Global Community Sponsors
We’d like to thank each of our 2020 global community sponsors for their commitment to the WordPress community. Their generous contributions support community events like WordCamps and WordPress user groups worldwide.
Interested in becoming a global community sponsor? Read about the program here!
Gold Sponsors
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Bluehost
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.
Their schedule on Saturday September 26, 2020
- 10am-11am: Yappy Hour, bring your pet with you to our Zoom room for some fun.
- 10 am – 2 pm: We will have our core team on standby for website help.
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GoDaddy
GoDaddy Pro offers a robust suite of free tools to web developers & designers to help them save time managing all their clients and sites. With GoDaddy Pro, you can easily shop for your client, monitor their sites, and manage all their WordPress websites from one place. Exclusive time-saving tools let you bulk update WordPress core, plugins and themes on multiple sites with one click, as well as automate WordPress backups, cloning and migrations, and so much more. Get real-time performance, security and uptime monitoring across all your client websites. Members also receive a 30% discount on new, qualifying products.
When you pair GoDaddy Pro with qualified WordPress and Ecommerce hosting plans, the benefits are even greater by including access to all premium features at no additional cost.
WordPress, WooCommerce and GoDaddy — all together, now.
We combined our secure hosting platform and partnered with WooCommerce, the world’s leading ecommerce platform built on WordPress, to offer you GoDaddy WordPress Ecommerce Hosting.
Included in your plan is over $1,000 worth of Premium WooCommerce Extensions to get your clients selling with an online store that truly reflects their unique brand.So, for a limited time, we’re offering you 3 months of GoDaddy WordPress Ecommerce Hosting for only $1. (Offer limited to 5 uses per customer, one-time purchase).
Their schedule on Saturday September 26, 2020
- 10:45 – 11:15 am: GoDaddy Pro Craft for Rescue Dogs bring scissors and a t-shirt
- 12:30 – 1:30 pm: Demo and Happiness Bar
- 3:00 – 3:30 pm: Trivia with Adam
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IONOS
IONOS is a leading provider of cloud infrastructure, cloud services, and hosting with more than eight million customer contracts. The product portfolio offers everything that companies need to be successful in the cloud: from domains to classic websites and do-it-yourself solutions, from online marketing tools to full-fledged servers and IaaS solutions. The portfolio is aimed at freelancers, small businesses, and consumers as well as enterprise customers with complex IT requirements.
IONOS was created in 2018 from the merger of 1&1 and IaaS provider ProfitBricks. IONOS is part of the listed United Internet AG (ISIN DE0005089031). The IONOS brand family includes STRATO, Arsys, Fasthosts, home.pl, InterNetX, SEDO, United Domains and World4You.
The IONOS Partner Program helps agencies, developers, designers and web professionals find expert support and manage their projects and clients centrally, while our Partner Network connects web professionals to prospective clients and collaboration partners.
IONOS also offers optimized WordPress hosting that includes everything required for a professional WordPress website. It’s easy to get set up, thanks to the WordPress Assistant and regular automatic updates.
Further information is available at www.ionos.com.
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Jetpack
Transform how you work with your WordPress sites:Jetpack connects your site to the global services, community, and support provided by WordPress.com. Focus on the substance of your site, not the software.
Jetpack security tools automatically shield your site from spammers, hackers, and malware, while real-time syncing and backup means never worrying about data loss. Traffic-building tools like easy social sharing help you attract readers and search engines, and pages delivered from a high-speed, global content delivery network mean those readers never bounce because of a slow-loading site.
Jetpack’s Affiliate program gives you 20% every time you sell Jetpack to a customer or client — with unlimited referrals, the sky’s the limit!
Whether you’re one person with a website or an agency with a dozen clients, Jetpack helps you grow. Make your site work for you at Jetpack.com
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Nexcess, A Liquid Web Brand
Experience Managed WordPress from Nexcess, a member of the Liquid Web Family of Brands. When digital professionals want to optimize site performance, increase security, and scale to grow with the best support in the industry and access to the latest technology stack, they choose us. For 20 years we’ve provided agencies with the ability to deliver the outstanding experience their clients expect. Built on the four pillars of speed, security, scalability, and service, our solutions are designed to help every website realize its potential. Visit Nexcess.net today to get started.Their schedule on Saturday September 26, 2020
- 8:30 – 9 am: Nexcess Q&A – The Nexcess Team
- 10:45 – 11:15 am: 5 Go-To WordPress Plugins for 2020 – Russell Aaron
- 12:30 – 1:30 pm: Nexcess, News, and Cheesesteaks – Mendel Kurland, Christie Chirinos, and Jessica Frick with Guest Chef Brad Williams
- 3:00 – 3:30 pm: Every Site Can Be A Side Job With Affiliate Marketing – Saralyn Scherer
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Weidenhammer
Your business needs marketing for today’s digital world. Weidenhammer blends our knowledge and expertise of all things digital with our focus on your customer and the needs of your business. With us, you’ll get marketing strategy that’s driven from what’s working in the industry right now. Then you’ll get our expertise across the entire process: planning, branding, web design and development, content creation, SEO, PPC, social media, email and more. We’ll report and analyze the results and keep working until your marketing goals are fully met.
Their schedule on Saturday September 26, 2020
Swag at their booth, visit them!
- 8:30 – 9:00 am: WordPress Custom Fields: Common uses and best practices with Dan Sarria, Web Developer; Ouadie Limouni, Web Developer; Emily Rudolph, Web Developer
- 10:45 – 11:15 am: Yoast SEO: Why you shouldn’t chase the green light with Josh Gellock, SEO Specialist
- 12:30 – 1:30 pm: Website Accessibility: Why does it matter and ways to reach compliance with Jeremy Jones, Managing Director of Hammer Marketing
- 3:00 – 3:30 pm: So you’ve built your website. What do you do next? With Jen Miletics, Digital Marketing Architect
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WooCommerce
WooCommerce is an open-source eCommerce platform built on WordPress.
Sell anything online with the flexibility and freedom of the world’s most popular CMS.- 4+ million active installations
- 55+ million downloads
- 450+ extensions to add and extend functionality
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 gets you set up and selling fast, scaling securely as you grow.
Your content is forever yours and customizable down to the button color. Plus you’re joining a supportive, global community of developers and store owners.
Developed and supported by a distributed team, WooCommerce is powered by Automattic, the creators of Jetpack and WordPress.com.
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WP Engine
The WPEngine WordPress Digital Experience Platform gives companies of all sizes the agility, performance, intelligence, and integrations they need to drive their business forward faster. WP Engine’s combination of tech innovation and an award-winning team of WordPress experts are trusted by over 100,000 companies across 150 countries to provide counsel and support, helping brands create world-class digital experiences.
Their schedule on Saturday September 26, 2020
- 8:30 – 10:45 am: Come by the WP Engine booth and chat about our products and WordPress with our team.
- 10:45 – 11:15 am: Come play Kahoot! trivia with us! The 1st place winner will receive a $100 Uber Eats gift card.
- 11:15 am – 12:30 pm: Come by the WP Engine booth and chat about our products and WordPress with our team.
- 12:30 – 1:30 pm: AMA with the engineering team behind the new Genesis block products. Chat with Nathan Rice, John Parris, Bryan Smith, and David Vogelpohl.
- 1:30 – 3:30 pm: Come by the WP Engine booth and chat about our products and WordPress with our team.
WP Engine Meeting ID: 921 5080 9147
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Yoast
Yoast SEO is the WordPress SEO plugin that helps millions of websites worldwide rank higher in search engines. As Yoast’s mission is SEO for Everyone, our users range from the bakery around the corner to some of the most popular sites in the world. Our plugin can help you take your SEO to the next level by helping you write killer content, adding structured data, using breadcrumbs, and much more. If you want to learn more about Yoast SEO, our other plugins, and our involvement in the community, go to Yoast.com!
- Most downloaded SEO plugin with over 11 million active downloads.
- Get more visitors from Google, Bing, and social media.
- Create awesome content and don’t worry about technical stuff.
Their schedule on Saturday September 26, 2020
- 8:30 am – 03.30 pm: We’re here to answer all of your questions or simply say hi and send you greetings from the Netherlands! So make sure you stop by our virtual booth!
- 8:30 am – 9:00 am: “Wake up with Jono”- Jono will wake you up with his amazing energy and effective SEO tips during an SEO Q&A.
- 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm: Make sure you are there when Michiel Heijmans is going to give some practical tips on how to improve your website.
- 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm: Have some fun and join our Yoast quiz!
Silver Sponsors
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GreenGeeks
GreenGeeks is an independently owned and operated hosting provider.
Our specially engineered platform offers WordPress users web hosting that is designed for the fastest, most secure and scalable hosting available in multiple data centers. Our WordPress hosting makes deploying and managing WordPress websites easy with automatic 1-click install, managed updates, real-time security protection, automatic install/renewal of Let’s Encrypt Wildcard Certificates, SSD RAID-10, storage arrays, PowerCacher and expert 24/7 support to make for the best web hosting experience.
Since our launch in 2008, GreenGeeks has been the industry’s leading eco-friendly web hosting provider putting back 3 times the power we consume into the grid in the form of renewable energy. We are based out of Los Angeles, California with a global workforce that provides a better web hosting experience to customers from over 150 countries.
GreenGeeks is actively engaged within the WordPress community and is a proud sponsor to various WordCamps around the world.
Twitter Handle: @goGreenGeeks
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Inverse Paradox
Inverse Paradox is a WordPress-focused digital agency based on the burbs specializing in WooCommerce & LearnDash built solutions.
Whether you’re looking to produce a website for a small business which generates e-mail leads and phone calls or expand a large-scale eCommerce store with B2C and B2B strategies, Inverse Paradox creates a unique experience centered around your business goals with an objective of measurable results. All of Inverse Paradox’s products are built on the WordPress or Magento® platforms which are a leading content management system and eCommerce platform, respectively. The combination of meaningful design and scalable technology leads to projects we’re proud of that deliver on our promises.
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SiteGround
Special swag offers for WordCamp Philly limited time only!
Siteground: Various special hosting offers
SiteGround hosting is your ticket to a high-performance website that’s easy to manage. Our sophisticated hosting solutions are crafted for personal websites, online businesses, web development agencies, and enterprise projects. Our hosting comes with WordPress-specific features customers love and smart development tools that help agencies scale their businesses. Getting started, migrating a site, optimizing web performance, and managing a WordPress development business has never been easier thanks to our in-house tools designed for busy WordPress webmasters.
Since 2004, we empower people to build better, faster, and safer websites by managing the hosting for them. Our mission to power awesome websites is why SiteGround is actively involved in the WordPress community and WordCamps at a global scale. We’re proud to sponsor WordCamp Philly and support the local community.
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WP Buffs
Special swag offers for WordCamp Philly limited time only!
WP Buffs:They will have several great discounts on their products and a coupon code for free stickers from their store that were made exclusively for this event
Howdy!
We are WP Buffs. Our team provides 24/7 WordPress support services that power digital growth. That means maintenance services for serious website owners and white-label site management for agencies and freelancers.
Our team of 25+ works 100% remotely from every corner of the planet. We’re a diverse team here to solve your diverse WordPress challenges.
We also love to help folks make WordPress easy, even if it’s for free. Grab your free spot at the annual WPMRR Virtual Summit or tune into the WPMRR WordPress podcast. Boom!
Boom!