Introducing the workshop for children at WordCamp London 2018

Posted on by Franz Vitulli

This year, for the first time, WordCamp London is hosting a Kids Workshop. We’re inviting children from Whitchurch Primary School to join us, on Friday 13th April, to learn how to set up and manage personal site—from publishing content to changing the way a site looks like.

The Kids Workshop has previously been held at WordCamp Belgrade, Varna and Sofia with much success, and we’re excited to be able to host this event at WordCamp London too!
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A massive thank you to our Stadium sponsors

Posted on by Franz Vitulli

WordCamp London is an event dedicated to connecting people in the WordPress community. A key component of our mission is to make the access barrier as low as possible, from several standpoints—ticket price and inclusivity in the first place.

Sponsors play a crucial role in the whole event: thanks to their support, we are in the position to create a low-cost and high-value event, truly open and accessible to everyone.

This is why it’s so important for us to celebrate all the companies that are so invested in the growth of the WordPress community.

Everyone, please join us in thanking our Stadium sponsors for their commitment to the WordPress community, and drop by to say hello on the day 🙂
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WordCamp London Saturday Social – Games Night!

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One of the great things about WordPress and WordCamps is the community behind it—it’s such a diverse group of people with so many different interests that it can sometimes be hard to design a social that matches up with everyone’s interests. So we decided the best thing to do was to let the community have a hand in creating our games night.
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Introducing the PHP Upgrade Bar at WordCamp London 2018

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PHP is the programming language which is used to build the WordPress CMS. It was originally created in 1994, has been developed constantly over the years, and has gone through several major versions. The latest, PHP7, being the most robust and powerful version yet. However, millions of people are still using older, less secure versions of PHP on their servers to power websites.

This raises a few issues for those people. When you run an outdated PHP version, you can’t take advantage of the latest features that have been built into the language, and you’re not protected against security vulnerabilities that can be exploited by hackers.

This is why it’s super important that you stay up to date with the latest version. It’s also not so straightforward to update your version to a newer one, so that’s where the PHP Upgrade Bar comes in.
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WordCamp London 2018: the design

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At WordCamp London we’ve always been proud of our graphic efforts. Since the very first edition in 2013, we’ve selected a theme that reflects London’s rich cultural heritage, from theatre to the punk scene.

This year we’re celebrating London’s music ecosystem, and our excellent designers (Elliott, Paul and David) have produced some outstanding visuals.

Here they are in all their glory!
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Off-site socials & community organised events at WCLDN

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As WordCamps are events made by the community for the community, making people connect and create relationships based around WordPress is one of our top priorities.

WordCamp London will have two full days of conference, a contributor day, an activities room with its own mini-schedule and an official social event, but that doesn’t have to be the end of it! And in fact, we know that some of you attendees are arranging informal gatherings around the event.

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Announcing Gutenbar at WordCamp London

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This year at WordCamp London, we’re holding a special session on Gutenberg, the new WordPress editing experience. Project Gutenberg is a huge change to WordPress, and will fundamentally alter the way you write and publish.

We want to facilitate the necessary transitions, and share the knowledge we possess as a community in a way which helps others get to grips, and move forward, with the new editor.
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