{"id":1583,"date":"2025-05-20T00:19:13","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T14:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brisbane.wordcamp.org\/2025\/?post_type=wcb_session&#038;p=1583"},"modified":"2025-06-26T13:06:38","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T03:06:38","slug":"worst-date","status":"publish","type":"wcb_session","link":"https:\/\/brisbane.wordcamp.org\/2025\/session\/worst-date\/","title":{"rendered":"Worst First Date Ever: Why Your WordPress Site Ghosts Its Visitors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>Level: <em>All<\/em><br>Track: Human<br>\u00a0\ud83d\udcfa<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/_XZijOOObcg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>You\u2019ve nailed your SEO. Your analytics are dancing. But visitors land&#8230; and bounce. 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