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Announcing our Seventh Round of Speakers

Posted on by Dave Ryan

In a little over a month, some of the best and brightest in the WordPress community will be descending on Downtown Phoenix for WordCamp Phoenix 2019!

We’re thrilled to be offering two days of sessions with three tracks in addition to longer, deep-dive workshops at the Phoenix Convention Center in February. We’ll also be running a Contributor Day where anyone can get involved with contributing to the WordPress Project with code, design, writing, translation, marketing and more!

Make sure to get your tickets soon as this event frequently sells out!

Rahul Nagare

Securing WooCommerce without scaring customers

Rahul has been working in the web hosting industry since 2005 and started using WordPress in 2008. Since then he has helped scale web and cloud infrastructure for General Mills, Saks, CSX, and PetSmart. Rahul is now the co-founder and CEO at ScaleDynamix, where he manages 10,000+ WordPress and WooCommerce sites.

Jeremy Scott

I Built a Site with a “Page Builder” Called Gutenberg

Jeremy Scott first used WordPress around the time of version 1.3 and has been using it for business and personal projects ever since. Today, he has his hands in many honeypots, including freelance advanced WordPress development, running a small premium WordPress plugin for staffing agencies, and running a creativity and education venture that educates with LEGOs.

Stephen Greer

Getting Started With ReactJS

Stephen loves building applications with JavaScript, PHP, React and WordPress. He is a Senior Developer at FanSided, a media company running 300+ sport and entertainment websites.

Topher DeRosia

WordCamp Crazy: Leveraging WordPress for World Peace

Topher is a WordPress developer from Grand Rapids MI, where he lives with his wife, daughters, and two little dogs.

Tim Strifler

Over-the-Shoulder Email Marketing

Tim is the founder of Tim Strifler Online Solutions, a WordPress web design agency, and Divi Life, a leading Divi product company focused on creating plugins, child themes, and tutorials for the Divi theme framework. Tim is also the cofounder of WP Gears, a WordPress online learning platform, the co-host of the daily WP the Podcast show, as well as a panelist on Divi Chat, a weekly live YouTube show.

Matt Perry

WordPress security: a risk assessment approach

Matt Perry works as an engineer for WordPress VIP / Automattic, and therefore gets to spend his days helping large enterprises across media, technology and government achieve their missions with WordPress.

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The WordCamp Phoenix Team

WP101 Beginner’s Workshop Registration Now Open

Posted on by Carol Stambaugh

WordCamp Phoenix was one of the first WordCamps to include a WP101 workshop and we continue this tradition in 2019 as we celebrate 10 years of WordCamps in the Valley of the Sun.

Whether you’re brand new to websites, want an introduction to WordPress or are in need of a refresh, this workshop (over 2.5 hours!) is a great way to get hands-on guidance on Friday morning so you can benefit from subsequent sessions! Free, temporary web hosting accounts with WordPress preinstalled will be provided for all workshop attendees.

Due to high demand and nature of this workshop, we are requiring attendees to register in advance, though there is no additional cost.

Where? WordCamp Phoenix at the Phoenix Convention Center.
When? Friday, February 15th 2019 from 9:30 AM to 11:55 AM.
Who? This workshop will be led by Jamie Schmid.
What (should I bring)? Please bring a fully-charged laptop or tablet.

Registration is now closed.

Registrations without tickets or made
before purchase will not be honored.