Samuel Silva is a WordPress Engineer with a deep focus on security, performance, and scalability. With years of experience building and maintaining enterprise-level WordPress solutions, he has established himself as a trusted voice in the WordPress community on matters of site security and high-performance architecture. As an active plugin developer and community member, Samuel regularly contributes to WordPress core and shares his expertise at WordCamps across Portugal, including Lisbon and Porto. His speaking topics span real-world technical challenges that developers and site administrators face daily, from security vulnerabilities and attack mitigation to performance optimization and modern development practices.
At Malwarebytes, Samuel is responsible for architecting and maintaining WordPress VIP infrastructure and a website that serves millions of users worldwide. In this role, he tackles challenges like sophisticated DDoS attacks targeting WordPress endpoints, building personalized content delivery systems powered by external APIs, and ensuring enterprise-grade security without sacrificing performance.
Passionate about sharing knowledge of WordPress development, Samuel will present a talk at WordPress Europe exploring a classic DDoS vulnerability in the search endpoint of a common website.
