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Track: Track 2 (Singapore)

Basel, Switzerland 5 – 7 June 2025

  • Speak your users’ language: what to look out for when going global

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    Robin Martijn

    You think you’ve made the perfect app, but take it overseas and watch things fall apart! In this talk we delve into the frequent mistakes developers make when adapting their sites or apps for an international audience. From hilarious translation blunders to unintentionally offending your users, the path to global success is riddled with challenges.…

  • Multilingual WordPress for developers

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    Dennis Ploetner

    Creating multilingual websites with WordPress is a rewarding challenge for developers. In this session, we’ll delve into the functions, tools, and techniques that enable seamless multilingual experiences in WordPress. From mastering WordPress’s built-in internationalization (i18n) and localization (l10n) features to effectively leveraging multisite, plugins, and custom solutions, this talk will provide practical insights to streamline…

  • Hidden in plain site: WordPress 6.6’s Auto-Update Rollback Feature

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    Roger

    WordPress has long been criticized for being insecure. Some of this comes from prior versions of PHP having security issues, some of it comes from user configuration errors, and some of it comes from WordPress itself. In addition, WordPress does not specify any differences between regular theme and plugin updates and security updates. This means…

  • Prepare for the EAA in less than 3 weeks

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    Annelies Verhelst

    The European Accessibility Act will take effect on 28 June 2025, three weeks from WordCamp EU. If your company sells products or services to consumers in the EU, you likely need to comply to new legislation. You can wait and see what happens, like many did with the GDPR, but you can also make sure…

  • WordPress without Borders — The Fight for Digital Freedom (Track 1)

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    Noel Tock

    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…

  • Why Block Themes Make WooCommerce Stores Better

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    ElmaStudio

    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…

  • Fireside chat with Mary Hubbard and Matt Mullenweg (Track 1)

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    Mary Hubbard

    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.

  • Composer Best Practices

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    Jordi Boggiano

    We will cover some Composer basics to get started and then dive into best practices of dependency management. Learn more about software supply chains, how Composer, packagist.org and Private Packagist come into it and which role PHP dependencies play.

  • QA 101: Caring about quality even when it’s not your job

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    miriamr77

    Quality Assurance isn’t just for testers—it’s for everyone who touches a product. Whether you’re a developer, product owner, or project manager, the quality of your work impacts the user experience, support burden, and long-term success of your project. In this session, we’ll explore how to make QA a mindset, integrate quality at every stage of…

  • Do you really need a custom block?

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    Robert O’Rourke

    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.