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How to make your website more sustainable
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ICT worldwide uses up around 8-10% of all energy. That’s more than aviation. Being more conscious in designing and maintaining your website in sustainable way is one of the easiest things you can do to reduce your digital environmental impact. I will talk about green hosting, tooling to estimate the CO2 emissions of your website,…
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Bridging Design and Development: Figma Design Systems for WordPress Success
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This session explores how Figma Design Systems can bridge the gap between designers, site builders, and WordPress developers, making theme development and website creation more scalable, efficient, and maintainable. We will showcase real-world applications, including the Novus Media Newspaper Design System, which supports 22 newspaper brands using Figma modes, typography variables, and color systems, all…
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Modernizing WordPress with new Web Platform Features
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WordPress is a powerful platform for building websites of all shapes and sizes. To truly thrive, WordPress is embracing the latest advancements in web technology. This talk will explore how developers and site owners can leverage cutting-edge web platform capabilities to create next-generation WordPress experiences. This talk will explore the world of modern web APIs…
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How a WordPress Core Committer Thinks: Making Decisions for Millions
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Every line of code added, removed, modified, or intentionally left unchanged in WordPress impacts millions of websites and hundreds of millions of users worldwide. But who decides what changes make it into Core, and how are those decisions made? This talk takes you behind the scenes of WordPress Core development, shedding light on the decision-making…
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Do you really need a custom block?
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There are a lot of custom blocks out there that really don’t need to exist. Learning when to use custom blocks, and when to extend core blocks will make all the difference when it comes to benefitting from core updates, and reducing lock-in to specific plugins and block libraries.
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From Reactive to Proactive: Modern Observability for WordPress at Scale
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It works on my machine’, ‘We can’t test that in staging’, ‘It seems to have been broken for a while’… This sounds familiar to many of us, and this is what I want to fix with this talk! I will share practical ways to approach observability in WordPress, and move beyond logs to investigate and…
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What if we choose accessibility over beauty? My story with epilepsy
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Do people really know what it means to live with epilepsy? Or do they think it’s just about seizures and loss of consciousness? I’ve been asking myself this question since 2008, when I was diagnosed with epilepsy. What does it really mean to be on the web with this condition? It’s not just about seizures—it’s…
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WordPress without Borders — The Fight for Digital Freedom (Track 1)
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Pulling from experiences in how our open-source work impacts global resilience, this keynote’s goal is to reinvigorate our community’s sense of purpose and unity — inspiring contributors to see their work as part of something far greater than ourselves. It will draw from my own personal experiences at Ukraine’s frontlines, and the broader world, how…
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Why Block Themes Make WooCommerce Stores Better
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This talk explores why block themes are transforming WooCommerce stores and what advantages block themes can offer. It shows how block themes let store owners easily change how their website looks and works without requiring coding skills. The main points I’ll cover include: – How block patterns and template editing revolutionize store customization – The…
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Fireside chat with Mary Hubbard and Matt Mullenweg (Track 1)
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Meet Mary Hubbard, the WordPress Executive Director, and Matt Mullenweg, co-founder of the WordPress project, discussing WordPress and its community, followed by an in-person Q&A.
Track: Track 2 (Singapore)
Took place in Basel, Switzerland (5 – 7 June 2025)