Speaker Announcements – Round 3

With WordCamp Brisbane fast approaching, here are the next 4 presentations that shouldn’t be missed! Make sure you don’t miss out on these awesome presentations and more by getting your ticket today.


How WordPress can ease your business admin by using 4 zones of power

Korryn Haines

Most business owners are using WordPress websites but have no idea of its potential power. More than a mere vessel where you display what you do to the online world, a well planned and set out WordPress site can help you put business processes in place that will save you tonnes of wasted time on admin. Learn how to set up your back of house systems to make your business run smoother with Korryn.

Korryn Haines is an administration ninja with over 10 years of administrative experience in a wide range of industries. Based in Brisbane and founder of Encore Admin Consulting, she provides virtual assistant and administration consulting services to micro and small businesses. She loves a nice big pot of tea, smashing out a BodyPump class and spending time with her young children, husband and lovable Cocker Spaniel. 


The Day the Hackers Came: What Happened When 80% of my Client’s Sites Were Hacked in One Day

Ingrid Moyle

On the 19th March 2019, 80% of all of Ingrid’s website clients from the previous 5 years was hacked. They were all on the one server of a boutique hosting company, and the hackers got in through the server and not the front door (and they deleted all backups including all the offsite ones from Updraft Plus in the process).

Ingrid will share why WordPress sites get hacked, how you know you have been hacked, and what are your options if you have been hacked.

Ingrid Moyle is the Chief Web Wizard at Heart Harmony Communications. A self-confessed multipotentialite, Ingrid shamelessly blends her passions of human resources, psychology, web design and copywriting. When not hardwired to her computer, she quests for the perfect coffee while chasing virtual reality creatures across the backstreets of Brisbane.


How to Make Your Site Load 5 Times Faster in 10 Minutes (for FREE)

Gal Baras

Page loading speed is critical these days for user experience, particularly on mobile phones, and therefore for SEO. Research shows that a 1-second difference in loading time can have a huge impact on site conversions.

Luckily, there are some awesome plugins that make speeding up your site light work. Using them, you can get 95% of the possible performance boost using only FREE plugins.

Learn how to get the best performance possible in as little as 10 minutes without any special skills or coding with Gal.

Gal Baras is a WordPress-loving online marketing consultant working with small businesses in Brisbane, who has extensive experience and experiments with many websites.


A Quickstart Guide to React Development

Ryan Kienstra

Know Javascript, but don’t know how React? Learn what you’ll need with Ryan Kienstra to get started with React, develop your own blocks and extend Gutenberg.

You’ll see the most important parts of ES6 and JSX and developing in the new paradigm for WordPress, without getting caught in the details.

Ryan Kienstra is a developer at XWP and Block Lab, focusing on large plugins and enterprise sites. His team at XWP has been working on the AMP Plugin for WordPress. And at Block Lab, his team is building a UI for custom Gutenberg blocks. Ryan also has 7 of his own plugins on WordPress.org.


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