ideas, you’ll leave with actionable strategies for leveraging AI in your WordPress projects.

Drawing inspiration from Symfony’s Live components, this API is built for speed, extensibility, and server-side rendering and is tailored to seamlessly integrate with the WordPress ecosystem. Whether you’re a seasoned developer or a WordPress enthusiast, this talk will empower you to create dynamic, interactive user experiences with ease and clarity. Showcasing fresh new features in real-life examples during a live coding session, who knows what we might end up with by the end of it. But you’ll definitely want to build it yourself.

In deze talk leer je wat je als marketeer of agency kunt doen om tracking toekomstbestendig te maken in een tijd van AI, strengere privacyregels en technologische veranderingen. We gaan in op de rol van Server Side Tracking, het benutten van first-party data en hoe je ondanks beperkte datatoegang toch maximaal resultaat uit je campagnes haalt.

Many people talk about automated tests and end-to-end testing. But once you try it, you realize it’s not that easy: those tests are time-consuming to create and maintain, QA engineers may lack coding expertise, and every major product change requires starting over! AI has already transformed testing—LLMs excel at generating unit and integration tests from code, dramatically reducing boilerplate work for developers. However, end-to-end testing remained untouched until early 2025, when Model Context Protocol (MCP) allowed AI to control browsers directly. This breakthrough is particularly powerful for WordPress, facilitating sophisticated UI-based testing automation. Drawing from months of experimentation at group.one (WP Rocket, RankMath, WP.one, Imagify), I’ll demonstrate how we leverage Playwright MCP to turn manual E2E testing into an AI-driven process.

We denken graag dat we rationele keuzes maken online. Maar ons brein denkt daar heel anders over. In deze talk neemt Maaike je mee in de wereld van gedragspsychologie, waar slimme ontwerpkeuzes ongemerkt sturen wat mensen wel of juist niet doen op je website. We duiken in technieken van onder andere Kahneman, Cialdini en Tadema en vertalen die naar UX. Het resultaat? Meer conversie, meer rust in je ontwerp en – zonder dat je het doorhebt – een toegankelijkere website voor iedereen.
 Geen betweterig betoog, maar een interactieve talk. We kijken door de bril van gedrag, UX én een vleugje AX (Accessibility Experience). Je vertrekt met een hoofd vol nieuwe inzichten, maar ook met een lijstje praktische tweaks die je morgen al kunt toepassen.

Wat gebeurt er als twee ‘concullega’s’ besluiten niet alleen kennis te delen, maar ook actief samen te werken aan een open source project? In deze talk delen we hoe onze bureaus de krachten bundelen binnen het Open WebConcept: een open source WordPress-architectuur voor overheden. We nemen je mee in hoe we de samenwerking vormgeven, van praktische afspraken tot gedeelde processen, en vertellen eerlijk over de uitdagingen én voordelen. Ook duiken we in de technische learnings: hoe stemmen we onze codebases af, waar liepen we tegenaan, en hoe dragen we bij aan iets dat groter is dan onze afzonderlijke organisaties. Een talk over vertrouwen, pragmatiek en de kracht van open source in de praktijk.

WordPress powers more than 40% of the web, but the current plugin distribution system still contains single points of failure that can make websites vulnerable. FAIR Package Manager is an open-source initiative that allows organizations to run their own mirror package nodes, improve software chain security, and guarantee reliable updates — even behind corporate firewalls. In this session, Joost de Valk (Emilia Capital) and Karim Marucchi (Crowd Favorite) share why FAIR is important, what problems it solves for developers, hosts, and enterprises, and how you can contribute to its future.

Presentatie door Jessica Risch tijdens WordCamp Nederland 2025. We made 12% growth in revenue for one of our customers within 30 days, by only focusing on the performance of the WooCommerce webshop. How? - Remove plugins - Cleanup database (from the phpMyAdmin) - Code review & optimization Besides, we have cases where WooCommerce shops run well with up to 50K products and 15K visitors a month. WooCommerce is no longer for small webshops, as long as you know what you do. In this talk I can share experience and actual cases.

Think you don’t need coding standards, documentation, or tests? Perfect! In this tongue-in-cheek session, I’ll show you why you’re right… and then why you’re absolutely, hilariously wrong. We’ll dive into what PHP 7 & 8 offer, examine how design patterns and best practices affect WordPress projects, and look at the real-world impact of skipping (or following) good coding habits. Expect surprises, laughs, and practical insights to take your code from “barely works” to “built to last.” You might just leave loving code quality after all. Learning Outcomes: Get familiar with modern PHP features in a WordPress context Understand the business case for (and against!) coding standards Learn how small changes in code quality pay off in big ways

Hoe schaal je als bureau je WordPress projecten zonder in te leveren op kwaliteit? Wij laten zien hoe we ons in-house framework inruilden voor een modulaire aanpak met open source als basis. Dankzij template repositories voor sites en packages, automatische server provisioning en een ecosysteem van herbruikbare packages bouwen we nu sneller, foutlozer en met minder supportdruk. We nemen je mee van probleem naar praktijkoplossing.

In this session, you’ll learn how to create interactive 3D characters that can be driven by any video source — from webcam footage to pre-recorded clips. We’ll explore how to combine motion capture, 3D modeling, and real-time animation workflows using accessible tools. Whether you’re building immersive web experiences, engaging content for social media, or experimenting with virtual identities, this talk will show you how to bring your characters to life and make them react and move naturally with video-based input.

AI is reshaping industries and the way traditional development is done. According to recent news, more than 30% of the new code written for Google and Microsoft is AI-generated. AI-driven code editors like Cursor claim that you can now write code by just using prompts in natural language (vibe coding). At the same time, businesses are trying to leverage AI tools to boost their productivity and cut costs. We will discuss what are the new tools and instruments that WordPress developers need to be familiar with to stay relevant and efficient in a world where AI-generated code is changing the game and becoming the new norm.

HTML and CSS constantly evolve, and new features are added yearly. In the last couple of years, exciting new features have emerged, like the dialog element, view transitions, and typed custom properties, which might overwhelm you and make you feel lost. Together, we will explore these features and others with practical examples and code snippets. We will examine how they can improve web development and create more performant, accessible, and visually appealing websites. Whether you’re a seasoned developer or new to the game, this talk will provide valuable insights to enhance your skills.

Site Kit by Google has come a long way since its 2020 release. Now, with powerful new features including newsletter sign-ups, paywalls, and contribution requests, you’ll learn how to easily monetize your site and more effectively engage with your audience.

- WordPress core values - What does “Sustainability” mean - What can WordPress do to become more - sustainable (a few examples) - What can you do with WordPress to become more sustainable (a few examples)

During her work as a web accessibility specialist Rian noticed the biggest hurdle to create an accessible web, is the lack of knowledge. People have a hard time finding out what is important: where to get reliable information and code patterns, what are the rules and how to test? Together with Joe Dolson she started working on up-to-date and well maintained information for WordPress. The WP Accessibility Knowledge Base, about what is needed to deliver accessible work and how to properly test for accessibility. With clear do’s and don’ts, practical examples, and easy-to-follow documentation. Find out what our progress is, how you can help and how also the documentation on make.wordpress.org will benefit from this project.

We kennen het allemaal: je klant wil ‘iets moois’, jij levert het af, iedereen blij. Of toch niet? We zijn als webdesigners niet alleen mooimakers, maar ook meedenkers. Je mag duidelijk maken hoe je met slimme designkeuzes websitebezoekers in beweging krijgt én hoe je opdrachtgevers helpt om verder te kijken dan hun eigen wensenlijstje. In deze talk neem ik je mee in mijn aanpak als webdesigner en trainer: Hoe je met simpele UX/UI-principes en een beetje psychologie websites bouwt die niet alleen mooi zijn, maar vooral werken – voor je klant én hun bezoekers. Concrete voorbeelden uit mijn eigen praktijk: van kleine tweaks tot grote eye-openers (en ja, inclusief fuck-ups waar je van leert). Hoe je als designer de stap maakt van uitvoerder naar strategisch adviseur. Dus: hoe voer je het gesprek, stel je grenzen én laat je je waarde zien, zodat klanten naar jóu luisteren (en niet andersom). Webdesign is zoveel méér dan pixels schuiven – het is gedragsbeïnvloeding én adviseren in één.

WordPress powers over 40% of the web, but for global organisations it’s far more than a CMS—it’s mission-critical infrastructure. This talk explores how enterprise teams use WordPress to manage risk, deliver multilingual content, and integrate into complex workflows. With real-world examples from customers like Swissinfo, News UK, and Capgemini, you’ll learn how WordPress is scaled, secured, and governed in the enterprise—and what developers, agencies, and project leads can take from those lessons.

De meeste bedrijven focussen nog altijd op groei via acquisitie. Maar echte groei komt pas wanneer je bouwt aan wat je al hebt: je bestaande klanten. In deze talk laat ik zien hoe je een Retention First-denkwijze integreert in je bedrijfsvoering – van strategie en cultuur tot processen en klantinteractie. Aan de hand van concrete voorbeelden uit MKB, dienstverlening en SaaS laat ik zien hoe bedrijven klantbehoud systematisch kunnen aanpakken. Denk aan signalering van verloop, retentie als KPI, het ontwerpen van frictieloze klantreizen en het empoweren van teams om verantwoordelijkheid te nemen voor behoud. Geen trucjes of loyalty-campagnes, maar duurzame klantrelaties als fundament voor gezonde, voorspelbare groei.