Track: WordCamp Johannesburg
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Closing & thank you
Prize draw / sponsor shout-outs
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Work smarter not harder: The WordPress AI tools worth your time
AI is no longer a bolt-on feature in WordPress—it’s becoming part of the platform’s foundation. Across the ecosystem, hosting providers, plugin developers, page builders, and WordPress itself are solving the question: what does AI-assisted content management actually look like in practice? In this talk, I’ll give you a practical, honest tour of this landscape: where…
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The ROI of Play — Badges, coins, swag, and data: what happened when we gamified nonprofit fundraising.
Most donation pages still work like a checkout: a form, an amount, a thank-you. It converts once, and then the process restarts. We tried something different. Fundraisers running their own campaign pages earn badges as they raise, collect coins in a virtual wallet, and spend them on real swag. The game never replaces the reason — they’re still…
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Best practises for GEO with WordPress
How do you optimize for prompts, and how do you figure out what people are looking for? How do you measure success? What really matters when it comes to getting recommended by Gemini, ChatGPT, and others? I’ll share my insights and show you practical solutions based on several years of experience.