As in years past, we want to share recommendations for sessions depending on what you do and why you’re here. WordCamp Seattle has something for everyone.
Read on to find our picks for all types of WordPress users! Keep an eye out for:
- 💡 Serendipity slot! 💡 Follow your gut to learn something you’d normally skip.
- 🌟 Can’t miss 🌟 We’re pretty sure you should go to this one.
- 🆙 Level Up! 🆙 Go to a session to push yourself and start learning a new skill.
Make it Your Own
Remember that these are just suggestions, and we’ve already shared tips for making your own schedule. Don’t follow these itineraries blindly, and leave room for serendipitous learning and networking.
When time slots don’t have a session that interests you, you can:
- Go to the “Hallway Track” and network with anyone else who’s just hanging out
- Choose the session you know least about and see what happens!
- Visit the “Helpful Humans Desk,” and pick the brain of a WordPress expert
- Go on a walk for a technology break and space to internalize what you’re learning
- Mingle with our amazing sponsors and get some free swag
The Total Novice
You want to learn WordPress. You’ve tried it a few times and are ready to start becoming an expert. Immerse yourself in WordPress and soak up as much hands-on knowledge as you can!
- Sat., 9am: Keynote!
- Sat., 10am: Workshop 💻 Learn to Use your WordPress Website 🌟 Can’t miss 🌟
- Sat., 12pm: Go to Lunch and find a table of WordCampers!
- Sat., 1pm: Get Google to Love Your WordPress Website 🆙 Level Up! 🆙
- Sat., 2pm: Women in WordPress Panel
- Sat., 3:15pm: Design Tips for Non-Designers
- Sat., 4:15pm: What WordPress is Doing to Keep Your Site Safe
- Sat. Evening: Network at the After Party!
- 💤😴💤 Sleep in with Daylight Savings Time!
- Sun., 10am: Lightning Talks! ⚡ Blogging & Social Media 🌟 Can’t miss 🌟
- Sun., 11am: Content Doesn’t Grow on Trees – An Introduction to Content Strategy
- Sun., 12pm: Go to Lunch and find a table of WordCampers!
- Sun., 1pm: Picture Perfect: Getting Beautiful Images Without Violating the Law
- Sun., 2pm: Discovery, Discovery, Discovery, Discovery! The Most Important Part of the Project
- Sun., 3pm: Practical WordPress Marketing for Nonprofits
- 🏆 You’re a WordCamp Winner! 🏆
The Webmaster / Manager
You’ve got a single site of your own built with a theme and plugins or you use a site someone else built to manage a web presence. You want to learn best practices about design and content to improve your site in the long term.
- Sat., 9am: Keynote!
- Sat., 10am: Pixel Imperfect: A Practical Approach To Responsive Design
- Sat., 11am: Better BuddyPress Communities
- Sat., 12pm: Go to Lunch and find a table of WordCampers!
- Sat., 1pm: Get Google to Love Your WordPress Website 🌟 Can’t miss 🌟
- Sat., 2pm: 💡 Serendipity slot! 💡
- Sat., 3:15pm: Design Tips for Non-Designers
- Sat., 4:15pm: User Research on a Budget
- Sat. Evening: Network at the After Party!
- 💤😴💤 Sleep in with Daylight Savings Time!
- Sun., 10am: Gutenberg & the Future of WordPress 🌟 Can’t miss 🌟
- Sun., 11am: Lightning Talks! ⚡ Themer & Site Builder
- Sun., 12pm: Go to Lunch and find a table of WordCampers!
- Sun., 1pm: Workshop 💻 8 Ways to Make Sure You Keep Blogging, Week After Week After Week
- Sun., 2pm: Empower Your Clients and Improve Maintainability with Advanced Custom Fields 🆙 Level Up! 🆙
- Sun., 3pm: Practical WordPress Marketing for Nonprofits
- 🏆 You’re a WordCamp Winner! 🏆
The Designer
You can pump out logos and brochures in your sleep and you’ve made your share of websites. Whether or not you want to learn how to code, immerse yourself in WordPress-related tech to expand your design ideas and understand how they get built.
- Sat., 9am: Keynote!
- Sat., 10am: Pixel Imperfect: A Practical Approach To Responsive Design 🌟 Can’t miss 🌟
- Sat., 11am: Death of the Media Query 🆙 Level Up! 🆙
- Sat., 12pm: Go to Lunch and find a table of WordCampers!
- Sat., 1pm: Mobile Accessibility 🆙 Level Up! 🆙
- Sat., 2pm: 💡 Serendipity slot! 💡
- Sat., 3:15pm: Managing Big WordPress Sites (Think about the folks who edit your designs.)
- Sat., 4:15pm: User Research on a Budget
- Sat. Evening: Network at the After Party!
- 💤😴💤 Sleep in with Daylight Savings Time!
- Sun., 10am: Gutenberg & the Future of WordPress
- Sun., 11am: Lightning Talks! ⚡ Themer & Site Builder
- Sun., 12pm: Go to Lunch and find a table of WordCampers!
- Sun., 1pm: Picture Perfect: Getting Beautiful Images Without Violating the Law
- Sun., 2pm: Discovery, Discovery, Discovery, Discovery! The Most Important Part of the Project
- Sun., 3pm: 💡 Serendipity slot! 💡
- 🏆 You’re a WordCamp Winner! 🏆
The Budding Developer / Themer
You know HTML and CSS. You’ve poked around in a PHP file a few times. You’ve edited a theme and are ready to make a simple plugin. This is going to be fun.
- Sat., 9am: Keynote!
- Sat., 10am: Accelerating Custom Development with Dynamic Scaffolding and WP-CLI 🆙 Level Up! 🆙
- Sat., 11am: Death of the Media Query 🌟 Can’t miss 🌟
- Sat., 12pm: Go to Lunch and find a table of WordCampers!
- Sat., 1-4: Workshop 💻 JavaScript for WordPress – OR – …
- Sat., 1pm: Stronger Than Fear: Mental Health in the Developer Community
- Sat., 2pm: Five Unspoken Rules for Contributing to Open Source Software
- Sat., 3:15pm: Design Tips for Non-Designers
- Sat., 4:15pm: REST API: get up to speed in a half-hour 🆙 Level Up! 🆙
- Sat. Evening: Network at the After Party!
- 💤😴💤 Sleep in with Daylight Savings Time!
- Sun., 10am: Gutenberg & the Future of WordPress 🌟 Can’t miss 🌟
- Sun., 11am: Lightning Talks! ⚡ Themer & Site Builder
- Sun., 12pm: Go to Lunch and find a table of WordCampers!
- Sun., 1pm: Out of the Box: Designing and Developing for Accessibility in WordPress Templates 🆙 Level Up! 🆙
- Sun., 2pm: Empower Your Clients and Improve Maintainability with Advanced Custom Fields -OR- Don’t Be Afraid of the Command Line
- Sun., 3pm: WooCommerce Theming with Storefront
- 🏆 You’re a WordCamp Winner! 🏆
The Business Owner / Freelancer
You make money from a website or maybe you build websites for money. You probably wear a bunch of hats and should peek at some of the other itineraries here too! When you’re thinking about money, clients, sales, and making a living, WordCamp will help you fine-tune your business and website!
- Sat., 9am: Keynote!
- Sat., 10am: 💡 Serendipity slot! 💡
- Sat., 11am: The Price is Wrong 🌟 Can’t miss 🌟
- Sat., 12pm: Go to Lunch and find a table of WordCampers!
- Sat., 1pm: Get Google to Love Your WordPress Website
- Sat., 2pm: Customizing WooCommerce for a Time-Tracking, Service-Based Business
- Sat., 3:15pm: You Created A Plugin. Now What?
- Sat., 4:15pm: Partnerships and Good Business
- Sat. Evening: Network at the After Party!
- 💤😴💤 Sleep in with Daylight Savings Time!
- Sun., 10am: Workshop 💻 Clarity Breeds Opportunity: Brand Communication Tactics To Boost Referrals, Attract Clients, and Expand Possibilities 🌟 Can’t miss 🌟
- Sun., 12pm: Go to Lunch and find a table of WordCampers!
- Sun., 1pm: 💡 Serendipity slot! 💡
- Sun., 2pm: Discovery, Discovery, Discovery, Discovery! The Most Important Part of the Project
- Sun., 3pm: Workshop 💻 From Freelance to Full-time: Strategies for a Successful Career Transition 🆙 Level Up! 🆙
- 🏆 You’re a WordCamp Winner! 🏆
The Oldtimer
This isn’t your first rodeo. Or WordCamp. You’re up on the latest gossip and have more than a few pieces of code to your name. For you, we’ve put together an eclectic set of sessions to inspire some new ideas and have you leaving WordCamp excited to keep plowing forward powering 30% of the web!
- Sat., 9am: Keynote!
- Sat., 10am: Empowering Speakers: A Journey to Encourage Women and Diverse Groups at WordCamps
- Sat., 11am: 💡 Serendipity slot! 💡
- Sat., 12pm: Go to Lunch and find a table of WordCampers!
- Sat., 1pm: Mobile Accessibility
- Sat., 2pm: Women in WordPress Panel
- Sat., 3:15pm: Managing Big WordPress Sites
- Sat., 4:15pm: User Research on a Budget 🆙 Level Up! 🆙
- Sat. Evening: Network at the After Party!
- 💤😴💤 Sleep in with Daylight Savings Time!
- Sun., 10am: Gutenberg & the Future of WordPress 🌟 Can’t miss 🌟
- Sun., 11am: Contributor Track
- Sun., 12pm: Go to Lunch and find a table of WordCampers!
- Sun., 1pm: Out of the Box: Designing and Developing for Accessibility in WordPress Templates
- Sun., 2pm: Contributor Track
- Sun., 3pm: Contributor Track
- 🏆 You’re a WordCamp Winner! 🏆
Very helpful! Thank you!