Thanks to WordCamp Central & CodePoet!

The WordCamp Central team have been a great help. Special thanks to Andrea Middleton who helped to connect us with possible international speakers and arranged a sponsorship last year through JetPack plugin by Automattic and this year a generous sponsorship from CodePoet.

Thanks to Crystal from WordCamp Central for arranging some WordPress buttons and thanks to Rebecca at CodePoet for sending us stickers / Tshirts to hand out to campers.

CodePoet relaunched a few months ago. The new CodePoet site offers free ebooks, interviews with WordPress professionals, and a collection of resources the team has curated that they think other Code Poets would find useful. There is also a WordPress professional directory for builders, not just developers. If you are interested in getting your WordPress company listed then take a look here.

The WordCamp Central website is a great place to find out about WordCamp events around the world. Take a look to see when and where the next upcoming WordCamp events are, you might be lucky to be traveling in an area near one of the next events.

The WordCamp planing website has been a very useful resource for me. I have found tips and tricks that WordCamp organisers have learnt over the past few years, everything from planning before the event, during the actual event and things to do after it’s over.

Lastly I am excited to announce we now have a snazzy page for the WordCamp CT event on WordCamp Central website. I feel the page looks great with the branded banner and thumbnail of our new website!

About Ash Shaw

I founded LightSpeed in 2003 as an IT support company, and by 2007 we had fully embraced WordPress, evolving into a design and development agency. Since 2014, LightSpeed has been fully remote, working with clients across industries while keeping roots in Cape Town — a city where the mountains and sea are never more than a short ride away. Today, our focus is on building scalable, content-first WordPress and WooCommerce solutions. We’re behind open-source projects like the LSX Design System, LSX Design block theme, and Tour Operator plugin, and continue to champion workflows that empower both businesses and developers. I’ve also had the privilege of speaking at WordCamp Europe 2025, and serving on the Volunteers Team at WordCamp Europe 2024, experiences that deepened my commitment to giving back to the community that shaped my career. Outside of building, I’m a regular guest on OpenChannels.FM podcasts and have appeared on BugHerd webinars, sharing insights on workflows, remote agency life, design systems, accessibility, and the future of WordPress development.
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