It’s been over a year since Gutenberg was released with WordPress 5.0 and we have seen some great improvements. While Gutenberg continues to outshine on the content creation experience, there have been so many updates and changes in Gutenberg that it’s hard to keep up. Many developers also find block development challenging because there is a learning curve to React and JavaScript Whether you are someone who always thought of digging into it, but never started, the one who is left behind, or even just want to get your questions answered, this online meetup is for you. It’s time to challenge those challenges. This meetup helps you build those core concepts and have your questions answered, by diving deep into Gutenberg Topics that will be covered: – Touch on basics of Gutenberg – Understand how things work in Gutenberg behind the scenes. – Understanding the Gutenberg core. – Build tools like @wordpress/wp-scripts and @wordpress/create-block – WordPress Data Module. – Current State and Future of Gutenberg. – Contributing to Gutenberg Presentation Slides: https://www.slideshare.net/ImranSayed12/digging-into-gutenberg

Some general thoughts on how to secure your WordPress installation and demoing some mitigation by the example of iThemes Security. Recording of the online meetup via Zoom Presentation Slides: https://www.slideshare.net/stk_jj/wordpress-security-101-meetup-nairobi-march-2020

The WordPress community is abuzz with talk of static sites. The speed and simplicity of static pages and sites make them an attractive option for many businesses and non-profits. Yet, how easy is it to produce these sites? Turns out, there are simple, cost-effective ways for designers, content producers, and other non-technical people to build WordPress sites for quick conversion to static sites.

How to write, publish and promote high-quality blog posts that will make Google, your website or business and most importantly, your users, happy. 1) Creating Your Post – How to choose the right topic and title, write using LSIs etc. 2) Publishing Your Post – How to format for mobile users, internal linking, meta info and other on-page optimizations, and what WordPress plugins can help 3) Promoting Your Post – Don’t stop once it’s published! How to use Search Console to get it indexed quickly, creating and implementing a distribution strategy to help with SEO.

Security is hard. And scary. And oh so confusing. But it doesn’t have to be that way. With WordPress, the basics are built in and you’re a simple checklist away from hardening your WordPress site like a pro. In this session, Todd will use plain english, entertaining stories and an all encompassing top 10 list to take you from newbie to knowledgeable in less than an hour.

Being a lead developer not only means being responsible for clean and optimized code, it also means mentoring and teaching junior developers. This is applicable for all technology fields. Having been a karate sensei for over 9 years, come learn how I took cues from my time at the dojo, and applied it to helping junior team members. From learning styles to patience, and to self-confidence, much can be learned from the martial arts.

The WordPress community is comprised of people and their relationships with one another and the open source CMS itself. Combined we are a global neighborhood, complete with volunteers, freelancers, employees, a marketplace, and a multitude of opportunities; opportunities for relationships, working, learning, teaching, sharing, volunteering, and more. At its foundation, its most fundamental part, this neighborhood is built by every individual member. We are each an integral part of this growing, morphing phenomenon, so it is up to us to ensure that it is a robust living organism. How do we do that? *For Myself: by making sure I stay healthy both physically and emotionally *For You: by checking in on my friends and coworkers to help where needed *For Us: by contributing to the community in thoughtful and deliberate ways This talk will share ideas to keep us all healthy, learning, and flourishing, for the betterment of ourselves, each other, and the WordPress neighborhood.

The right plugins can make a huge impact on what you can do socially with your site. Make WordPress easier to share, reach and communicate.

In this anecdotal talk Richard Rudy takes you through how the history of modern music parallels many professionals’ journey from unrelated fields to web design. Dealing with Imposter syndrome, experimentation, and mad Google skills, stories from trenches on building a career in the web.

Design systems can be complicated to think about at the best of times. Then, try adding a brand new content editor to the mix… what can go wrong? Take a 45 minute journey with Redstamp’s Matthew Brent, discovering the highs and lows of implementing a dynamic design system in Gutenberg.