What Are WordCamps?
WordCamps are locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. The first WordCamp was held in San Francisco in 2006. Since then, there have been WordCamps in 65 countries on six continents. The events, which are coordinated by local organizers with the assistance of WordCamp Central, vary in format based on the interests of the communities that present them.
In 2020, Philadelphia begins its second decade of WordCamps with our first-ever virtual event. This is our ninth WordCamp. If you want to learn more about us, see the history of Wordcamp Philly below. You can also get an idea about what our event has to offer from our past years’ schedules, you can find that information on our websites from 2019 and 2018.
Questions? Concerns? Need help? Have an accessibility need? Contact us and a member of our organizing team will be happy to talk with you. We are committed to an inclusive online event.
A Brief History of WordCamp Philly
In Philadelphia, the first WordCamp was held in October of 2010 at Temple University. The talks covered topics as diverse as e-commerce, writing style, BuddyPress, enterprise authentication, using Ajax, creating custom navigation, and getting involved in the WordPress community.
Temple hosted the event again in 2011 and 2012. WordCamp Philly shifted to the summer and a new venue — the University of the Arts — in 2014, then to the University of the Sciences in 2015.
The local event went on hiatus in 2016 for a good reason: Philadelphia hosted the inaugural WordCamp US in December 2015, and the national event returned to Philly in 2016. Local organizers were fully immersed in helping organize two of the largest WordCamps held to date.
After the national event moved to a new city, WordCamp Philly returned. The University of the Sciences hosted the 2017 and 2018 events.
Last year in 2019, WordCamp Philly moved to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, right across the street from the scene of the first national event.