WordCamp
#WCEU 2026 is done - unfortunately I couldn’t make it myself this year, but our team participated in multiple roles (volunteers, speakers, and attendees), and I’m looking forward to hearing their first-hand impressions.
Reading the various recaps and looking at the photos in the meantime, I almost feel like I was there.
My recap on the recaps (and please correct me if you feel I’m wrong):
- WCEU isn’t going anywhere - the community is strong as ever, and everyone praised the venue and atmosphere
- Talks made clear the community is well aware of WordPress’s challenges, both technical and distribution-related, and is actively working on them
- Big names sponsored and had booths (PayPal, Google, Salesforce, Pantheon, CloudLinux, BlackWall) - good to see major players backing the platform
- Content marketing and SEO channels have declined for many
- Side events are growing, in both number and scale
- AI is already embedded into most (or all) WP products, services, and workflows, and as of WordPress 7.0, in the core itself, yet most agree it still hasn’t fully settled - we’re still early
- Several recaps discussed the slight dip in WordPress market share over the last 6-9 months, attributed mostly to: smaller sites relying on AI/vibe-coding instead of WP, a broader shift in the online economy (a website isn’t the must-have it once was), and the growth of other platforms (most didn’t get even 0.5% of the global share over the period but the number of options has grown)
Greetings to all the friends I couldn’t see this time - hope to meet in Malaga next year!
And a huge thank you to the organizing team for keeping WCEU going strong, and to our team for representing Melograno Venture Studio 🙏🏻
PS: Had to use my WCEU 2024 picture as it’s the last EU one I could make it