{"id":92939,"date":"2026-04-04T13:48:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T18:48:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bricktowntom.com\/blog\/?p=92939"},"modified":"2026-04-04T13:48:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T18:48:21","slug":"wordcamp-europe-2022-its-been-a-minute-but-were-back-in-person","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bricktowntom.com\/blog\/04\/wordcamp-europe-2022-its-been-a-minute-but-were-back-in-person.html","title":{"rendered":"WordCamp Europe 2022: It\u2019s been a minute, but we\u2019re back in person\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.godaddy.com\/garage\/wceu-2022\/\" title=\"WordCamp Europe 2022: It&#8217;s been a minute, but we&#8217;re back in person\u00a0\" rel=\"follow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>At GoDaddy Pro, we&#8217;re super-pumped to finally (<em>finally!<\/em>) be back in person at this year&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2022\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener\">WordCamp Europe<\/a>, which runs June 2 to June 4 in Porto, Portugal. We sure missed being around our fellow WordPressers, but we weren&#8217;t snoozing during the lockdowns.<\/p>\n<p>Catch up with us at WCEU and you&#8217;ll see we made some new WordPress (super) friends, who we&#8217;re proud to have joining us. We&#8217;ve also been deepening our commitment to the WordPress community though open-source initiatives like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.godaddy.com\/garage\" link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow noopener\">Five for the Future<\/a> and virtual meetups.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Since last year, we&#8217;ve hosted nearly 200 events with about 2,700 attendees and 100 guest speakers. To join in, check out <a href=\"https:\/\/events.godaddy.com\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow noopener\">our events platform<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>That&#8217;s all good stuff, but it&#8217;s hard to beat the IRL experience of rubbing elbows with like-minded folks. We&#8217;re so pumped, we have to share a little of what you can expect to see from GoDaddy Pro at WCEU 2022.<\/p>\n<h2>Meet our WPSuperFriends<\/h2>\n<p>Check us out at the event, and you&#8217;ll likely see faces you recognize. We&#8217;ve joined forces with quite a few additions to the GoDaddy Pro family since the last time you might&#8217;ve bumped into us.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>We refer to the group we&#8217;ve assembled as our <a href=\"https:\/\/wpsuperfriends.com\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener\">WPSuperFriends<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>These new members of the GoDaddy Pro team have driven\u00a0transformation change at GoDaddy, especially in the way we approach the WordPress ecosystem. Far from sitting idle, these brands and individuals tap into GoDaddy&#8217;s resources to make an even greater contribution to WordPress.<\/p>\n<p>Right now, our WPSuperFriends include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Pagely <\/strong>\u2014 This pioneer in managed WordPress solutions makes the CMS accessible to all types of individuals and organizations.<\/li>\n<li><strong>SkyVerge <\/strong>\u2014 The WooCommerce extensions created by these talented developers push the limits of what&#8217;s possible with ecommerce.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sucuri <\/strong>\u2014 One of the most recognizable names in website security contributes leading-edge technology as well as thought leadership.<\/li>\n<li><strong>ManageWP <\/strong>\u2014 Managing multiple websites becomes an easier task, as users report saving hours each month for every site they manage.<\/li>\n<li><strong>GoDaddy Pro<\/strong> \u2014 Kinda like the benevolent patriarch of the group, providing guidance and resources.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We&#8217;ve learned a lot from these brands and it&#8217;s exciting to see what the future holds. In fact, we&#8217;re always looking to add to our WPSuperFriends, so if you&#8217;re in the WordPress game, consider <a href=\"https:\/\/wpsuperfriends.com\/become-a-super-friend\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener\">joining up<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>A sneak peek at GoDaddy Pro&#8217;s presentation<\/h2>\n<p>We&#8217;re lucky to have some very smart people at GoDaddy Pro and proud to have them front and center at WCEU. Here&#8217;s a preview of who you&#8217;ll see repping us:<\/p>\n<h3>Victor Santoyo, Sr. Account Executive, Sucuri<\/h3>\n<p><strong><em>What are you presenting at WCEU?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Security Lessons Learned from 2021: As with most years, there&#8217;s been a wide array of critical vulnerabilities found within content management systems such as WordPress, plugins, API keys, etc. I&#8217;ll be recapping our 2021 discoveries and how these vulnerabilities (AnonymousFox, CC skimmers) made an impact on the WordPress community, and what can be done moving forward.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>What&#8217;s your experience with WordPress?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve spent nearly seven years speaking at various WordCamps (e.g. Miami, Orlando) and being a WordPress user myself for my own sites. I&#8217;ve attended WordCamps since 2013.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>What do you like to do outside work?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I recently got into CrossFit. I&#8217;m also a running enthusiast and these days I&#8217;ve been into exploring local parks and trails.<\/p>\n<h3>Joshua Strebel, co-founder and CEO of Pagely (acquired)<\/h3>\n<p>We\u2019re also excited to see our own Joshua Strebel, co-founder and CEO of Pagely (acquired), join a\u00a0<a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2022\/session\/acquisitions-in-wordpress\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer external nofollow\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2022\/session\/acquisitions-in-wordpress\/\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" data-remove-tab-index=\"true\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">panel discussion<\/a> on the acquisitions of WordPress-focused companies in 2022. Panel discussion topics will include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What made these businesses look attractive as acquisition targets?<\/li>\n<li>Why did they decide to sell?<\/li>\n<li>How did they meet the buyer?<\/li>\n<li>How do acquisitions like this impact WordPress products and customers?<\/li>\n<li>What pitfalls did they encounter through the acquisition and how can you be prepared for those?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>What\u2019s your experience with WordPress?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I invented managed WordPress hosting after seeing a need in 2006 as an agency developing sites for folks and wanting a way for them to self maintain thereafter. Before WordPress, we used Dreamweaver to develop a site and Contribute was provided to the customer to make updates.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>What do you like to do outside work?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Whiskey. So much\u00a0whiskey.<\/p>\n<h2>Outside WCEU, we&#8217;re still WordPressing<\/h2>\n<p>Beyond the initiatives and virtual meetups mentioned above, our passion for WordPress has always been rooted in contributing to the project as individuals \u2014 not just supporting events through corporate sponsorships.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>We contribute our time, with GoDaddy&#8217;s support, to multiple <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener\">Make.WordPress.org<\/a> teams so our much-beloved CMS is the best it can be.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>These contributions aren&#8217;t some mandate from above. It&#8217;s about believing in the power of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.godaddy.com\/engineering\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow noopener\">open source<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/about\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener\">WordPress project<\/a>. It&#8217;s about giving a voice to people, and the power of open source to create a truly open web for everyone.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;WordCamp Europe 2017 \u2013 Day 2&#8221; by WCEU is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. To view a copy of this license, click <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.0\/?ref=openverse\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener\"><em>here<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"follow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.godaddy.com\/garage\/wceu-2022\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\">WordCamp Europe 2022: It&#8217;s been a minute, but we&#8217;re back in person\u00a0<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"follow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.godaddy.com\/garage\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\">GoDaddy Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Source: Go Daddy Garage<\/p>\n<p id=\"kc_opp\"><small>Republished by  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogtrafficexchange.com\/\">Blog Post Promoter<\/a><\/small><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At GoDaddy Pro, we&#8217;re super-pumped to finally (finally!) be back in person at this year&#8217;s WordCamp Europe, which runs June 2 to June &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":92940,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23511],"tags":[126],"class_list":["post-92939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ebusiness-emarketing","tag-information"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bricktowntom.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/wceu1-300x200-1.jpg?fit=300%2C200&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3k0YU-ob1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":93051,"url":"https:\/\/www.bricktowntom.com\/blog\/03\/wordcamp-europe-2022.html","url_meta":{"origin":92939,"position":0},"title":"WordCamp Europe 2022","author":"admin","date":"March 25, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"We\u2019re thrilled to be back at WordCamp Europe this year.\u00a0 After a long hiatus for WordPress events in person, it\u2019s finally time for the WordPress community to be together in person again. 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