This is some highlights from the recent WordCamp San Francisco (2014) and the inaugural WooCommerce Conference. WordCamp San Francisco (#wcsf) was held on the weekend of October 25-26, 2014 and WooCommerce Conference (#WooConf) was held on November 3-4, 2014.
3. WordCamp San Francisco 2014
1000+ WordPress developers, professionals, and enthusiasts
46 Speakers
24 Lightning Talks
21 Presentations
2 Streams
1 State of the Word
1 After-party
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5. WordCamp San Francisco 2014
Last official WordCamp San Francisco
Next year will be WordCamp US*
*Official title still to be decided upon
Modelled on the recent WordCamp Europe
Name, Location & Date to be decided
6. WordCamp San Francisco 2014
WordPress Survey had 33,378 responses from 179 countries
23% from the US
77% from International
People using WordPress as a CMS is Declining
People using WordPress as an App Framework is increasing
Approximately 25% of people make a living using WordPress
15. WordCamp San Francisco 2014
Matt Mullenweg: The State of the Word 2014
http://wordpress.tv/2014/10/26/matt-mullenweg-the-state-of-the-word-2014/
Matt Mullenweg: State of the Word 2014 Q&A
http://wordpress.tv/2014/10/26/matt-mullenweg-state-of-the-word-2014-qa/
WordCamp San Francisco 2014 Presentations
http://wordpress.tv/event/wordcamp-san-francisco-2014/
19. WooCommerce Conference 2014
WooCommerce has 380,000 site installations
17.91% of all eCommerce websites are on WooCommerce
There were 294 contributors to version 2.2 of WooCommerce
ThemeForest has 1,379 themes supporting WooCommerce
CodeCanyon has 442 WooCommerce plugins
21. #WooConf MC’s
Nic & Gareth are ‘Derick Watts and the Sunday Blues’
@derickwatts
22. WooCommerce Conference 2014
Brennan Dunn: Quick Wins to Make Your Store More Valuable
http://doubleyourfreelancing.com/wooconf/
Cyndie Shaffstall: Buy now! Buy more! Buy again!
http://www.slideshare.net/cshaffstall/buy-now-buy-more-buy-again
Joshua Eichorn: Scaling WooCommerce
http://wp-cron.com/2014/11/05/slides-from-joshua-eichorns-scaling-woocommerce-wooconf-talk-pagely-wordpress-hosting/
David de Boer : Improve your WooCommerce sales without UX testing
http://www.slideshare.net/davdebcom/david-de-boer-woo-conf-slides
Kandace Brigleb: How participant observation makes for killer web design
http://needmoredesigns.com/blog/participant-observation-web-design/
Robert Elliott: Matching People & Products
http://graphflow.com/wooconference-slides/
23. WooCommerce Conference 2014
Sam Hotchkiss: Security with WordPress and Wooommerce
http://samhotchkiss.com/security-deck-woo-2014/
Chris Lema: Building your Platform with WooCommerce & Sensei
http://www.slideshare.net/cflema/you-need-a-platform-wooconf
Brent Shepherd, Max Rice and Justin Stern:
WooJutsu: WooCommerce Extension Development
http://www.skyverge.com/wp-content/uploads/wooconf.pdf
24. I’m Anthony Hortin
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@maddisondesigns
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