“What could I have done to avoid being hacked?” is a question you’ll often hear after a site is hacked. In some cases the answer is complicated, but a lot of the time it’s relatively simple and there are many checklists and guides online outlining the ways sites can be hacked, plus how to secure them. However, a lot of people learn better from seeing and doing than reading (often boring) checklists. So rather than look at checklists on slides for 30 minutes, we’re going to hack into WordPress instead! https://2019.brisbane.wordcamp.org/session/think-like-a-hacker-and-secure-wordpress-in-30-minutes-live-on-stage/

Learn why you should create a WordPress.com account to connect to your WordPress.org website to give it superpowers. This one login gives your website security, analytics, spam prevention, secure login, Plugin and Theme management, Profile Pic when you comment all over the web, eCommerce, speed and performance optimisation, SEO connect, quick posting, widget visibility options, custom Post types (Testimonials and Portfolio), social sharing and so much more … all for Free! https://2019.brisbane.wordcamp.org/session/little-known-secrets-to-supercharge-your-wordpress-org-site-with-wordpress-com/

I recently reviewed 30 websites in 30 days and it was a journey of discovery. I saw the good, the bad, the ugly and a site with over 100 plugins. In my presentation, I’m going to tell you the 10 main problems that I saw in all these websites. 10 issues to avoid. 10 fixes to fix. https://2019.brisbane.wordcamp.org/session/30-wordpress-website-audits-in-30-days-the-lessons-i-learned/

I’ll take you through 5 core things that I wish I knew when I start to develop on WordPress with examples and demos.

The idea of starting and managing a website can be truly terrifying for many business owners and writers, me included.

No longer just a humble blogging platform, WordPress is now the favourite CMS of choice for a majority of web developers.

A brief dive into the component library built into WordPress / Gutenberg. I’ll use a little demo plugin to demonstrate how useful these components are, and how you can use them to build the perfect authoring interface for your custom content, and more. https://2019.brisbane.wordcamp.org/session/custom-interactivity-with-gutenberg-components/

At the end of 2018, we launched a custom eLearning platform that is built on the WordPress backend and experienced through our ReactJS frontend. In this talk, I would like to discuss why we chose the hybrid approach and how it’s a viable option for designers/developers looking to modernise their WordPress sites incrementally. I will share the technical challenges we faced throughout the project, including how we overcame them, and what we intend to do next with our web app. https://2019.brisbane.wordcamp.org/session/building-a-hybrid-javascript-app-for-wordpress-how-why-we-embedded-our-spa-without-going-completely-headless/

Before Elementor was installed on my sites I was wary of doing very much in the backend of my website. As someone who loves to action things quickly (think MVP), not being able to iterate without handing it over to my web guy was super frustrating. When Elementor entered my life I felt significantly more confident to develop new pages, update content and get creative. https://2019.brisbane.wordcamp.org/session/how-elementor-changed-my-life-for-the-better/

My presentation is for beginners of WooCommerce – the importance of setting up stock management in their WooCommerce Shops & the different ways to do this and will include setting up stock quantity control for individual products and variations of their products such as sizes, shapes, colours etc. https://2019.brisbane.wordcamp.org/session/one-of-the-hidden-gems-of-woocommerce-stock-management/