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Poland is about to have its first fully bilingual WordCamp in September 2025. KrautPress is a media partner, so we took the opportunity to talk to Maciek Palmowski about all the things the organising team is currently working on.

And: if you’re thinking about attending WordCamp Gdynia this year? How about applying as a speaker? You’ve got time until the end of the week.

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Simon talks with Sebastian Miśniakiewicz about the next WordCamp Europe in Krakow, Poland.

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The FAIR project was announced during Alt Ctrl, a side event at WordCamp Europe in Basel. FAIR aims to be a decentralized package manager for WordPress. Ahead of the announcement, Joost de Valk and Karim Marucchi sat down for an interview, explaining how FAIR came together, the problems the FAIR teams try to address, and possible ways forward.

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Things are changing at Post Status. Joost de Valk and Marieke van de Rakt announced they bought the company behind the popular WordPress website and Slack community and transferred everything to a Dutch foundation. This marks a new chapter in the long history of Post Status and was reason enough for Simon to hop on a call with Joost to learn more about their plans.

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Amber Hinds and Simon talk about the importance of Accessibility on the Web, Accessibility Testing for WordPress and the upcoming WP Accessibility Day.

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Simon sits down with Josepha Hayden-Chomphosy to talk about strategies for recruiting the next generation of WordPress contributors. From flagship events to the challenges the community faces since COVID.

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Simon talks with Patricia Brun Torre about the next WordCamp Europe in Basel, Switzerland.

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During CloudFest 2024, I met with Patricia Brun Torre to discuss GatherPress. Patricia recently posted a proposal on behalf of the GatherPress project to start a pilot program with a handful of WordPress meetups and use the GatherPress plugin as a replacement for Meetup.com, centrally hosted on WordPress.org.

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I went to Malmö to meet up with my dear friend and co-worker, Liza Bogatyrev. She is one of the more than 90 incredible people organising this year’s WordCamp Europe. This year, she took over the role of team lead for the community team.

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This episode was originally published in our German podcast.

Simon talks with Laura Sacco the next WordCamp Europe in Torino, Italy. Alongside the most important information about the venue and timeframe, Laura and Simon take a deep dive into the local cuisine and about the opportunity to become a WordCamp Europe Organizer.

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