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WordPress 7.1 Beta 3 is ready for download and testing!  This beta release is intended for testing and development only. Please do not install, run, or test this version of WordPress on production or mission-critical websites. Instead, use a test environment or local site to explore the new features. How to Test WordPress 7.1 Beta […]

WordPress 7.0.2 is now available. The 7.0.2 security release addresses one critical and one high severity security issue. Because this is a security release, it is recommended that you update your sites immediately. Due to the severity, the WordPress.org team have enabled forced updates via the auto-update system for sites running affected versions. To manually […]

WordPress 7.1 Beta 1 is ready for download and testing!  This beta release is intended for testing and development only. Please do not install, run, or test this version of WordPress on production or mission-critical websites. Instead, use a test environment or local site to explore the new features. How to Test WordPress 7.1 Beta 1 […]

WordCamp US 2026 returns for another year, this time in Phoenix, Arizona, for four days, August 16 to 19. It comes at a moment of real energy for WordPress, as artificial intelligence reshapes everyday workflows, the business of building and maintaining sites is shifting, and new people keep discovering the platform every day. Four tracks […]

WordPress 7.0.1 is now available! This minor release includes fixes for 31 bugs throughout Core and the Block Editor, addressing issues affecting multiple areas of WordPress including the block editor, admin ui, and media. For a full list of bug fixes, please refer to the release candidate announcement. WordPress 7.0.1 is a short-cycle maintenance release. The next major version […]

On June 23, around 40 students from the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC), Louisiana Tech University, and the University of Louisiana at Lafayette were celebrated in Chicago as the first cohort to receive the AI Leaders Micro-Credential through AI Leaders, the nation’s first workforce-focused AI literacy course tied to a recognized credential. Each of them […]

Mercantile, the official swag store of the WordPress project, has a newly redesigned storefront with a catalog that now sits front and center, and a design tuned to hold up across a wide range of screen sizes. There are also small touches, like automatically selecting a variant when only one is in stock and order […]

Applications are now open for the 2026 Kim Parsell Memorial Scholarship, which supports one active WordPress contributor who identifies as a woman and has not previously attended WordCamp US. The scholarship helps make it possible for a community member with financial need to join WordCamp US 2026 in Phoenix, Arizona, and take part in one […]

This post recaps how the WordPress project’s five Global Partners — Jetpack, WordPress.com, WooCommerce, Bluehost, and Hostinger — supported community events during the first half of 2026. Across more than a dozen regional the first WordPress Developers Day, and a growing network of WordPress Campus Connect events, Global Partners staffed booths, sponsored sessions, and connected […]

WordCamp Europe 2026 brought the WordPress community to Kraków for three days of contribution and conversation, from CERN going live on WordPress to WordPress 7.0, AI, and a closing fireside chat on where the project goes next. Read the full recap.

Three ways to find the WordPress community near you: local meetups, WordCamps, and the WordPress Events and News widget in WP Admin.

WordCamp US 2026 heads to Phoenix this August, and WordPress.com will be there. Here are seven reasons to join the WordPress community in person.

Search now includes AI answers, not just Google. Our free, beginner-friendly Master SEO & AIO course shows you how to get found either way.

Updates that let you size the editor to any screen, crop images more precisely, and edit icons — plus some reliability fixes.

Faster local sites, a dependency-free CLI install, and Claude Sonnet 5 now the default in Studio Code — here's what's new in WordPress Studio.

AI assistants are starting to shop for people: finding, comparing, and buying products on their behalf. Whether they can buy from your store depends on whether they can reach and read it, and that part is in your control.

How do you choose the right web host? Compare site type, hosting options, growth plans, technical skills, support, and costs to find the best fit.

New on WordPress.com: tailor your newsletter signup experience and and let the support assistant handle your domain settings.

Learn to build your first WordPress plugin with AI, using Cursor and WordPress Studio, with no terminal or coding experience required.

Feature Clips is a new experimental preview that turns your WordPress.com posts into short vertical videos for Reels, TikTok, and YouTube Shorts.

BuddyPress 14.5.0, 12.7.0, and 11.6.0 are now available. These are security and maintenance releases that include two security fixes, along with a number of compatibility improvements, bug fixes, and code modernization updates. We strongly recommend updating your sites as soon as possible. Highlights Download You can update automatically from your WordPress Dashboard, or download BuddyPress […]

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 […]

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 […]

WordPress 7.1 introduces a new background.gradient block support. It gives blocks a gradient control in the Background panel of the block inspector. Unlike the existing gradient support, it can be combined with a background image so the two render together. GitHub issue: #32787 | PR: #75859 Background Until now, the only way to apply a […]

WordPress 7.1 introduces a minWidth dimension block support, letting blocks opt in to setting a minimum width. This follows the same pattern as the existing minHeight support. GitHub issue: #76525 | PR: #76949 Background Blocks already support several dimension properties: height, minHeight, and width. There was no matching control for a minimum width. Setting a […]

WordPress 7.0 added a built-in set of SVG icons that the block editor and the core/icon block can use. In 7.1, this becomes a proper, public API: you can now add your own icons, group them, render them on the server, and read them over the REST API. Icons are registered in one place and […]

WordPress 7.1 continues to use React 18.3 React 19 upgrade won’t be a part of WordPress 7.1. After briefly enabling it in Gutenberg we discovered unexpected incompatibilities in how old and new version of React interact with each other, and in the ways how plugins use React, and we were forced to revert the change. […]

40px default size for form controls Starting in WordPress 7.1, @wordpress/components form controls use a 40px default height unconditionally. The opt-in __next40pxDefaultSize prop is no longer needed and has no runtime effect when passed. This completes the rollout that followed the soft deprecation in WordPress 6.8. The prop was introduced in WordPress 6.7 so plugins […]

In WordPress 7.1, the Custom HTML block supports interleaving static HTML with regular, editable blocks (79115): In the editor, the static markup renders inert while the inner blocks are editable in place — but locked: they can’t be moved, removed, or have siblings added. The surrounding structure stays intact. The full markup remains accessible in […]

Background The grid view of the Media Library (including the Media Modal) has supported infinite scrolling for a long time, where attachments load automatically as you scroll instead of behind a Load more button. That behavior was controlled by the media_library_infinite_scrolling filter, which defaulted to false since WordPress 5.8 due to accessibility, performance, and usability […]

WordPress 7.1 introduces the ability to define a text-shadow value in Global Styles through theme.json. Themes can now set a text shadow globally, on specific blocks, and on elements such as links, without a plugin or custom stylesheet. GitHub issue: #47904 | PR: #73320 This is the first step of the text shadow feature. It […]

WordPress 7.1 ships client-side media processing – a capability that handles image compression, resizing, format conversion, rotation, and thumbnail generation directly in the user’s browser using WebAssembly, rather than on the server. The feature is enabled by default in supporting browsers. This post outlines what’s changing, how it works, and what plugin and theme developers […]

“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 23.6 has been released and is available for download! This […]

Start of the meeting in Slack, facilitated by @audrasjb 🔗 See the agenda post. Announcements 📢 7.0.2 7.1 General Discussion 💬 From @joedolson Joe expects to land ticket #50921 later today, and will probably want a final review of that at some point. The goal is to ensure that the related API is as mature as possible, […]

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) Our next chat will be held on in the #core-performance channel in Slack. #core-performance, #hosting, #performance, #performance-chat, #summary

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 […]

X-comment from +make.wordpress.org/security: Comment on Hardening GitHub Actions workflows across the WordPress organisation

WordPress 7.1 makes navigation more consistent across the whole admin interface, including the editor, where the difference is most noticeable. In the editor, the top-left “W” logo / site icon served as the back button, and clicking it took you out of the editor. But a “W” logo / site icon doesn’t read as a […]

As of ~16:00UTC today (8 July 2026), all rules configured to enforce the desired contributor workflows and quality requirements in the Gutenberg repository have been converted from branch protection rules to repository rulesets. This was done to fix a broken step in the plugin release process where the GitHub app responsible for pushing version bump […]

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 […]

As part of design systems work supporting the admin design project, the Gutenberg Components Team has been working on a foundational layer of themeability and design tokens that support consistent, accessible UI components across the admin experience. On behalf of this group, I would like to propose the initial theming capabilities for merge: a comprehensive […]

In an earlier post, I announced that the Classic block (core/freeform) would be hidden from the inserter by default starting in WordPress 7.1, accompanied by a new filter and a companion plugin. I’ve decided to revert this change. The Classic block will continue to appear in the inserter in WordPress 7.1, exactly as it does […]

#64083 trimmed the GitHub Actions workflows on older branches, reducing the PHPUnit matrix to the highest and lowest supported version of each major PHP branch. Its title noted "(and possibly trunk)". This completes that work: it applies the boundary trim to trunk and pull requests, and to the current release branch. The matrix drops from seven PHP minors to three boundary versions (7.4, 8.0, 8.5) across the three test jobs. Version-specific failures cluster at the boundaries of each major, so the intermediate minors add job count without adding coverage. Base PHPUnit combinations drop from ~168 to ~72 per run. To keep full coverage, the existing weekly scheduled run (Sundays, 00:00 UTC) tests every supported PHP version. Push and pull request events test the boundary versions. Scheduled runs fire from the default branch, so the weekly full sweep covers trunk. The immediate benefit is at release time. When many backports land on the current release branch together, the full matrix floods the shared runner pool. Tests get cancelled, or the release ships before they finish. A follow-up could trim the database axis on the same principle. That would be filed separately.

Build/Test tools: Remove tag triggers for all workflows. Tags in the wordpress-develop repo originate from the corresponding svn tag. This means the target commit for the tag must already exist on wordpress-develop and therefore its full workflow has already run, usually just minutes prior to the tag being pushed. This change eliminates this unnecessary duplicate workflow run and reduces bottlenecks experienced during releases. Developed in ​https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/pull/12717 Props lancewillett, johnbillion See #64893

On Tools → Erase Personal Data, a request row offers "Complete request" alongside "Erase personal data" / "Force erase personal data". "Complete request" only marks the request as completed (for manually-fulfilled requests) and runs no erasers — but the label reads equally naturally as "go ahead and complete (execute) this request". A site owner who chooses it believing they are executing the erasure gets a completed-looking request with nothing erased, and where requester notifications are configured, the data subject can be told their data was erased when it was not. The Tools-screen documentation (documentation/article/tools-erase-personal-data-screen/) does not document the action at all. Suggested fixes (any of): rename the action to something unambiguous, e.g. "Mark as completed (does not erase data)"; add a confirmation dialog stating no data will be erased; document the action on the Tools screen help and documentation page. Steps to reproduce: create an erasure request for an address with erasable data → choose "Complete request" → request shows Completed; no eraser ran; registered erasers' data remains.

fixed: In 62854: Filesystem API: Correct permissions comparison in WP_Filesystem_Direct::chmod(). The & 0777 mask should be used to strip the filetype bits from the fileperms( $file ) value so that the current permission bits can be used for comparison with the requested mode. This commit removes the extra | 0644 part of the mask, which altered the permission bits read from the file to a minimum floor before comparing them with the requested mode, resulting in an inaccurate comparison. Follow-up to [61601]. Props jeremyfelt, softglaze, SergeyBiryukov. Fixes #65695.

Filesystem API: Correct permissions comparison in WP_Filesystem_Direct::chmod(). The & 0777 mask should be used to strip the filetype bits from the fileperms( $file ) value so that the current permission bits can be used for comparison with the requested mode. This commit removes the extra | 0644 part of the mask, which altered the permission bits read from the file to a minimum floor before comparing them with the requested mode, resulting in an inaccurate comparison. Follow-up to [61601]. Props jeremyfelt, softglaze, SergeyBiryukov. Fixes #65695.

In the Classic Editor, pasting a direct WebP image URL keeps the URL as plain text, while JPG/PNG/GIF URLs are converted into an <img> element by TinyMCE smart paste. WordPress already supports WebP images, and current TinyMCE documents images_file_types as affecting which image URLs are recognized and placed in an img element by smart_paste. Its default list includes webp. Steps to reproduce: Open the Classic Editor visual tab. Paste a direct image URL ending in .jpg, for example ​https://example.com/image.jpg. Confirm it is inserted as an image. Paste a direct image URL ending in .webp, for example ​https://example.com/image.webp. Actual result: The WebP URL remains plain text. Expected result: The WebP URL should be inserted as an image, consistent with JPG/PNG/GIF URL handling. Patch: The attached patch minimally updates the bundled TinyMCE paste plugin image URL detection to include webp, without changing file upload, drag-and-drop, or other editor behavior.

invalid: Changes will be included here: ​https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/pull/12709

When there's a Core update, the 'At a Glance' widget on the Dashboard shows a button with text 'Update to n.n.n', where n.n.n is the new WP version. Since the admin reskin in WordPress 7.0, this button height is taller and hte button overflows the widget container. See attached screenshot. I'm not sure how this can be reproduced on trunk, as the widget content is different on trunk. I guess by altering the code somewhere. It is clearly visible on the 7.0 release though.

In the media grid, when pressing 'Bulk select', the toolbar switches to another mode and shows alternative buttons. After the admin reskin in WordPress 7.0, these buttons are taller than expected. After switching, the toolbar is noticeably taller thus triggering a 'jump' in the page content that isn't a great user experience. See attached video recording. WordPress 6.9 was not perfect either: the alternative buttons height was 32px vs. the standard height of 30px. The triggered 'jump' was only by 2 pixels and barely noticeable. Now, it's by 8 pixels, as the buttons height changes from 32px to 40px. Additionally, when the 'Media trash' is enabled, the toolbar provides another mode with two more buttons: Restore from Trash Delete permanently The height of these buttons should be fixed as well. More importantly, the 'Delete permanently' button should have the 'button-link' styling: no border, no background. The button text should be red. That's is currently broken, and it's a regression from 7.0 as the styles for the default button-link have higher specificity after the admin reskin. To reproduce: Go to the Media Library, in grid mode. Click 'Bulk select'. Observe the toolbar height changes and triggers a jump in the page content. Add define( 'MEDIA_TRASH', true ); to your config.php to enable the Media trash. Click 'Bulk select', then select an attachment and click 'Move to Trasg'. Select 'Trash' from the 'Filter by type' select. The media grid will now show the trashed attachment. Click 'Bulk select': the 'Restore from Trash' and 'Delete permanently' buttons will appear. Observe these two buttons are taller than expected and will trigger the same jump in the page content described above. Observe the 'Delete permanently' is not styled as a button-link and its text is not red. Select the trashed attachment. The two buttons will now be enabled. -in the page content described above. Observe the 'Delete permanently' is still not styled as a button-link and its text is not red.

A site administrator can create a personal-data export or erasure request and send its confirmation email normally. If the site's timezone is then changed far enough, WordPress 7.1 can immediately expire that request even though it was created only seconds earlier. When the recipient opens the confirmation link, WordPress displays “Invalid personal data request.” The request cannot move past the confirmation stage: for an export request, the personal-data export is not generated; for an erasure request, the erasure is not authorized or performed; and the administrator must notice the failure, create the request again, and send a new confirmation email. Impact If the failure is not noticed, a valid privacy request can remain unfulfilled. This can delay the site's privacy-response workflow and potentially contribute to a missed internal or regulatory response deadline. It does not expose personal data or erase anything unexpectedly. The underlying problem is that WordPress 7.1's scheduled privacy-request cleanup compares a relative cutoff in the current site timezone with the request's local post_modified value. After a sufficiently large west-to-east timezone change, cleanup selects a brand-new pending request as expired, marks it request-failed, and clears the key used by its confirmation URL. Possibly related to ​https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/pull/12049 Steps to reproduce Use a disposable site that captures outgoing email, such as a local development environment with Mailpit or MailHog. Do not run this on a production site. Go to Settings → General, set Timezone to Pago Pago, and save. Go to Tools → Export Personal Data. Enter an email address received by the local mail catcher. Leave Send personal data export confirmation email checked, then click Send Request. Confirm that the new request says Pending and Waiting for confirmation. Copy its confirmation link from the captured email, but do not open the link yet. Return to Settings → General, change Timezone to Kiritimati, and save. Return to Tools → Export Personal Data. Observe that the seconds-old request now says Failed. Open the confirmation link copied in step 3. Observe “Invalid personal data request.” Restore the site's original timezone. The same issue can be reproduced with an erasure request under Tools → Erase Personal Data.

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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.

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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?

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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.

Migrer un site d’Elementor vers l’éditeur de site WordPress (FSE) est souvent perçu comme un projet complexe. Dans cette présentation, Cyrille partage un retour d’expérience concret sur une migration réalisée avec l’aide de Claude Code. Il explique sa méthodologie, les différentes étapes de la migration, le rôle joué par l’IA dans l’analyse et la transformation du code, ainsi que les limites rencontrées.Presentation Slides »

An open panel discussion with several of the day's speakers reflecting honestly on where WordPress is heading.The conversation covers what "junior developer" even means today, how AI is reshaping the skills needed to work with the web, and why understanding the tools matters more than ever as the industry accelerates.

This talk breaks down WordPress optimization into a clear, actionable process—from diagnosis to solution. Instead of generic advice, Neven shares practical insights gathered from real client projects, highlighting common mistakes, hidden performance killers, and proven strategies that consistently improve site speed and stability. Attendees will learn how to properly analyze a WordPress site, identify critical issues, and apply targeted optimizations that have a real impact on SEO, user experience, and conversions.

Technological advances driven by AI are transforming nearly every profession. The software development profession is undergoing one of the most profound transitions in its history. Intelligent systems increasingly participate in writing code, generating tests, and assisting with design decisions, reshaping the way software is created and maintained. Traditional expectations from developers are changing. Roles, skills, and daily workflows are evolving as professionals learn to collaborate with intelligent tools that accelerate many technical tasks. In this new environment, developers must adapt their working methods and focus more on problem-solving, architecture, and strategic thinking. This session provides an overview of the major transitions taking place in the software development profession as intelligent technologies continue to evolve and become part of the development process.

Maja Miličević explores how our biggest professional advantage is often hidden in what we perceive as a weakness. Drawing on personal experience and hands-on work with WordPress websites, she shows how SEO, content, communication and strategy each work as distinct superpowers that combine to drive results. The talk covers website structure and its impact on visibility, why understanding your audience matters more than any single SEO technique, how to write content that works for both Google and real users, and how to connect SEO, UX and communication into one cohesive strategy. The core message is that digital marketing is not a set of separate disciplines but a system where every skill, from analytics to storytelling, can become a superpower.

How can we ensure the long-term sustainability of the open source ecosystem while providing tangible value to the next generation of developers and creators? This session explores the evolution of “WordPress Credits”—a unique program that transforms academic requirements into meaningful open source contributions. We will dive into how we are building scalable, modular contribution frameworks that colleges and vocational schools can integrate directly into their curricula. By lowering the barrier to entry through structured “contribution packages” and high-engagement mentorship models, we are not just teaching students how to use a tool—we are onboarding them into a global community.

Let’s explore WordPress Playground, see how the WordPress community uses it today, and where it will take WordPress in the future. WordPress Playground allows us to start a new WordPress site in one click. Each site can be customized with a Blueprint to work and look exactly how you want it. Today, Playground allows WordPress to run in the browser and Node.js. WordPress will even keep working while you are offline. In the future, we want to enable the community to run WordPress on even more platforms like mobile apps and form distributed networks.

Turn a messy, hard-to-use webpage into a clean, intuitive, and accessible experience that aligns with WCAG AA standards. In this practical, hands-on workshop, you’ll go beyond theory and dive straight into real-world improvements. We’ll take common usability and accessibility issues—like poor navigation, low contrast, missing labels, and confusing layouts—and show you exactly how to fix them in a clear, structured way. You’ll learn how to make your website easier to navigate, more readable, and fully usable for people with diverse needs, including those using assistive technologies. From improving color contrast and typography to fixing forms, buttons, and keyboard navigation, every topic is grounded in actionable examples you can immediately apply to your own projects. No fluff, no abstract lectures—just straightforward guidance, practical techniques, and before-and-after transformations that demonstrate what good accessibility really looks like. By the end, you’ll walk away with the confidence and tools to turn any cluttered interface into a polished, inclusive experience that works for everyone.

In my talk, I’d like to address a growing problem I see regularly: site owners using ChatGPT or Google Translate to translate content, then manually copy-pasting it into their WordPress sites. While this feels free or cheap, it’s actually expensive, error-prone, and produces inconsistent results. I’ll cover five key problems with this approach: – Time cost: Manual copy-paste workflows take hours; the “free” translation is actually expensive – Broken content: LLMs can translate CSS classes, shortcode attributes, or HTML elements, breaking the front-end – Inconsistency: Different sessions, prompts, and tools create mixed styles and formality levels across the same site – Lack of context: Generic AI doesn’t know your audience, brand voice, or terminology – Update nightmare: Finding where to paste updated translations (especially in languages you don’t speak) is nearly impossible The takeaway: use proper multilingual plugins that integrate AI translation correctly. I’ll mention WPML (my company’s product), alongside TranslatePress, MultilingualPress, and Polylang, as established solutions that handle these problems properly. This is educational content about workflow efficiency, not a product pitch. The core message applies regardless of which solution attendees choose.

Storytelling, from fairy tales to content. A story about why stories have been a fundamental need of the human species since the dawn of time. You will learn how to tell stories successfully (in life or on a website, and in any other creative task, from a simple flyer or banner to branding companies, products, or communities), both verbally and visually. You’ll get a series of practical tips on how to use the power of storytelling in important situations: from creating memorable marketing campaigns and presenting a project to a client, to enhancing your chances in a job interview. You’ll see how beneficial this strategy is for developers as well as creatives. But above all, this should be a fun act of storytelling about storytelling, with all the joy that stories evoke.

AI is showing up everywhere in web workflows right now. But when it comes to WordPress Multisite, what do you actually need to make it work in practice? It’s not just about adding a plugin and calling it a day. There’s a bit more going on under the hood. In this session, we’ll look at the groundwork you need before bringing AI into your Multisite setup. Think about the everyday stuff, like creating or cloning sites, managing users, and handling content. These processes don’t stay the same if you want AI to help; they need to shift a bit so everything runs smoothly and stays consistent across your network. This isn’t a tools-heavy talk. Instead, it focuses on how your setup and workflows need to evolve, so AI is actually useful (and not just hype). You’ll see practical examples, learn how to get your network ready, avoid the usual mistakes, and build something that can scale without turning into a mess.

How to stay intentionally human and meaningful with your online presence in the world of AI hype? In her talk, Ivana will discuss about all the ways we use AI – wrong, and what needs to be done differently and will share her own framework that helps her and her clients use AI and get seen by both algorithms, search engines and people who use them. It’s not about not using the AI for marketing and content purposes – it’s about using it smarter. Attendees will leave with on-point advice and instantly usable framework and tactic to improve their messaging.

WordPress performance is often reduced to Core Web Vitals, caching strategies, and faster hosting. Those matter. But focusing only on metrics misses the larger opportunity. Performance in WordPress is also about how efficiently teams build, how deeply they understand the platform, how quickly they adopt new APIs and core releases, and how intelligently they integrate AI into their workflows. The real gap is not just technical. It is strategic. This session reframes performance as leverage across the entire stack, from infrastructure to development practices to automation. Because the next competitive advantage in WordPress will not come from shaving off milliseconds alone, but from improving how the entire system operates.

Bruno Zagorščak shows how a WordPress agency podcast can become a long-term recruiting channel instead of a short-lived project. He shares a simple planning system for mapping episodes, picking a niche and choosing a format that builds familiarity with your team before you ever post a job opening. The talk also covers a minimum viable recording setup, a lightweight production workflow, a repurposing checklist for turning episodes into social posts and newsletters, and where AI tools genuinely save time versus where they create extra work.

Nejc Vidmar from Domenca presents a data driven look at the WordPress ecosystem in Slovenia from a hosting provider's point of view. He shows real usage data on how widely WordPress is adopted across different types of websites, which plugins and tools are most commonly used, and how the platform compares to other CMS solutions in terms of market share.

WordPress is often seen as a tool limited by its themes, plugins and templates. In this talk, Davor Jovanović shows how these constraints can become a starting point for building flexible systems. He presents dynamic Gutenberg blocks with their own logic and state, enabling complex layouts without writing code. He also shows how Astro and Bunny CDN can decouple content delivery from WordPress, resulting in faster load times, stronger security and easier scaling.

¿Ha llegado la inteligencia artificial para revolucionar la creación de proyectos o para complicarlos innecesariamente? En esta charla, Sergio García Abella, Product Manager y cofundador de Social Drive, nos explica cómo evolucionar el desarrollo de productos digitales en la nueva era de la IA sin caer en el error de construir soluciones demasiado complejas que nadie necesita. A través de una analogía con el famoso coche futurista de Homer Simpson, Sergio nos advierte sobre el peligro de dejar que la IA tome el control total sin supervisión, proponiendo en su lugar un enfoque centrado en el MVP o Producto Mínimo Viable, donde la rapidez, el bajo coste y la validación constante con usuarios reales son las claves del éxito. A lo largo de la sesión, se detalla una metodología que integra las diferentes capacidades de herramientas como Claude para cada fase del ciclo de vida de un proyecto: desde la investigación inicial y la definición estratégica hasta el diseño de prototipos y el desarrollo final del código. Aprenderás a utilizar la IA como un cerebro estratégico que te ayude a priorizar funcionalidades, crear guiones de entrevistas y organizar la arquitectura de la información antes de escribir una sola línea de código. Además, el ponente comparte trucos prácticos para ahorrar recursos, como el uso de documentos de traspaso de información, la gestión de ramas de desarrollo para probar nuevas ideas sin romper lo que ya funciona y la importancia de implementar herramientas de medición para entender qué sucede realmente cuando el usuario interactúa con la web. El mensaje central de la charla es que, aunque la inteligencia artificial nos permite ir más rápido que nunca, la verdadera ventaja competitiva reside en saber frenarla para darle contexto y asegurar que la estructura del negocio sea coherente. Al final, descubrirás que la IA no debe ser simplemente una herramienta de ejecución automática, sino un asistente avanzado capaz de auditar la usabilidad y proponer microinteracciones que mejoren la experiencia del usuario. Esta sesión es una guía indispensable para cualquier profesional que busque optimizar sus procesos de creación digital combinando el pensamiento estratégico humano con la potencia del nuevo stack tecnológico.Presentation Slides »

¿Qué sucede realmente cuando entregas una página web y el cliente piensa que el trabajo ha terminado? En esta charla de la comunidad de WordPress Santiago, Paulo Breogán nos invita a cambiar nuestra perspectiva y entender que el lanzamiento de un sitio es solo el comienzo de una relación profesional duradera. A través de analogías directas, Paulo explica por qué no hacemos muebles, sino que creamos ecosistemas vivos que requieren cuidado constante para no marchitarse. Se analiza la brecha entre lo que el cliente ve —un diseño bonito y funcional— y lo que el profesional debe gestionar bajo el capó, desde versiones de PHP obsoletas hasta fallos de seguridad críticos, subrayando que lo que realmente vendemos no son actualizaciones de plugins, sino tranquilidad y continuidad para el negocio. La sesión profundiza en los pilares de un mantenimiento real, destacando la importancia de la comunicación y la definición de límites profesionales para evitar errores comunes del freelance, como regalar soporte o no documentar el trabajo. Se presentan herramientas prácticas como Modular DS y Manager WP para automatizar procesos y monitorizar caídas, permitiendo que el profesional actúe antes de que el cliente note un problema mediante sistemas de alerta temprana. Esta charla es una guía para transformar la gestión técnica en un activo valioso, recordando que el éxito a largo plazo no depende de un portfolio llamativo, sino de construir una relación de confianza donde el cuidado constante de la estructura sea la prioridad.Presentation Slides »

¿Qué ocurre cuando una comunidad abre el micrófono a sus miembros? En esta edición especial de WordPress Coruña, cuatro personas presentan proyectos reales en los que están trabajando, comparten sus retos, aprendizajes y próximas ideas, y reciben feedback de otros profesionales de la comunidad. Una sesión diferente que demuestra que WordPress Coruña es mucho más que charlas: es un espacio para compartir conocimiento, validar ideas, hacer networking y ayudar a que nuevos proyectos sigan creciendo.

It works on my prompt AI is creeping into every aspect of development. As with any new technology, there is “the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly” application of it. In this time of rapid changes, will WordPress manage to stay current without breaking some of its decades-long philosophies? We will not answer this question. But we will discuss what AI has to do with WordPress. Is it good, bad, or ugly?

In this session, Pekka shows procedures on migrating from a simulated, old WooCommerce installation into an updated one, bringing the High-Performance Order Storage (HPOS) into use. The session will introduce the audience how to utilize HPOS using the terminal and show results on how much clutter can be cleaned up from a non-HPOS databasePresentation Slides »

WooCommerce Deep Dives cuts through the documentation and gets straight to what actually works. Real solutions, real code, and the hard-won lessons you only learn by breaking things in production. The session is intended for mid to senior developers who want deeper insight into building reliable WooCommerce solutions.Presentation Slides »

Anton Lukin is a Team Lead at TaxDome with over 15 years of experience in backend development, infrastructure, and engineering leadership. He has worked on high-load systems, built multiple WordPress plugins and a theme, and focuses on improving development workflows and tooling. At WordPress Developers Day Novi Sad 2026, he will present Running WordPress in Kubernetes, explaining how WordPress can be deployed and scaled in modern cloud environments using Kubernetes.Presentation Slides »

Zaboravite na browser i stalni copy-paste. Pokazaću vam kako koristim Claude Code direktno u terminalu za svakodnevni WordPress development. Proći ćemo konkretne primere: kako brzo srediti stari PHP, kako juriti bugove kroz logove i automatski pisati testove ili dokumentaciju. Pokazaću vam i kako počinjem novi projekat od nule – od same arhitekture do postavljanja CLAUDE.md fajlova za bolji kontekst. Cilj je da vidite realan workflow koji stvarno štedi sate rada. Bez teorije i dosadnih slajdova, samo stvari koje možete odmah da primenite. Predavanje je namenjeno WordPress developerima koji žele da koriste AI direktno u svom radnom okruženju i ubrzaju svakodnevni development.Presentation Slides »

Software is getting slower more rapidly than hardware becomes faster. This is as true today as it was in 1995 when windows, pop-up menus, and pretty icons were making it hard for people to freely type basic text documents. Our computers and networks are faster but we still struggle to type those documents. Increasing server density and the onslaught of AI demands only highlights the problem more: we have to do more with less. WordPress is responding to this need with a family of streaming APIs for processing text, HTML, CSS, and Blocks. Streaming means being able to handle large documents in small chunks, or being able to process documents of any size within the same limited amount of resources. It also means being able to set arbitrary limits of time, latency, and robustness of processing. Come see in this talk how to use these new APIs and which ones are coming next, why they are important and which values lead their design, and hopefully discover some new way to more capably interact with structured content on the server without blowing the budget. Talk is intended for developers working with PHP, HTML, and/or blocks.Presentation Slides »

No puedes depender únicamente de que el algoritmo muestre tu contenido a tus clientes ideales, por lo que tu negocio necesita que implementes estrategias de captación que conviertan esos seguidores en suscriptores. En este taller vamos a ver 3 automatizaciones que te permitirán crear contenido enfocado a tu cliente ideal y que te deje su email para que puedas meterlo en una secuencia que lo convierta en tu cliente.

En la quedada de este mes vamos a hablar de uno de los cambios más importantes que está viviendo la comunidad de WordPress: la integración de las comunidades locales en el Slack global de Make WordPress. Hasta ahora, cada país, cada comunidad y muchos eventos importantes tenían su propio espacio de Slack. Esto ha permitido crear comunidades muy activas, pero también ha hecho que la colaboración entre países y equipos sea más complicada. El objetivo de esta iniciativa es mantener esos espacios locales, pero reunirlos dentro de un único Slack global para que sea más fácil colaborar, descubrir lo que hacen otras comunidades y participar en el proyecto desde un mismo lugar. Además, todas las comunidades podrán beneficiarse de las ventajas de Slack Pro y conservar mejor el conocimiento generado con el paso del tiempo. Durante la sesión veremos cómo se está realizando la transición en la comunidad española, qué cambios supone y qué ventajas tiene para quienes ya participan en la comunidad y para quienes quieran empezar a contribuir a WordPress. También dedicaremos un rato a ayudar a quien todavía no tenga cuenta en el Slack global. Veremos cómo crearla, resolveremos las dudas más habituales y dejaremos todo preparado para que puedas unirte a la comunidad. Y si formas parte del equipo organizador de una comunidad local, también explicaremos el proceso para migrar tu comunidad al Slack global. Si formas parte de la comunidad de WordPress o simplemente tienes curiosidad por saber cómo va a cambiar la forma en la que colaboramos, esta sesión es para ti.Presentation Slides »

Lors de cette permanence WPFR.NET, Riad Benguella, développeur chez Automattic et principal développeur du projet Studio Code, présente cet agent IA dédié à WordPress. Pensé pour fonctionner directement sur un environnement WordPress local, Studio Code permet de créer un site, générer un thème, modifier des fichiers, lancer des audits de performance ou de SEO, et appliquer des ajustements visuels à partir d’annotations faites dans le navigateur.

Barrierefreiheit wird oft als gesetzliche Verpflichtung angesehen, insbesondere seit der Einführung des Europäischen Gesetzes zur Barrierefreiheit (EAA). Das hat viele Website-Betreiber dazu veranlasst, eiligst für die Einhaltung der Vorschriften zu sorgen, oft aus Angst vor Geldstrafen. Doch Barrierefreiheit ist weit mehr als eine gesetzliche Anforderung oder ein Häkchen auf einer Checkliste. In diesem Vortrag finden wir heraus, warum alle Nutzer von besserer Barriererfreiheit profitieren, auch solche die vermeintlich noch keine Einschränkung haben. Ja, auch Du! Wir schauen uns an wie (und vor allem warum) WordPress-Betreiber, Entwickler und Designer über die bloße Einhaltung von Vorschriften hinausgehen und Barrierefreiheit als grundlegendes Prinzip inklusiven Designs annehmen können und warum Barrierefreiheit ein zentraler Wert in jedem WordPress-Projekt sein sollte. Wir diskutieren die realen Barrieren, auf die Nutzer beim Surfen im Internet stoßen, wie WordPress-Tools und -Themes Ihre Bemühungen um Barrierefreiheit entweder unterstützen oder behindern können und warum die Einhaltung der WCAG allein nicht ausreicht. Wir sprechen darüber, dass wir alle nur „vorübergehend fähig“ sind und wie die Umsetzung von Barrierefreiheit Deine WordPress-Website aufwerten kann, sodass alle Nutzer eine gute User Experience haben.

Was passiert eigentlich wenn eine WordPress-Site von Profis unter die Lupe genommen wird? Ich habe eine Kundenwebsite durch einen OWASP-konformen PEN-Test begleitet. Und durch einen weiteren. Und noch einen dritten. In diesem Vortrag erkläre ich, was Penetration Testing bedeutet, welche Angriffsvektoren die OWASP-Kriterien abdecken und wie man sie Schritt für Schritt erfüllt. Von den einfachen Quick Wins bis zu den hartnäckigen Problemen, die uns veraltete Plugin-Bibliotheken bereitet haben. Ein ehrlicher Erfahrungsbericht mit praktischen Tipps, ohne Expertenwissen vorauszusetzen. Denn die meisten Schwachstellen lassen sich auch ohne PEN-Test finden und schließen.Presentation Slides »

Likes, Filter, Warenkorb-Buttons, Stories – Nutzerinnen und Nutzer sind durch Apps und soziale Netzwerke an Interaktivität gewöhnt. Doch die meisten WordPress-Websites bieten davon kaum etwas. Das muss nicht so bleiben. Die Interactivity API, seit WordPress 6.5 öffentlich verfügbar, ist WordPresss Antwort auf die Frage: Wie bringen wir mehr Leben ins Frontend, ohne Websites zu kompletten Single-Page-Applications umzubauen? In diesem Vortrag schauen wir uns an, welche Arten von Interaktionen damit möglich sind, wie das Zusammenspiel von State, Directives und serverseitigem Rendering funktioniert – und warum dieser Ansatz gut für Performance und SEO ist.Presentation Slides »

Für Entwickler, Entscheider und alle die KI in ihrem Alltag einsetzen wollen Man hört es immer wieder: KI schreibt keinen guten Code. Aber stimmt das wirklich? Mit dem Vormarsch von Agents, Skills und Co. wird KI immer mächtiger und immer mehr Teil unseres Arbeitsalltags. 52 Playwright-Tests inklusive initialem Setup und Feinschliff in rund einer Stunde. Das Problem ist also nicht mehr, wie schnell schreibe ich Code, sondern wie schnell kann ich ihn prüfen. In diesem Talk zeige ich euch, wie ihr trotz – oder dank – KI guten Code schreiben könnt. Wir starten mit einem kurzen Abriss, warum Code-Qualität wichtig ist, und werfen einen Blick darauf, wie die richtigen Prompts die ersten Unterschiede machen. Danach schauen wir uns die Tools an, die wir schon hundertmal auf „beim nächsten Projekt!“ verschoben haben – und setzen sie ein. Und zwar jetzt! Dabei schauen wir vor allem, welchen Einfluss sie auf die Entwicklung mit KI haben. Tools, die wir hier nutzen werden: * PHPStan, PHPUnit, PHPCS, ESLint, Stylelint * Playwright * GitHub Actions, Commit Hooks & commitlint * und weitere

Vom Praktikanten, über die Grafikerin, hin zur Marketing-Pro bis zum Junior Developer: alle müssen WordPress lernen, damit sie es richtig und mit Freude nutzen können. Und fast alle müssen WordPress irgendwem erklären. In diesem Talk geht es darum wie man die Herausforderungen bewältigt, die einem als Trainer begegnen. Du kennst dich in deinem Bereich gut aus? Wunderbar! Selber verstehen bedeutet aber nicht, auch erklären zu können. Die gute Nachricht: man muss nicht Lehramt studiert haben, um WordPress-Know-How vermitteln zu können. In diesem Crashkurs bekommst du 14 Tips mit denen du deine Performance als Trainer:in verbessern kannst!Presentation Slides »

Die Verabschiedung vom WordCamp Mannheim 2026

WordPress Multisite gehört seit 2010 zum Core – und ist trotzdem eines der am meisten missverstandenen und gemiedenen Features im Ökosystem. Dabei steckt hinter der Zurückhaltung meistens keine schlechte Erfahrung, sondern eine alte, nie beantwortete Frage. Ist es wirklich stabil? Zu kompliziert? Zu langsam? Dieser Vortrag räumt mit den häufigsten Mythen auf – ohne Beschönigung – und zeigt anhand realer Umsetzungen, wann Multisite die richtige Entscheidung ist und wann nicht. Für alle, die es schon immer verstehen wollten, aber nie den richtigen Moment hatten zu fragen. Für alle, die es schon immer verstehen wollten, aber nie den richtigen Moment hatten zu fragen.Presentation Slides »

Wer ein Plugin verkauft oder KI in Kundenprojekte einbaut, wird schnell zum „Hersteller“ im Sinne des Cyber Resilience Act und der AI Act redet auch noch mit. Anhand eines alltäglichen Beispiels zeigt dieser Vortrag, welche Pflichten 2026 auf Agenturen und Freelancer zukommen und wie man sich mit sechs einfachen Punkten vorbereitet.

Seit Jahren sehe ich Artikel zum Thema Sicherheit mit den krudesten, meist anderswo kopierten „Tipps“. Häufig in Listenform, als ob es nur 10 Wege gibt, WordPress abzusichern. Was hilft denn wirklich gegen einen Hack? Wir schauen uns einen konkreten Fall an: Ein Plugin hat eine Sicherheitslücke. Wie sind die Missetäter vorgegangen? Welcher Schutz hätte wirklich geholfen? Und wie habe ich das Ganze bereinigt? Mythen widerlegen. Lösungen besser bewerten können. Ruhiger schlafen. 😉Presentation Slides »

Die Mission von WordPress ist „democratize publishing“. Doch in den letzten Jahren fühlte sich das Ganze mehr nach „democratize business websites“ an. Gleichzeitig sind mehr oder weniger nützliche KI-Tools auf dem Vormarsch. Wie können wir uns also wieder zurück auf unsere Wurzeln besinnen? Wie können wir das Web wieder etwas kleiner und menschlicher machen? In diesem Vortrag betrachten wir die verschiedenen Facetten des Open-Web, lernen Beispiele für das IndieWeb kennen und erkunden deren praktische Anwendung für den Aufbau persönlicher Websites.

Wer seine Werte kennt, trifft bessere Entscheidungen: bei der Kundenauswahl, beim Aufbau des eigenen Teams und bei der Frage, wie man sich und sein Business nach außen positioniert. Klingt einfach, ist es aber nicht… Solange man nicht weiß, wie man die eigenen Werte wirklich findet. Die meisten von uns kennen ihre Werte nicht so gut, wie sie denken. Die Folge: Entscheidungen fallen schwer und werden aufgeschoben, Kunden verursachen Bauchschmerzen, und das eigene Business fühlt sich irgendwann fremd an. In meinem Vortrag zeige ich dir: Zwei wissenschaftsbasierte Methoden, um deine echten Kernwerte zu entdecken Konkrete Beispiele für gelebte Werte aus meinem Arbeitsalltag als Website Projektmanagerin Drei Business Felder, in denen du deine Werte sofort einsetzen kannst: Kundenentscheidungen, Positionierung und Teamkultur Für Freelancer*innen, Agenturen und alle, die noch nicht wissen, was ihre Werte wirklich für ihr Business leisten können – aber es herausfinden wollen.Presentation Slides »

Wann hast du zuletzt einen neuen Beitrag auf deiner Website veröffentlicht? Für viele WordPressler*innen ist hochwertiger eigener Content das ewige Stiefkind im Arbeitsalltag – zu aufwendig, um ihn konsequent umzusetzen. Dabei wird er immer wichtiger, um bei der Generated Engine Optimization (GEO) am Ball zu bleiben. Dieser Vortrag zeigt, wie du mit gezieltem KI-Einsatz einen professionellen Content-Workflow aufbaust – ohne Textwüsten und ohne deine redaktionelle Kontrolle abzugeben. Strategie statt Chaos: Statt auf Inspiration zu warten, kannst du KI zur strukturierten Themenrecherche nutzen und zur Erstellung eines Redaktionsplans. Kein Bla-Bla, sondern relevante Inhalte. Content, der gefunden wird: Die generierten Texte sind direkt SEO-optimiert und berücksichtigen GEO-Signale für Sichtbarkeit. Meta-Daten, Struktur und Lesbarkeit sind direkt mitgedacht. Kontrolle ist besser: KI-Texte sind das Ausgangsmaterial! Dein Wissen und eine effiziente redaktionelle Prüfung sichern die Qualität, ohne den Zeitvorteil zu verspielen. Symbolfotos ohne Lizenzstress: Passende Bilder zum Beitrag? Ebenfalls KI-generiert, individuell und rechtlich unkomplizierter als viele Stockfoto-Alternativen. Reichweite verlängern – Mit demselben Workflow lässt sich direkt ein passender Social-Media-Post mit-generieren, der den Beitrag sinnvoll bewirbt. Transparenz nach EU AI Act: Der Einsatz von KI bringt auch Verantwortung mit sich. Der Vortrag gibt einen praxisnahen Überblick, was die aktuellen Anforderungen des EU AI Acts für Content-Erstellung konkret bedeuten und wie du sie unkompliziert umsetzt. Unser Ziel: Ein schlanker, wiederholbarer Prozess für regelmäßigen, hochwertigen Website-Content – für Dich und/oder Deine Kund*innen.Presentation Slides »

In vielen Teams gehen jede Woche Stunden für dieselben Aufgaben drauf. Anfragen werden hin und her geschrieben, Support wird manuell sortiert, Reports entstehen am Ende unter Zeitdruck. Diese Session zeigt Workflows, die diese Routinearbeit spürbar reduzieren, und worauf es beim Aufbau ankommt, damit sie im Alltag zuverlässig laufen. Anhand von drei Bereichen Anfragen, Support und Reporting wird gezeigt, wie Struktur, Freigaben und ein klarer Umgang mit Fehlerfällen zu einem Einstieg führen, der realistisch umsetzbar ist.Presentation Slides »

In diesem Vortrag zeigt euch Bernhard zwei Wege der Blockentwicklung in WordPress: Die klassische mit JavaScript bzw. React oder neue alternative Methode nur mit PHP. Er erklärt die Unterschiede, zeigt praxisnahe Beispiele und hilft bei der Entscheidung, welcher Ansatz für welches Projekt sinnvoll ist.Presentation Slides »

Echte Geschichten statt leerer Reichweite. Für Content-Creator:innen, Blogger:innen, Podcaster:innen, Marketer:innen, Redakteur:innen, Unternehmer:innen und alle, die mit WordPress Inhalte veröffentlichen und dabei Vertrauen, Tiefe und gesellschaftliche Relevanz aufbauen wollen. Viele Inhalte im Netz jagen Reichweite. Wir gehen den anderen Weg. In unserem Podcast „Von Bohne zu Bohne“ erzählen Menschen ihre echten Lebensgeschichten. Es geht um Missbrauch, Krankheit, Verlust, Gewalt, psychische Krisen und Überleben. Nicht als Statistik. Nicht als Fallbeispiel. Sondern als Mensch mit Gefühlen, Würde und eigener Stimme. In unserem Vortrag zeigen wir, wie wir WordPress nutzen, um genau solche sensiblen Geschichten sichtbar zu machen. Wir sprechen darüber, wie Inhalte Vertrauen aufbauen, wie man Verantwortung im Storytelling übernimmt, wie man schwierige Themen veröffentlicht, ohne sie auszuschlachten, und warum persönliche Perspektiven oft mehr Wirkung haben als reine Optimierung auf Klicks. Der Vortrag richtet sich an alle, die mit WordPress Inhalte veröffentlichen und sich fragen, wie Content mehr sein kann als Marketing. Wir teilen unseren Blick auf Haltung, redaktionelle Entscheidungen, Community-Aufbau und darauf, wie echte Geschichten Menschen nicht nur erreichen, sondern ihnen in ihrem eigenen Leben helfen können.Presentation Slides »

Wie optimiert man auf Prompts und wie erkennt man, was Leute suchen? Wie misst man Erfolge? Was ist wirklich wichtig, um von Gemini, ChatGPT & Co empfohlen zu werden? Ich teile meine Insights und zeige praktische Lösungen aus mehreren Jahren GEO.Presentation Slides »

Anhand einer Handwerker-Website zeige ich in einer Live-Präsentation, wie der Relaunch einer Website mit einem klassisch WordPress-Theme (Twenty Twenty) Schritt für Schritt in eine Website mit einem modernen Block Theme (z. B. Twenty Twenty-Five oder Ollie) erfolgen kann. Ausgangspunkt ist eine 2020 mit Twenty Twenty erstellte Website. Das Design soll sich weitestgehend am bisherigen Design orientieren. Im Vortrag geht es darum, typische Herausforderungen eines solchen Umstiegs im Rahmen einer Analyse sichtbar zu machen: Wie kann man bestehende Inhalte mit möglichst wenig optischen Änderungen im Block Editor übertragen, welche Probleme entstehen z. B. durch veraltete Plugins, wie lässt sich ein Plugin mit Sicherheitsrisiko erkennen, welche Probleme gibt es bezogen auf den Datenschutz und der Barrierefreiheit. Anschließend wird die Website auf das aktuelle Standardtheme Twenty Twenty-Five oder Ollie (beides Block Themes) umgestellt und mit wenigen, gezielten Anpassungen an das neue Theme-Setup herangeführt: Farben, Layoutbreite, Header, Navigation und passende Blocklösungen für Inhalte wie Vorher-Nachher-Vergleiche. So entsteht ein realistischer Einblick in den Prozess eines Relaunchs, bei dem nicht nur technische Dinge, sondern auch Probleme beim Datenschutz, Accessibility (Barrierefreiheit) und Plugin-Auswahl (ersetzen unsicherer Plugins bzw. ggf. durch ein mit KI generiertes Plugin) berücksichtigt werden.Presentation Slides »

Eröffnung des WordCamp Mannheim 2026

Tired of slow-loading websites and plugin overload? In this talk, I’ll walk you through 5 real-world situations where I chose to skip WordPress plugins and instead used AI-generated code to build faster, leaner, and more client-focused solutions. You’ll see how AI tools can help simplify your workflow, improve performance, and keep your sites clean and efficient – without sacrificing functionality. Whether you’re a developer, freelancer, or just curious about smarter ways to use WordPress, this session is packed with practical tips and code-based examples you can apply right away. Presented byDeimantė Šmitė

Most developers and website creators already recommend plugins they trust – but many don’t realize they’re leaving money on the table. In this talk, we’ll explore how affiliate marketing works in the WordPress space, why it’s not just for influencers, and how developers, freelancers, and agencies can earn recurring or passive income by sharing the tools they already use with their clients. Presented byZemyna

This talk addresses the growing hostility in the WordPress community and its impact on companies, contributors, and the values of open source. Through real-world examples and interactive exercises, it reveals how destructive commentary is easier than constructive critique and why that matters. The session introduces practical suggestions to promote facts, fairness, and responsibility, empowering WordPress to remain a role model for open source communities.