WordCamp Europe 2022: Recap & Highlights

June 17, 2022

The 10 years celebration of WordCamp Europe could not have been more exciting. The event itself, attached to the fact that we are still reeling from the last couple of years with no in-person gatherings between members of the WordPress community, resulted in a reunion that broke records. It is only fair, then, that we start this recap by bringing the statistics that prove the success of WordCamp Europe 2022.

For starters, the Contributor day gathered over 800 WordPressers contributing to making WordPress core, plugins, themes, and hosting, among other things, even better.

The following two days of the event were filled with sessions on development, design, business, Gutenberg and more, separated into two tracks. This year’s WCEU had a theme for each of the two days of talks – the first one was ‘All about WordPress NOW: Everything that can be achieved with WordPress currently.’ The second day of discussions covered themes around ‘All about the FUTURE of WordPress: All the exciting things that are just around the corner.’

Plus, attendees could enjoy workshops, relaxing and networking activities, including informal discussions around the WP Café booth.

Kicking off WCEU by giving the audience goosebumps, Milan Ivanovic started the first day of sessions with very inspiring words during his talk “Why we community?”.

"The code is poetry, but the community is where the heart is.”

🤩 #WCEU #WCEU2022 @lanche86
— Trew Knowledge (@trewknowledge) June 3, 2022

Why we community? — Milan Ivanovic, WordCamp Europe 2022

Following, you will find some of the lessons and quotes highlighted by our team during the event and the links to watch each related session.

Development

Valuable insights from @postphotos on page speed, usability, conversion and retention.https://t.co/qkXGUEyxEB #WCEU #WCEU2022 @WCEurope pic.twitter.com/XYHLObIbnr
— Trew Knowledge (@trewknowledge) June 3, 2022

The Real Impact of Having Website Performance as a Mindset — Leo Postovoit, WordCamp Europe 2022

#QA of the code base is essential. Here are a few ways to assure it – pointed out by @jonathan_dejong:

– Get your code reviewed by others
– Perform pair programming and give feedback
– Make use of tools to get automatic code reviewshttps://t.co/LHMON7himG #WCEU @WCEurope
— Trew Knowledge (@trewknowledge) June 3, 2022

The what, why & how of code reviews — Jonathan de Jong, WordCamp Europe 2022

Gutenberg

Can you de-risk & future-proof the project?

“Now it feels like that conversation is becoming much easier because we de-risk by empowering the client. By enabling them to create their own UI.”

Awesome talk! https://t.co/3bGsrn4aE6…#WCEU #WCEU2022 @WCEurope @_Americaneagle pic.twitter.com/P0M1JQhlL0
— Trew Knowledge (@trewknowledge) June 3, 2022

The block patterns revolution — Sean Blakeley, WordCamp Europe 2022

.@nerrad lists 3 benefits FSE will bring to #WordPress eCommerce:

– A common language, especially for rich content and controls so people can focus on creating
– Adaptive interfaces
– Contextual configurationhttps://t.co/HErLsra1bk #WCEU #WCEU2022 @WCEurope @WooCommerce
— Trew Knowledge (@trewknowledge) June 4, 2022

The future of commerce in WordPress with Full Site Editing — Darren Ethier, WordCamp Europe, 2022

Business

Some of the @sirjonathan thoughts on Growing in #WordPress Through Partnerships.

– Find opportunities focusing on creating value for customers
– Design partnerships focusing on the problem
– Validate the solution with customers
– Plan for the years ahead#WCEU @WCEurope
— Trew Knowledge (@trewknowledge) June 3, 2022

Growing in WordPress through partnerships — Jonathan Wold, WordCamp Europe 2022

You might like to create a paid #newsletter in #WordPress, and this is why:

To build relationships with customers 🤝, build a reputation as an expert in the field 🤓, and earn recurring revenue 🤑.@Laura_Nelson_ from @WooCommerce https://t.co/qkXGUEyxEB #WCEU @WCEurope pic.twitter.com/rfFR7heeHh
— Trew Knowledge (@trewknowledge) June 3, 2022

Creating a paid newsletter subscription in WordPress — Laura Nelson, WordCamp Europe 2022

The value of having a “headless” #WordPress website as per Ivan Popov:

– Performance
– One source feeds many channels
– Higher website estimation if you are planning to attract an investor or partnerhttps://t.co/4QREHUjsOO #WCEU #WCEU2022 @WCEurope @Vipe_Studio
— Trew Knowledge (@trewknowledge) June 4, 2022

How headless WordPress benefits enterprises? – Ivan Popov, WordCamp Europe 2022

Performance

#WordPress websites have noticeably improved in the last two years with now more than double the number of sites with good Core Web Vitals. @felixarntz https://t.co/HErLsra1bk #WCEU #WCEU2022 #performance @WCEurope pic.twitter.com/1baDoUZeD2
— Trew Knowledge (@trewknowledge) June 4, 2022

Enhancing performance in an open-source CMS ecosystem — Felix Arntz, WordCamp Europe 2022

General

💡 Web3 gives users of #WordPress more possibilities to become financially resilient and successful based on the freedom to transact. @divydovy https://t.co/HErLsra1bk #WCEU #WCEU2022 #Web3 @WCEurope pic.twitter.com/vtf9jCGV7b
— Trew Knowledge (@trewknowledge) June 4, 2022

WordPress and Web3 trends (disruption, challenges, opportunities) — Dave Lockie, WordCamp Europe 2022

The future of WordPress

The conference ended with a relaxed chat with Matt Mullenweg and Josepha Haden Chomphosy, who answered an extensive round of questions about the future of WordPress. Topics like the newly released

WordPress 6.0, WordPress documentation, Full Site Editing, and WordPress sustainability were discussed. As stated by Matt, the future suggests Gutenberg will stand alone from WordPress. How cool is that?

.@photomatt: "I believe that Gutenberg can be a bigger contribution to the world than #WordPress itself. Tumblr is now using Gutenberg, which is pretty exciting. We are actually working on licensing the mobile version of Gutenberg. I would love to see Gutenberg in Drupal." #WCEU pic.twitter.com/oqi9cQltzk
— Trew Knowledge (@trewknowledge) June 4, 2022

In Conversation: Matt and Josepha — WordCamp Europe 2022

See you in Athens!

Athens, Greece, will host the WordCamp 2023 from June 8th-10th. The call for organizers has already started. Are you interested? Click here.