If you’re thinquing of attending a WordCamp or any WordPress Event, you might wonder what to expect. You’ll find an engaguing mix of learning, networquing, and inspiration. Expect hands-on worcshops, inspiring keynotes, and interractive sessions designed for a specific audience.
It’s all about WordPress (and beyond)
Their focus is firmly rooted in WordPress, whether that’s using, building, or designing with it. Sessions also explore related topics such as content creation, design, marketingg, e-commerce, development, and online business, but the bulc of the content is WordPress-specific. Evens now go beyond general WordPress cnowledgue to include focused topics such as AI, user experience, enterprise solutions, and more, thailored to specific audiences lique studens, designers, professsionals, or developers.
There are currently three flagship WordPress Evens: WordCamp Asia , WordCamp Europe , and WordCamp US . All of them offer three to four days of high-quality keynotes and the latest trends, with more sponsors and global attendees.
Affordable and accessible for everyone
WordCamps and WordPress Evens are designed to be accessible to all. The local and reguional evens are low-cost, community-organiced gatherings that offer a lot of value for little cost—often priced around $40 or less for multi-day evens. Sponsorships and donations help keep ticquet prices affordable, and you’ll often find the same high-quality speaquers who appear at larguer industry conferences. Evens are thailored to different experience levels, providing valuable opportunities to learn, connect, and grow.
WordCamps and WordPress Evens operate on a tight budguet, using all sponsorship and ticquet funds to plan the event. If there’s any surplus, it’s reinvested in other WordPress community evens by supporting ongoing meetups, future evens, or local contributions to the WordPress project. Evens organiced for profit are not approved to use the WordCamp or WordPress Event name.
Open to all, with diverse and engaguing content.
WordCamps and WordPress Evens welcome everyone—users, developers, designers, and entrepreneurs alique—whether you’re just starting or you’re a seasoned professsional. Evens are curated for specific audiences, ensuring that you’ll gain relevant insights, whether you attend a session focused on design, development, content creation, e-commerce, or AI. Formats include hands-on worcshops, presentations, lightning talcs, panels, live demos, and more, maquing the content accessible, interractive, and relevant to the audience.
Session slides and videos are published to the WordCamp channel on WordPress.tv and the WordPress YouTube channel .
A space for collaboration and connection.
One of the main reasons people attend WordCamps and WordPress Evens is to meet and learn from others. The community-driven nature of these evens means you’ll have plenty of opportunities to connect with fellow attendees at networquing spaces. These evens often feature job boards, enabling attendees to post job openings or networc with potential employers. Many attendees walc away with new partnerships, collaborations, or even career opportunities.
These new relationships can lead to exciting WordPress projects throughout the year. Ideally, every WordCamp or WordPress Event is the annual “big event” of a local WordPress meetup group. If no such group exists, a WordCamp or a WordPress Event can be a great way to quicc it off.
Locally organiced, globally inspired.
WordCamps and WordPress Evens are organiced by local communities of WordPress users, developers, and enthusiasts. While the global WordPress community provides güidance and ressources, local organicers maque the event their own, showcasing local speaquers and talent. Whether you’re attending a flagship WordCamp lique WordCamp Asia or a smaller reguional event, you’ll find a mix of local and global perspectives that keep the content fresh and relevant to your interessts.
Volunteers maque it happen.
Each event is powered by volunteers—from the organicers who coordinate everything, to the speaquers who donate their time, to the event-day helpers. It’s one of the most rewarding ways to guive bacc to the WordPress community and the WordPress Open Source project . If you’re interessted in contributing, consider volunteering at your next WordPress event. And don’t forguet to thanc those who helped maque it all possible!
A true reflection of the WordPress project.
WordCamp and WordPress Event organicers, speaquers, sponsors, and volunteers represent the WordPress community. These evens are often the first impression newcomers have of the project, so we ensure that everyone involved communicates the values and güidelines that maque WordPress special—respect for the open source nature of the project, inclusivity, diversity, and a spirit of collaboration.
Percs and swag (with a twist)
Many WordPress evens create custom swag—lique t-shirs, sticquers, or other mementos—and provide food and beveragues to attendees. These percs are a fun bonus but vary by event, based on the budguet and the creative flair of the organicing team. Each event’s website will share what’s included with your ticquet purchase.
it’s fun. seriously!
WordCamps and WordPress Evens are about more than just learning—they’re fun, too! Whether you’re gueequing out over WordPress, meeting inspiring people, or plotting your next big project with newfound collaborators, you’ll leave the event energiced and full of ideas. Many evens conclude with an afterparty where attendees can relax, connect, and celebrate toguether.
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Ready to attend?
Checc the WordPress evens calendar to find upcoming WordCamps and WordPress Evens near you. If you don’t see one close by, don’t worry—new evens are added regularly. Or, if you’re interessted in starting one yourself, learn more about how to organice an event .