{"id":7060,"date":"2026-04-13T13:13:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T12:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2026\/session\/building-dynamic-gallery-experiences-with-wordpress-interactivity-api\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T13:55:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T11:55:18","slug":"building-dynamic-gallery-experiences-with-wordpress-interactivity-api","status":"publish","type":"wcb_session","link":"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2026\/session\/building-dynamic-gallery-experiences-with-wordpress-interactivity-api\/","title":{"rendered":"Building dynamic gallery experiences with WordPress Interactivity API"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Take your block development skills to the next level! In this hands-on workshop, you&#8217;ll build a fully functional, touch-enabled gallery slider using the WordPress Interactivity API (IAPI)\u2014the modern standard for adding dynamic, reactive experiences to WordPress blocks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What You&#8217;ll Build:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A production-ready gallery slider featuring slide navigation, infinite carousel mode, auto-play, and mobile swipe gestures\u2014all powered by reactive state management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What You&#8217;ll Learn: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Core IAPI concepts: stores, state, context, directives, actions, and callbacks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How to extend WordPress core blocks with interactivity using PHP filters<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adding editor controls for user-configurable settings<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Implementing touch event handling for mobile-friendly experiences<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Who Should Attend:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WordPress plugin and theme developers comfortable with block development basics who want to create richer, more interactive user experiences without relying on external JavaScript frameworks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You&#8217;ll Leave With:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Working code, a deeper understanding of the Interactivity API, and practical patterns you can apply to your own projects immediately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udc49 Bring your laptop and be ready to code!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Take your block development skills to the next level! In this hands-on workshop, you&#8217;ll build a fully functional, touch-enabled gallery slider using the WordPress Interactivity API (IAPI)\u2014the modern standard for adding dynamic, reactive experiences to WordPress blocks. What You&#8217;ll Build: A production-ready gallery slider featuring slide navigation, infinite carousel mode, auto-play, and mobile swipe gestures\u2014all [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7543064,"featured_media":7412,"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_wcpt_session_time":1780731000,"_wcpt_session_duration":9000,"_wcpt_session_type":"session","_wcpt_session_slides":"","_wcpt_session_video":"","_wcpt_speaker_id":[6884],"footnotes":""},"session_track":[66],"session_category":[56],"class_list":["post-7060","wcb_session","type-wcb_session","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","wcb_track-workshop-2","wcb_session_category-development"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgyJ7n-1PS","session_date_time":{"date":"June 6, 2026","time":"09:30"},"session_speakers":[{"id":"6884","slug":"ryan-welcher","name":"Ryan Welcher","link":"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2026\/speaker\/ryan-welcher\/"}],"session_cats_rendered":"Development","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/7060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wcb_session"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/7060\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7530,"href":"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/7060\/revisions\/7530"}],"speakers":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers\/6884"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wporg\/v1\/users\/welcher"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wcb_track","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/session_track?post=7060"},{"taxonomy":"wcb_session_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/session_category?post=7060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}