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Arslan Kalwar 4:10 pm on October 28, 2025
Tags: , , wordcamp-pakistan, wordpress events, WPISB2025   

WordCamp Islamabad 2025 – A Celebration of Learning, Contribution, and Community

WordCampWordCamp WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They're one of the places where the WordPress community comes together to teach one another what they’ve learned throughout the year and share the joy. Learn more. Islamabad 2025 was a wonderful celebration of learning, collaboration, and the open-source spirit. Over two exciting days, students, professionals, and WordPress enthusiasts came together to share knowledge, contribute, and connect with others who believe in the power of community.

👥 Meet the Organizing Team

A big round of applause for our amazing organizing team who worked tirelessly to make this event a success. Their passion and teamwork brought the whole community together.

Organizers:

Each person played an important role in making sure every detail from logistics to social media was handled smoothly.

Contributors collaborating during Contributor Day.

Organizer: Arslan Kalwar & Muhammad Kashif

💙 Day 1: Contributor Day

Contributor Day was full of excitement, learning, and teamwork. It was a day where many participants, especially students, discovered how they can become part of the global WordPress project.

We welcomed several students from different universities who were eager to explore the open-source world. For many, this was their first-ever contribution to WordPress, and their enthusiasm made the day truly special.

We started by helping everyone set up their WordPress.orgWordPress.org The community site where WordPress code is created and shared by the users. This is where you can download the source code for WordPress core, plugins and themes as well as the central location for community conversations and organization. https://wordpress.org/ profiles, join the Make WordPress SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/., and understand how the community works together. Then, we introduced them to various contribution teams like CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress., Polyglots, Support, Training, Docs, Test, Photos, and Patterns.

Together with our Table Leads, we guided attendees through handbooks and helped them make their first real contributions, translating strings, uploading photos, and testing patches.

A highlight of the day was a special recorded session by Muhibul Haque, introducing WPCredits and Campus Connect programs that help students get recognized for their contributions. Since he had to leave early for his session at WordCamp Dhaka, Arslan Kalwar continued the discussion, explaining how these programs help students build their profiles, get official contribution credits, and connect with the global WordPress community.

It was inspiring to see students so engaged and curious about contributing and realizing that WordPress is not just a tool, it’s a community they can grow with.

🎤 Day 2: Conference Day

The second day was all about learning and inspiration. We had an amazing lineup of speakers who shared their experiences and insights on topics like development, accessibilityAccessibility Accessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and “indirect access” meaning compatibility with a person’s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility), design, community building, freelancing, and website performance.

Students and professionals found the talks motivating and relatable. Many shared that hearing stories from contributors and developers helped them understand how WordPress can open real career opportunities.

The energy in the room reflected one thing clearly: WordPress empowers everyone, no matter where they start.

🧑‍💻 Hands-On Workshops and WordPress Playground

The workshops were another highlight of the event. Speakers conducted practical sessions where participants could follow along and try things out live.

One of the most exciting parts was learning about WordPress Playground—a browser-based tool that lets users experiment with WordPress instantly, without any setup. This made it easy for students to practice, test, and learn in real time.

These sessions helped attendees gain hands-on experience and boosted their confidence to keep exploring WordPress on their own.

🌍 A Community That Inspires

WordCamp Islamabad 2025 reminded us what makes the WordPress community so special: people coming together to share, learn, and build something bigger than themselves.

From enthusiastic students to experienced professionals, everyone contributed to making this event memorable. The teamwork, curiosity, and kindness we witnessed showed the true power of open-source collaboration.

A heartfelt thank-you to everyone who participated, volunteered, and supported this event. Thank you, eEarn, for providing an amazing free venue. Together, we’re building the next generation of contributors and keeping the WordPress spirit alive. 💙

📸 Contributor Day & Conference Day Highlights
Here’s a glimpse of the joy, collaboration, and learning that filled WordCamp Islamabad 2025—from first-time contributions to inspiring sessions and hands-on workshops.

Welcoming attendees and introducing Contributor Day.

Arslan guiding new contributors at Contributor Day.

Co-Lead Organizer: Muhammad Kashif

Lead Organizer: Tahir Shahzad

Contributor Day Lead: Arslan Kalwar

Thanks to @peiraisotta for collaborating on this post.

#community, #contributor-day, #wordcamp-pakistan, #wordpress-events, #wpisb2025
Lua Salazar 9:00 am on October 23, 2025
Tags: wordpress events, WordPress Youth Day   

2025 WordPress Youth Day, Nicaragua. Mission accomplished!

WordPress Youth Day Nicaragua (WPYDNI) is an event organized by a group of volunteers from the Nicaraguan WordPress community, supported by the WordPress LATAM community, and sponsored by WordPress community members around the world, Global community sponsors and local companies. Our mission is clear: to promote the use of technology and make technological education accessible to future generations.

WPYD 2025: A Landmark Success

The 2025 WPYD, held on October 11th in Managua, Nicaragua, was a tremendous landmark for our community. We hosted 75 young people aged 8–20 years old, supported by 10 organizers, 15 local volunteers, and 16 speakers from across LATAM.

Empowering the Next Generation: Two groups of attendees successfully created their own working WordPress websites! More than 50 young people learned how to build professional portfolios and online stores. The speakers gave great tips and feedback on how to create a compelling website, from initial design to publishing.

Teenage Speakers Inspire: A true highlight was our three teenage speakers, aged 12-14, who led talks on security, finance, and web tools. It was wonderful to see them confidently share their knowledge. They left the event feeling motivated, expressing their desire to start a WordPress club in their local area!

WPYDNI25 had a full, dynamic agenda. The sessions and chosen topics were carefully separated by age group to best match the needs of each young attendee. (You can take a look at the full agenda here.)

The Launch and Impressive Growth

This success was built on the foundation of our initial launch in 2024 with 35 attendees aged 8 to 15 years old.

The positive feedback from children and parents was instantaneous. In fact, parents who attended our first event were so inspired that they wanted to volunteer for the 2025 event, helping to promote it across their businesses and neighborhoods! We were thrilled to see this community support pay off in 2025, allowing us to meet our goal and double the attendance compared to the previous edition.

A Community Effort

The positive feedback from the children and parents was overwhelming and motivates us to continue! We owe a special thank you to the speakers from the WordPress LATAM community who joined us: Karen Mendez (Venezuela), Pamela Miralles (Guatemala), Paola Zorro (Colombia), Alfredo Navas (Costa Rica), Lilliam Montoya (Costa Rica), Misael Campos (Honduras), and Ramon Corrales (Panama). They truly embodied “volunteering with a purpose,” contributing their knowledge directly to future generations.

Finally, WordPress Youth Day Nicaragua was made possible thanks to every organizer and volunteer who dedicated their time. A huge thank up to our Nicaraguan organizers who poured months of effort into the event: Alex Cuadra, Mario Rocha, Aura Lila Gutierrez, Valeria Pilarte, Marvin Gonzalez, Misael Campos, Juan Tijerino, Marconi Poveda, and Karen Torres. We also had incredible support from our young WordPress community volunteers: Lavinia, Seyling, Roger, Rene, Lucia, Maria, Steven, Ailin, Lourdes, and many more!

I’m sharing some photos from the event and how WordPress Youth Day Nicaragua 2025 was experienced.

Speaker: Eleana Campos.

Speakers aged 12-14.

Group 8-12 years old
Group 13-16 years old
Group 17-20 years old
Event Group Photo

it only remains to say that there is great satisfaction with the results of WordPress Youth Day 2025; everyone left wanting more events like this. Hopefully, more initiatives like this will continue to inspire future generations of WordPress developers in Latin America. Thanks to everyone who contributed!

Thanks to @_dorsvenabili @alexcu21 @mrfoxtalbot for collaborating on this post.


#wordpress-events, #wordpress-youth-day
Rocio Valdivia 2:19 pm on August 7, 2024
Tags: budget, , , , wordpress events   

Proposed Change to Advertising/Marketing Expense Guidelines

Please share your feedback on a proposed update to our current WordPress Events/WordCampWordCamp WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They're one of the places where the WordPress community comes together to teach one another what they’ve learned throughout the year and share the joy. Learn more. budget guidelines:

The current event guidelines state that the inclusion of advertising expenses in an event budget is very rarely allowed:

“Some things that WordCamps very, very, *very* rarely include in their budgets:
Most WordCamps are highly successful without spending money on the items below. While sometimes exceptions are made for unusual circumstances, you should plan not to include the following expenses in your budget, unless an experienced deputyProgram Supporter Community Program Supporters (formerly Deputies) are a team of people worldwide who review WordCamp and Meetup applications, interview lead organizers, and keep things moving at WordCamp Central. Find more about program supporters in our Program Supporter Handbook. approves the expense […] Advertising“

Why Change the Guideline?
The Community Team’s goal for upcoming events is to warmly welcome more first-time attendees. We aim for over 50% of participants to be newcomers while celebrating returning attendees. To achieve this, event organizers should focus on attracting new participants through well-planned event design, messaging, and marketing strategies.

Proposed Change
We propose updating the guideline to allow a variable or fixed amount of money in the WordPress event budget to be used specifically for marketing and advertising. Here’s a proposal:

“A portion of the WordCamp budget may be allocated for marketing and advertising, subject to the approval of a Program Manager during your budget review and funded by the Global Sponsorship grant. To ensure mindful use of program funds, we suggest a minimum amount of $50 and a maximum amount of $400, based on factors like experience of the organizers, cost of living, size of the local community, etc. The budget should be used mindfully and efficiently to maximize the event’s reach and impact.”

Remember that the best marketing strategy is word of mouth. How can you and other organizers spread the word? Attend other events in the area, email your contact lists, post on your social media channels, and share details at your places of work. NETWORK!

How to use the advertising funds
Advertising funds should be used strategically to attract new attendees and raise awareness. Here are some suggestions in order of expected return on your effort and investment:

  1. Event Directories: List on online calendars and tech forums.
  2. Newsletter Listings: Feature in relevant newsletters and publications.
  3. Influencer Partnerships: Collaborate with influencers of the targeted audience to promote the event.
  4. Collaborations: Partner with local businesses for mutual promotion.
  5. Physical Marketing: Distribute posters, flyers, and banners in strategic locations.
  6. Social Media Ads*: Targeted campaigns on social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, etc.
  7. Traditional Media*: Use local TV, radio ads, and newspaper placements.

Notes
* The last two channels can be quite costly and should be considered when the prior five options have been explored because they can deplete a budget very quickly.

We recommend focusing on going to where potential WP users might be – such as existing associations/clubs/groups. For example, a small business association or a professional networking event for entrepreneurs.

Important reminder

  1. Trademark: Read carefully the WordPress and WordCamp trademark policies to avoid unauthorized use of them.
  2. Family-friendly content: Ensure marketing content is family-friendly and reviewed by your mentorEvent Supporter Event Supporter (formerly Mentor) is someone who has already organised a WordCamp and has time to meet with their assigned mentee every 2 weeks, they talk over where they should be in their timeline, help them to identify their issues, and also identify solutions for their issues..
  3. Code of ConductCode of Conduct “A code of conduct is a set of rules outlining the norms, rules, and responsibilities or proper practices of an individual party.” - Wikipedia: Ensure all advertising respects the WordPress Community Code of Conduct, promoting inclusivity and respect.

Seeking Community Input
We’d love to hear your thoughts on this proposal. Please share:

  1. Would this change benefit the WordPress Events Program?
  2. Any suggestions for “how to” and “how not to” use the funds?
  3. Any suggestions to help ensure we use our annual budget as efficiently as possible?

Please join the discussion before August 19, 2024, and help us ensure that WordPress Events reach even more people!! I’ll close the comments of the post and share a summary of them after that date.

Thank you for your support and input!

#budget, #discussion, #new-guideline, #wordcamps, #wordpress-events