After two long years, WordCamp US is back and in person! The biggest WordCamp event in the US is back and better than ever in sunny San Diego, California. On September 9-11, hundreds of eager WordPressers will descend on Southern California to learn, network, and connect. 44 speakers from around the world are lined up to talk about everything from accessibility to the WP-CLI.

While each talk is going to be incredibly informative and fun, we wanted to highlight a few you definitely won’t want to miss.

Can’t make it in person? The whole even will be livestreamed here.

Development

Looking to level-up your development game? These are the talks for you.

Getting Started with the WP-CLI with Alain Schlesser. The WP-CLI is incredibly powerful. It can help you scale your site, automate tasks, and more. That said, it can be intimidating to get started. Stop by this workshop to start your WP-CLI journey.

Customizing Core Blocks for Clients with Alex Ball. There is a fine line between letting clients have control of a site and losing control. This talk will go over how to add in guardrails that keep clients and non-admins from changing too much.

Let’s Build a Custom Block in 15 Minutes with Nick Diego. Torque Social Hour co-host Nick Diego will actually create a block from start to finish in only 15 minutes! Check out the power and speed of WordPress.

Accessibility

If you aren’t considering accessibility while developing your site, you may be accidentally alienating a huge customer base. These people are here to make your site usable for everyone.

Embracing Minds of All Kinds with Christina Deemer. Cognitive disabilities are incredibly common but these kinds of disabilities aren’t usually considered when designing websites. Lean some best practices from Christina in this session.

Website Accessibility Testing Workshop with Amber Hinds and Alex Stine. Want to see if your website is accessible but don’t know where to start? Consider attending this workshop.

Community

The thing that sets WordPress apart from every other CMS is the powerful and dedicated community. It is safe to say this conference will be a celebration of that.

How Your Small Business Can Participate in Five for the Future with Chris Lubkert. It can feel overwhelming to give back to WordPress when you are a very small business. In this talk, Chris will walk you through an easy and sustainable program for success.

You Can Contribute Too with Jonathan Desrosiers. Have you always wanted to contribute to WordPress but don’t know where to begin? Jonathan will look at the variety of ways you can contribute regardless of your development experience.

A Chat with Matt Mullenweg. It wouldn’t be a WCUS without and update from WordPress co-creator, Matt Mullenweg. The session with be a Q and A with audience members, so be thinking of your questions ahead of time.

A Lot to Look Forward to

The Torque team will be running around the conference, so come and say hi! We are so looking forward to connecting with all of you.

Like I said above, these are only a few of the incredible talks. Check out the entire schedule here.