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This month, the city of love, Paris, had a couple thousand more tourists than usual. Yet, instead of the Eiffel Tower, Louvre or Champs-Élysées, these particular people headed to the Paris Docks in the North of the city, where WordCamp Europe 2017 was taking place. The fifth WordCamp Europe once again stole the crown as the biggest WordCamp ever, though WordCamp US will probably, once more, reclaim that title in December. For now, however, 1900 participants from 79 countries and more than 1000 people taking part in the live streams is nothing to scoff at. I was in attendance for […]

WordCamp Europe took place over the weekend in Paris, France. The global conference, which brought together 1,900 developers, designers, professionals and enthusiasts from 79 different countries all over the world, sheds light on the globalization of WordPress and highlights the diversity of the community. Sessions covered topics ranging from internationalization, to security, design, the open web, and beyond. Inclusivity and an idea to think global was a theme which echoed throughout the event. Several of the talks offered advice on how to be successful (and impactful) within an increasingly global online community. Online community basics Polyglots team lead Petya Raykovska kicked off […]

Editor’s Note: This post has been updated to celebrate WordPress’ 15th anniversary! 5/27/18 WordPress celebrates its 15th birthday this weekend. The CMS has come a long way since its release in 2003. Not only does it today power more than 30 percent of the web, but its also supported and maintained by a growing community. WordPress has grown so much – today we want to highlight some of the biggest milestones of the last 15 years. 2003 — WordPress Was Released Fifteen years ago WordPress officially launched when Matt Mullenweg and Mike Little released a blog post with a download link and […]