Category: Community

  • Leading in Tech: 3 Core Competencies for Current and Future Leaders

    In the face of disruptive AI advancements, true tech leadership demands a human-centric approach. The next generation of WordPress leaders are called on for open source solutions while exercising their authority in ways that inspire innovative and collaborative problem-solving. This includes stepping outside of your comfort zone to consider new ideas and unique contributors. This…

  • ACF Blocks – Tips and Tricks

    ASU Engineering maintains a library of a dozen or more custom blocks that express various elements of the university’s design system. Those blocks are built using Advanced Custom Fields instead of the native solution for creating your own blocks that ships with core WordPress. This presentation will outline some of our best practices for creating…

  • We are They: Contributing to WordPress

    We’ve often been asked “why did ‘they’ make this change” or “when is WordPress going to do this?”. We are not mere spectators, but can find a place of belonging as WordPress contributors.For WordPress to become a better project and meet its philosophies, it needs a more diverse set of backgrounds. Your life experiences are…

  • The 2024 Remote Work Survival Guide

    WordPress users and companies have been early adopters of remote and distributed work, and many of the companies within our community have embraced some degree of remote operation, especially in the last few years. Remote work comes with its own set of challenges, and a Monster survey revealed that 70% of remote workers reported feeling…