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Are You Ready!?

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Girl with stuffed wapuu doll

Woot! We’re so excited and Wapuu is too. We’re in the final count down and can hardly contain ourselves. Just a little while longer before we gather to hear fantastic speakers, meet new people, connect with old friends, and spread the love of WordPress.

If you haven’t already, make sure to check out the sessions and schedule. Make a plan for arrival and get to know the campus. Check out the Philly eats and to-do’s in case you get some down time. Learn a little about the speakers and take a look at the sponsors. We wouldn’t be able to pull off the awesomeness of WordCamp Philly without them and all of the wonderful volunteers.

We are looking forward to seeing all of you and If you want a chance to win a prize, be sure to wear a costume!

We’ll see you at Campus WordCamp Philly soon!

Sponsor Spotlight: Pantheon

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Pantheon puts the power of the Internet in the hands of developers and DevOps teams, delivering rock solid hosting along with the most complete platform for professional website creation. They’ve built the world’s best website management platform—one that gives web teams all of the developer tools, hosting, scaling, performance, workflow, and automation they need to build the best websites in the world. Pantheon powers 150,000 websites, serving billions of page views per month.

Thank you to Pantheon for being a WordCamp Philly Platinum sponsor!
Learn more at www.pantheon.io.

Sponsor Spotlight: Pressable

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Pressable’s managed WordPress hosting enables businesses and developers to deliver remarkable online experiences. With premium features like CDN, staging, Let’s Encrypt SSL certificates, Jetpack Premium, cloning, backups and unlimited storage included at no additional cost, Pressable is Where WordPress Works Best.

Thank you to Pressable for being a WordCamp Philly Platinum sponsor! Learn more at pressable.com.

Sponsor Spotlight: Bluehost

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Bluehost has been a WordPress partner since 2005 and powers over 1 million WordPress sites worldwide. Their objective is to help customers, whether novice or pro, create a thriving online presence at an affordable price.

With a team of in-house tech experts available 24/7, Bluehost dedicates time and resources to providing the best support and services in the industry. Join millions of other site owners and see what Bluehost can do for you and your online presence.

Thank you to Bluehost for being a WordCamp Philly Platinum sponsor! Learn more at bluehost.com.

Your WordCamp Philly Food Guide

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Philadelphia is powerhouse restaurant scene, with prestigious entrepreneurs such as Marcie Turney & Valerie Safran, the Vetri Family, and more recent restaurateurs Michael and Jeniphur Pasquarello.

If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it…

That’s how we feel about the food post by Tracy Levesque of Yikes from WCPhilly 2015. Tracy is a true foodie, and her words about where to find the best eats is golden. We’ve edited any crucial pieces and have added a little bit here and there (food with a conscience), but the bulk of these words are straight from the foodie’s keyboard.

Continue reading Your WordCamp Philly Food Guide →

Sponsor Spotlight: WooCommerce

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37% of all online stores are powered by WooCommerce. Built on WordPress, WooCommerce is a fully customizable, open source eCommerce solution.

Whether you’re selling a few handcrafted items to a niche market, taking an existing business online, or going global with an enterprise level eCommerce business – WooCommerce will get you set up and selling fast and scale securely as you grow. Plus your content will be forever yours and customizable down to the finest button color.

Developed and supported by a distributed team, WooCommerce is powered by Automattic, the creators of WordPress.com.

Thank you to WooCommerce for being a WordCamp Philly Platinum Sponsor! Learn more at woocommerce.com.

Sponsor Spotlight: BoldGrid

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BoldGrid is a website builder powered by WordPress. It is a free set of WordPress plugins, themes, and other content that allows site creation and management similar to non-WordPress website builders. By placing WordPress more in line with DIY site builder solutions on the market, our mission is not only to make WordPress more accessible and easy for beginners to utilize, but also automate and streamline typical WordPress tasks to provide a fast, creator-friendly platform that even web professionals will appreciate.

Experience WordPress as a website builder, including: free pre-built themes, drag and drop editing, integrated image banks, simplified photo editing, built-in staging, automated backups, and so much more.

BoldGrid will have you creating professional looking WordPress sites in minutes!

Thank you to BoldGrid for being a WordCamp Philly Platinum Sponsor! Learn more at boldgrid.com.

Trolleys, Trains and Automobiles: West Philly Travel

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Yah! You’ve made it to Philadelphia. The City of Brotherly and Sisterly Affection has several ways to get around town.

You can always hail a cab, an Uber, or a Lyft. Depending on traffic and where you are in the city, you will most likely get to Campus WordCamp Philly within less than half an hour. Campus is at USciences, 600 S. 43rd Street.

Continue reading Trolleys, Trains and Automobiles: West Philly Travel →

Sponsor Spotlight: Jetpack

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Jetpack is a free WordPress plugin that simplifies managing your sites. This single plugin enables Photon (a global CDN for images), uptime monitoring, brute force protection, traffic-boosting tools, single sign on, multiple-site management, and automatic or bulk plugin updates. Additionally, Jetpack includes several features that help you customize the look and feel of your site without installing other tools.

Thank you to Jetpack for being a WordCamp Philly Platinum sponsor! Learn more at jetpack.com.