Most of us look in the mirror every day and are used to seeing the same old reflection, ourselves. But what we don’t see is what’s going on internally, in our mind. At one point or another we’ve convinced ourselves of not being good enough, a fraud, and even doubtful or questioning the ability to be confident and successful. I’ll share my stories of battling with anxiety along with ways I have learned to manage it in my personal and professional life. We will take a look at common ways to you can identify signs of Impostor Syndrome and how to combat it to improve mental health.

Ever thought about building something with WordPress to drive positive change in your community and the world? At Whistle Stop Digital, that’s not a thought, it’s a day that ends in Y. Come learn about how we built a platform to help movements engage and organize the community in furthering progress!

The WordPress ecosystem is very large, however, while the plugin ecosystem number in the thousands, there is still a relatively small set of software that provide services not best served as a plugin. We will discuss what kinds of software makes sense to be a SaaS application, and when it is advantageous to do so over standard plugins. We will also cover a small example of how to integrate site owners with your application, and common models for getting paid.

Whether you are a novice or senior developer, automating your workflows speeds up your go-to-live timeline, while also ensuring fewer ‘unknowns’ slip through the cracks.

Join me as I walk through various processes and workflows to create automations for your development, testing and deployment practices.

Large companies have used WordPress as a headless CMS for a few years now, but lately it’s easier than ever for developers to leverage technologies like the WordPress REST API and WP-GraphQL with React and Vue to build JavaScript front-ends instead of traditional WordPress Themes. There are some great performance, security and developer experience upgrades gained from decoupling, but also some hazards I wish I knew before starting headless projects. In this presentation we’ll explore a few of the best tools for going headless and how to solve some of the problems you’ll encounter along the way.

This topic will show the benefits of a fully automated deployment process and how to implement it with tools like Docker, WP-CLI and a small one that I have developed to manage data. My mantra? No manual clicks whatsoever in the web interface for deploying a WordPress project!