WordCamp Gdynia 2024 went down in history as an event full of smiles, practical advice, and interesting discussions about WordPress. From October 4-6, 2024, 226 participants gathered at the Marine Fisheries Institute, including volunteers, speakers, and sponsors.
Location and atmosphere
The Marine Fisheries Institute conference center in Gdynia hosted the event. Spacious halls, good acoustics, and intimate corners for conversations - everything conducive to both focusing on presentations and spontaneous chats.
What happened?
Contributor day and before-Party
WordCamp Gdynia 2024 started Friday, October 4th with Contributor Day - developers working together on WordPress development. That evening, 60 people headed to the before-party.
Conference and workshops
Saturday (October 5) and Sunday (October 6) featured the main program: 21 sessions and numerous workshops for all skill levels - from technical topics (WP security, Full Site Editing, performance optimization) to marketing, SEO, and WordPress community support.
Featured speakers
Adam zieliński - WordPress playground
Key WordPress contributor from Automattic presented “WordPress Playground - A Breakthrough in WordPress” - the innovative project enabling WordPress to run directly in the browser.
Michał strześniewski - Headless fse
His 9th WordCamp appearance! Presented “Full Site Editing in a Headless Approach - Case Study.”
Krzysztof miotk - UX trust pyramid
UX expert presented “The User Trust Pyramid - How UX Helped Us Raise 50 Million.”
Security track
- Maciej Palmowski (Patchstack) - WordPress Security
- Tomasz Dziuda - Plugin Traps
- Artur Cyganek - 7 Security Layers (OSI Model)
Development track
- Przemek Hernik - MVC Pattern in WordPress
- Maciej Lech - CSS Clamp() in theme.json
- Piotr Misztal - Custom REST API
SEO & marketing
- Mariusz Jałyński - Effective Google Indexing
- Karol Sawka - Google Tag Manager Performance
- Joanna Jelenik - SEO x DEV Collaboration
Workshops
- Lena Sędkiewicz - Taming FSE
- Tomasz Palak - Legal Aspects for Web Creators
- Piotr Mońka - Accessibility: Beyond Plugins
Key achievements
- Over 220 people in one place - impressive attendance
- High quality content - sessions on optimization, security, FSE, SEO, UX
- Strong networking - dedicated networking zones
- Sponsor support - nearly 80,000 PLN budget enabled quality catering, AV equipment
- Online reach - 22,000+ website visits, 300,000+ social media reach
What worked well?
- Participant count - 226 people is impressive
- Networking atmosphere - everyone praised the positive climate
- Topic diversity - from RODO workshops to advanced developer talks
Improvements for next year
- Better Contributor Day communication
- More 1:1 meeting spaces
- Catering logistics
See you IN 2025!
Many participants already confirmed attendance at the next WordUp on April 5, 2025.
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