This is a living handbook page for WordPress Events. We will continue to update this page with upcoming events.
All About Innovative WordPress Events
WordPress events are the evolution of traditional WordPress gatherings (WordCamps and meetups). They aim to spark innovation and adoption through accessible training and networking for users, builders, designers, and extenders. These events celebrate the community by accelerating 21st-century skills, professional opportunities, and partnerships for WordPress enthusiasts of today and tomorrow.
Additionally, WordPress events should be doable (not requiring too great an effort by organizers), replicable, scalable, and desirable for attendees.
The WordPress community is ever-evolving. Ideally, WordPress events are designed to help address the challenges of organizer burnout, increasing costs, and the need for more diverse event formats. WordPress events can be curated for specific audiences, focus on particular content topics, and offer a variety of engaging formats.
Get Involved
Feeling inspired? If you’re looking to organize, we want to hear from you!
Upcoming WordPress Events
- Uganda Website Projects Competition – July 5, 2024
- Kampala Online Payments and Delivery Summit – October 18, 2024
- Rome Core Days – November 8-9, 2024
- WordCamp Griñon for e-Commerce and Business – November 23-24, 2024
In Pre-Planning
- Community Day Valencia
- WCDocs (Online)
- Gather Taiwan
- Crucero Fotográfico de WordPress Sevilla
Past Innovative WordPress Events
- WordPress Youth Day – June 29, 2024
- Somos: Encuentro WordPress LGTB+ – June 1, 2024
- YouthCamp Kozhikode – April 27 – 28, 2024
- Masaka WordPress in Education Technology Showcase – April 6, 2024
- Switzerland Community Day – March 23, 2024
- Women WordPress Day – March 8, 2024
- Japan Community Building Workshop In-Person Event – February 22, 2024
- WordCamp Pune – February 17, 2024: Day-long workshops for freelancers and people who are new to WordPress
- WordPress Photo Festival – February 3 – 10, 2024
- Jakarta WordPress Website Challenge – January 27, 2024: A website pitching competition where participants are encouraged to submit and showcase their websites. A panel of expert judges will evaluate various aspects of the websites, providing constructive feedback and praise for outstanding work. There will be a website showcase, panel discussion, workshop, sponsor exhibition, quizzes, and giveaways.
- Kolkata CareerCamp – January 6, 2024: An in-person event focused on lighting talks, panel discussions, and workshops to connect job seekers and students with professionals and companies.
- WordPress School Day (Valencia) – November 10, 2023: The WordPress School Day at WordCamp Valencia 2023 united the WordPress community in a day full of learning, inspiration and new ideas with 87 students who use WordPress.
- WordCamp (NextGen Event) Tegal – October 22, 2023: This one-day “Scale Up” workshop in Tegal, Indonesia will focus on enhancing participants’ WordPress skills for the enterprise world. Approximately 50 local WordPress enthusiasts will gather to learn from four experienced WordPress experts who will serve as mentors and facilitators.
- WordCamp Gdynia – September 30, 2023: Focused on ‘Optimization: Work and WordPress’.
- Community Day (Rome) – September 29, 2023: A day dedicated to WordPress Community Event organizers, offering tools and insights for local meetup organizers.
- Japan Community Building Workshop – monthly: A series of online events in 2023 that will become in-person events in 2024. The objective of this event series is to create a study session for not only existing Meetup organizers but for all community members in Japan. The group will have a 6-month learning period with topics that include: understanding GPL, what diversity is and how can one make events more diverse, how to use social media more efficiently, learning about de-escalation, etc. View the October report.
- WordCamp Bengaluru – July 29, 2023: A unique blend of traditional culture and WordPress discussions.
- WordPress Day (Sevilla) – July 2, 2023: A simple, small, easy-to-organize Contributor Day
- WordCamp Leipzig – July 1, 2023
Feedback & Discussions
Your thoughts shape the future of WordPress events.
Visit make.wordpress.org/community and join the #community-team channel in Making WordPress Slack to participate in the conversation, share your experiences, help us envision the next generation of WordPress events, and stay up to date.