Talks

Event poster for #WPLDN featuring a presentation titled "Beyond the Basics: Selling the WordPress Block Editor"

August 28, 2025

Costanza Casullo

www.bromleywebworks.co.uk

Decoupling the web – The headless WordPress approach

Welcome to Headless WordPress – the magical land where you can keep all the good bits of WordPress (the admin, the plugins, the client’s obsession with it) and ditch the theme system, template hierarchy, and every get_the_thing() function that’s ever haunted a javascript developer’s dreams. We’ll dive into how to decouple WordPress from the front end entirely, freeing you to build slick, modern interfaces using javascript frameworks. We’ll cover what headless actually means, when it makes sense, and how to get started.

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August 28, 2025

Louise Towler

indigotree.co.uk

Beyond the Basics: Selling the WordPress Block Editor

The WordPress block editor has come a long way from its early days, but for many clients, it’s still an unknown, or worse, lumped in with clunky page builders they’ve battled before. In this talk, Louise shares how she positions the block editor as a powerful, future-proof content platform that wins over even the most sceptical stakeholders.

Drawing on real project examples, Louise will show how her team combines core block editor capabilities with:

AI efficiency: from auto-generated image alt text and SEO meta descriptions to branded content creation.
Personalisation: delivering the right message to the right audience with time, location, and behaviour-based content rules.
Accessibility: accessibility checking in the editor and techniques to keep every page compliant from day one.
Custom blocks: timelines, carousels, accordions and more, all modular, lightweight, and reusable.

This moves the conversation from cost to value, helping clients see the block editor as a strategic tool rather than just a CMS interface.

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An event poster for #WPLDN featuring a presentation on WP 6.8 developer updates.

May 29, 2025

JuanMa Garrido

www.youtube.com/@juanmacodes/streams

What’s new for developers in WP 6.8

WordPress 6.8, also known as “Cecil,” comes with a bunch of useful updates for developers. It includes faster and cleaner ways to register block types, improvements to the Style Book, and new blocks like Query Total. This release also adds updates to APIs, better security with bcrypt password hashing, and performance boosts like speculative loading.In this talk, we’ll go over the key developer features in WordPress 6.8 and how they can help you build better sites.

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An event poster for #WPLDN featuring a presentation on WordPress security essentials.

May 29, 2025

Mike Wooldridge

Running a WordPress-based site? A whistle-stop reminder of the security essentials

In this lightning talk (and my first in-person speaking engagement; I’m naturally introverted so go easy on me!), my intention is to give people a refresher as to the basics of WordPress security best-practice, including three security plugins I wouldn’t do without!

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Event poster for #WPLDN featuring a presentation on building WordPress disaster recovery plans.

May 29, 2025

Ezekiel Osunbor

servmask.com

Building Disaster Recovery Plans for WordPress Websites

This session will focus on creating effective disaster recovery plans for WordPress websites so as to prepare for emergencies like site crashes, data loss, and failed updates. It will highlight identifying common disaster scenarios and understanding their impact, automating backups, choosing the right disaster recovery tools, and testing disaster recovery processes to ensure that they work when they are actually needed. It will also discuss failover strategies, such as using reliable hosting providers, CDNs, strong security practices, and regular site updates.

Key Takeaways: The audience will get practical steps to safeguard their websites, minimize downtime, and protect against unexpected failures

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Event poster for #WPLDN featuring a presentation on WordPress project management tips.

May 29, 2025

Allie Tupper

filter.agency

5 Project Management tips to make any WordPress project run smoothly (and may help you win a Bake Off)

Why does a project even need managing, surely you just get on with it? How many times have projects that have been started enthusiastically end up feeling slightly chaotic with you and your client feeling a little overwhelmed? With 5 tips, this talk will help you set your projects up for success from the start, whether that’s building something in WordPress, or baking and decorating a cake in two and a half hours.

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April 24, 2025

Jakson

jakson.co

Woo Block Theming 2025!

Back in March 2024 we took a deep dive into creating Woo sites with Block theming.

Thirteen months on, where are we at?

In this talk I’ll get you up to speed with Woo and Block Themes for 2025, show you how to build out a block-based shop super fast along with sharing my top 10 tips for success with Woo with Block Themes.

This April 24th… it’s “Woo Block Theming 2025!”

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April 24, 2025

James Forward

www.forwardcreative.media

10 Things I Hate About You(r Website)

A lighthearted presentation on 7 common mistakes I find when I take over client WordPress websites.

I will cover a range of issues across UI/UX design, SEO, marketing and WordPress setup that really rattle my cage, and how to fix them to improve your website.

The session will be useful for beginner to intermediate WordPress users, and for those using WordPress for their own businesses.

For the experienced developers in the audience there will be an open forum to share their common website grievances, adding the final 3 points to the list of 10 Things I Hate About You(r Website).

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March 27, 2025

Aaron D. Campbell

a2hosting.com

Building a Product – A Practical Look

Get ready to dive deep into the real-world challenges and triumphs of product development. This isn’t just another talk on product-market fit; it’s a behind-the-scenes exploration of what it truly takes to turn a vision into a thriving product. Aaron will reveal the critical strategies and decisions that can make or break a product, using recent examples from projects at A2.
Join Aaron as he shares insider knowledge on:

Assembling the perfect team and knowing when to bring them into the fold
Striking the right balance between essential features and those that wow
Future-proofing your product with scalable growth in mind

You’ll walk away with actionable tactics for:

Crafting user-centered designs that resonate
Implementing agile methodologies to build efficiently
Navigating and overcoming inevitable pitfalls in the development process

Whether you’re steering a startup, managing a product, or dreaming of launching your own, this session will arm you with the practical insights and tools you need to succeed in the competitive world of product development.

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