Let share a few notes from WCUS2024,
- Disney moved a few dozens of websites to WordPress. They use SEO to measure value of content/posts, looks like the trust algorithms of search engines to confirm valuables of sites. Here are examples,
- https://disneyconnect.com/
- https://disneyparksblog.com/
- There was a such interesting case of rebuilding https://www.recipetineats.com by https://humanmade.com. They’ve boosted site views from 25M/month to 45M/month. Key moments,
- Hosting, backend and frontend improvements returned up to 20% of boost.
- Added schemas for recipes.
- Used X-Ray to track PHP code. I hope this is link is correct https://github.com/aws-observability/aws-otel-php link to home page of the project.
- Moved the site to enterprise ready plugins. Under ‘enterprise ready’ they mean superfast, secure and maintainable plugins.
- They used old platform and design during the rebuilding. They had good data to compare results before and after the project was done.
- Elementor uses Patchstack to validate reports about vulnerabilities. Elementor has its own ecosystem for working with other plugins; according to them, every 30th plugin created on wordpress.org operates within this ecosystem.
- Gravatar they are working on creating a “network” profile, not just an avatar. In the future, they see themselves as a Single Sign-On provider. It’s interesting why websites do not widely use Facebook/X for the same purpose—I’m referring to the idea of a network profile. An example of a network profile is https://gravatar.com/ronnie.
- They updated the plugin for the first time in 12 years: https://wordpress.org/plugins/gravatar-enhanced/#description.
- I would like something similar on our blog and research.
- I spoke with 6-7 participants, and 3 of them use CleanTalk. Some were even surprised—why aren’t we showcasing our work? 🙂
Bonus
I’ve found a few scenery locations in Portland, OR, here are photos of them as well as me and some of our customers. Thank you guys for a great camp!
WordCamp US 2024
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