Events

We’ve been waiting for this, WordCamp Chicago in the windy city, the city with big shoulders, the city with the best hot dogs, amazing pizza, and the one and only baseball team worth cheering for… can you tell we love Chicago? Though we won’t be in attendance, we’re thrilled to support the WordPress community in Chicago.

We are thrilled to sponsor WordCamp Atlanta! Though we won’t be in attendance, we love the WordPress community in Atlanta and want to show our support.

WordCamp Miami is one of the most popular WordCamps in the United States, for good reason. Who doesn’t love Florida in March? Wordfence is proud to sponsor WordCamp Miami, and we’re excited to participate in this year’s game show event, too! How well will we fare against our rivals? Come cheer us on! We’ll bring some neat prizes to contribute as well.

WordCamp Asia has been cancelled due to the recent COVID-19 concerns in the region. Wordfence has established the WordCamp Asia cancellation fee assistance package to help attendees recoup costs associated with the cancellation happening at such a late date. Our thoughts are with all of the organizers, attendees, volunteers, and speakers who were looking forward to this event happening.

We had a great time attending WordCamp Phoenix 2020, and we’re happy to support the WordPress community in Phoenix by organizing, sponsoring, attending and speaking. We’ll post our talks here as they’re ready:

Chloe Chamberland on Remote Working as a Nomad

Wordfence was delighted to sponsor and attend WordCamp Seattle. Though we’re a distributed team, Seattle is where a number of us call home. Kathy Zant spoke about The Hacker Mindset, and we had great fun picking locks with the Seattle WordPress community.

Wordfence had a great time at WordCamp US in Saint Louis, Missouri. Our movie, Open | The Community Code, premiered during State of the Word, and we had an amazing movie premiere party. We had a very busy booth, and our own Kathy Zant spoke about The Hacker Mindset. Watch her talk below.

WordCamp Rochester took place on the beautiful campus of St. John Fisher College on October 5, 2019.

Kathy Zant and Mikey Veenstra spoke about important security topics including Evaluating Plugins and Get Your Site on HTTPS. Mikey also participated on a panel on ethics in open source.

WordCamp Philly 2019 took place at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, with a Contributor Day on Sunday, October 6. Wordfence was delighted to sponsor and attend, bringing our lock picking activities to the city of brotherly love.

Learn more at the WordCamp Philadelphia site.

WordCamp Sacramento is the only WordCamp in northern California, and it definitely brought the force to the region with a fun Star Wars-themed WordCamp.

Wordfence’s Kathy Zant taught WordPress Security 101: Four Ways To Make Your Site Safer Today.

Learn more about WordCamp Sacramento.

WordCamp NYC is a unique event in the heart of the biggest city in the US, and Wordfence was excited to attend and sponsor this amazing event. Our own Chloe Chamberland spoke again this year. Learn more about WordCamp NYC.

Pressnomics is the event for the people powering the WordPress economy. Held in the desert outside of Tucscon, Arizona, our own Kathy Zant was in attendance to connect with other WordPress professionals and learn more about what’s next for WordPress. Learn more about Pressnomics.

With an economy valued at $135 billion, Brisbane is the economic hub of the Queensland economy. WordCamp Brisbane brings WordPress enthusiasts and innovators together to learn, connect, and contribute.

Wordfence’s Stephen Rees-Carter did a live hacking demo on stage during his talk, Think Like a Hacker and Secure WordPress in 30 minutes. Watch it below or on YouTube.

Who doesn’t love summer camp in the land of 10,000 lakes? Held at the beautiful University of Minnesota campus, WordCamp Minneapolis promises to be an exceptional camp.

Wordfence’s Kathy Zant spoke about Evaluating Plugins: Strategies to Effectively Extend WordPress, and we had great fun with lock picking at our sponsor booth.

Learn more at WordCamp Minneapolis.

Las Vegas is definitely the place to be if you’re looking to stay on top of the latest in the information security world. The Defiant team was there, collecting the latest threat intelligence and security methodologies to help you stay safe in an increasingly complex cybersecurity world.

Learn more about DefCon.

Held at the University of Denver, WordCamp Denver was an amazing event. Wordfence attended and sponsored.

Our own Mikey Veenstra spoke at WPCampus 2019, the event dedicated to WordPress in higher education. This year, WPCampus took place on the beautiful grounds of Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon. Watch his session, Our own worst enemy: why the people running a website can be more vulnerable than the code it’s built on, below.

WordCamp Boston is celebrating their 10th anniversary this year, and Wordfence had so much fun at this event.

Wordfence’s Kathy Zant spoke about The Hacking Mindset: How Beating WordPress Hackers Taught Me to Overcome Obstacles & Innovate on Saturday morning.

You can watch her talk on YouTube or via the embedded video below.

WordCamp Kansas City gathers developers and users of WordPress as well as managers and decision-makers from around the midwest to discuss new directions, exciting implementations, creation and distribution of engaging content, and business practices.

Learn more at WordCamp Kansas City.

In 2018, people from 76 countries attended WordCamp Europe. For 2019, WordPress users will meet in Berlin, Germany to contribute, learn, and connect at Europe’s largest WordCamp. We’ll be attending!

Learn more at the WCEU website.

Known as tech city south, Atlanta is a vibrant WordPress community, too. We have a soft spot in our heart for WordCamp Atlanta and the amazing southern hospitality of everyone we meet. Will we see you at WordCamp Atlanta, too? Buy your tickets on the WordCamp Atlanta site.

Beautiful beaches, amazing sunsets, surfers, and a vibrant WordCamp community… who can resist WordCamp Orange County? Wordfence will be there with our lockpicking challenges and great gifts for attendees. Will you join us? Details and tickets on WordCamp OC’s site.

On the beautiful locale of North Carolina State University Centennial Campus, WordCamp Raleigh was an amazing event. Wordfence Security Analyst Chloe Chamberland spoke about the importance of good password choices. Watch Chloe’s talk on the importance of making good choices with your passwords.

WordCamp Santa Clarita is the first WordCamp north of LA and south of Sacramento since 2014. Wordfence’s own Mikey Veenstra will be presenting. His talk, WordPress Incident Response: How planning for the worst protects your site today, will take place on Saturday at 2:30 pm. Learn more and get your tickets for WordCamp Santa Clarita!

WordCamp Miami is one of the most popular WordCamps in the United States, for good reason. Who doesn’t love Florida in March? Wordfence’s Kathy Zant and Chloe Chamberland spoke, and our sponsor table had Wordfence swag and our lockpicking challenges.

Chloe Chamberland taught Seven Steps To Secure Your WordPress And 7 Tips To Keep It Secure.

Kathy Zant spoke about Evaluating Plugins and basic WordPress security.

We had an exceptional time at WordCamp Phoenix. Read our recap and check out some pictures on our blog post recap.

Senior Developer Stephen Rees-Carter spoke recently at the LinuxConf AU program in Christchurch, New Zealand. Watch Stephen’s talk about his year on the front lines cleaning hacked WordPress sites.