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Track: WordCamp Johannesburg

  • GatherPress And The Future of WordPress Meetups

    GatherPress is a community-led event management solution built to address the evolving needs of WordPress meetup organizers and community members. Inspired by WordPress’s mission to democratize publishing, GatherPress extends that vision by helping democratize event management for local communities around the world. In this session, we’ll explore the story behind GatherPress—why it was created, the…

  • Ensuring an Accessible Customer Journey in WooCommerce

    This session provides a practical guide for WooCommerce store owners and developers to improve accessibility throughout the customer journey. From product discovery to checkout, we’ll explore how accessibility barriers can frustrate customers, lead to abandoned purchases, and ultimately cost your business sales. Through real-world examples, live demonstrations, and practical techniques, you’ll learn how to identify…

  • How to rock being a South African woman in Tech

    In my session, we’ll explore what it’s like to be a woman working in technology in South Africa; and how to rock it. I’ll share how global opportunities are available to us, even at the bottom of Africa!

  • Don’t Sell Websites. Turn Website Builds Into Recurring Revenue

    Most web professionals are running a project business dressed up as a product business. You build a website, get paid once, and start hunting for the next client the moment it launches. It is exhausting, it does not scale, and it ties your income directly to how many hours you personally have left in the…

  • Translating WordPress Engineering into Business Value

    Most WordPress engineers ship solid work but still find themselves excluded from the early project conversations and the decisions that matter most: timelines, scope, budget, and long-term platform direction. And more than that, a commercial team excluding engineers from the early stages of deal making is missing out on a lot of opportunities to impact…

  • Beyond AI: The Human Advantage in an Increasingly Automated WordPress Ecosystem.

    AI is changing the way websites are built and managed. From AI-generated content and automated customer support to smart chatbots and workflow automation, it’s never been easier to launch and maintain a website with minimal human effort. But while AI can automate tasks, it cannot replace the human qualities that build trust, strengthen relationships, and…

  • Scaling your WooCommerce Store for Success

    Most WooCommerce stores don’t fail because of a bad product. They fail because the foundations underneath the product were never built to scale: the wrong theme, poorly configured plugins, hosting that can’t keep up, or a marketing stack that stalls out the moment traffic increases. This talk walks through the full lifecycle of scaling a…