Category: Announcements

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Thank You InstaWP For Sponsoring

It’s time to say thank you to our Silver sponsor, InstaWP. Thank you for your contribution to WordCamp Kathmandu 2022. WordCamp wouldn’t have been the same without your support.

Launching a new WordPress site is still a pain. You have to set up a domain, SSL, database, installation, demo content, imports, etc.. urghh.

InstaWP is a lightning-fast WordPress sandbox tool to speed up your workflow. It launches a site in less than a second!

Use Cases

  1. Testing – To test a WP version with a specific PHP version or test driving a new plugin or theme. 
  2. Sandbox – Easily create a sandbox for showcasing your plugin or theme. 
  3. Building – Build a WP site from scratch and ship it to your clients, all within the InstaWP interface. 
  4. Git – Get a brand new WP site for testing every time you raise a new PR. 
  5. Education – InstaWP is being used by educators to teach about WordPress as it requires less than a second for any one new to start with WP. 

Features:

  1. Choose any PHP version & WP version to quickly spin up a site.
  2. In-built code editor, DB Editor, log viewer, password-less login.
  3. Free sub-domains & free SSL, built inside the platform.
  4. Map custom domain, access FTP, SSH with WP-CLI support.
  5. Save as template and spin new sites off the template.
  6. Create product sandboxes, e.g extendify.com or newsletterglue.com.
  7. Git integration – for testing & automation. Github actions.
  8. Chrome & Slack integration. 1-click wp.org plugin/theme testing.
  9. Auto-install a set of plugins, themes and set default PHP values.
  10. Export or migrate your sites to a number of hosting providers.

InstaWP is a powerful workflow automation tool for every WP professional. It’s a must-have tool in your arsenal.

Test Drive InstaWP

Website – https://instawp.com 

Twitter – https://twitter.com/insta_wp

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Thank you Yoast for sponsoring

sponsor announcement Yoast

It’s time to say thank you to our Silver sponsor, Yoast. Thank you for your contribution to WordCamp Kathmandu 2022. WordCamp wouldn’t have been the same without your support.

Optimizing your site for search engines is not as easy for all of us. At Yoast, however, we want to make SEO available for everyone; because everyone should have equal chances to rank in search engines! That’s why for those who want to get the most out of their website, there’s the Yoast SEO plugin. The plugin comes for free but also has a paid Premium plan with more advanced options. It’s used by site owners worldwide, from individuals to small companies to large enterprises. To this day, our Yoast SEO software is active on more than 13 million websites!
Learn how to do SEO with Yoast
Let Yoast be your personal guide while learning SEO. In Yoast SEO academy, you’ll get to choose from 15+ SEO training courses about all aspects of SEO. Or read
our blog posts to obtain the essential skills you need to get started on your SEO strategies right away.

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Thank you Web Experts Nepal(WEN) for sponsoring

sponsor announcement Web Expert

It’s time to say thank you to our Silver sponsor, Web Experts Nepal (WEN). Thank you for your contribution to WordCamp Kathmandu 2022. WordCamp wouldn’t have been the same without your support.

Web Experts Nepal (or WE Nepal or WEN, only) is a web solutions provider encompassing the works related to design, development, programming on and for the Web. The Company is driven by its able Co-workers, in an attempt to make the World and the Web a better place – more interactive, more creative and more presentable. With WordPress powering the Company’s 90% of work – on web design, theme development, plugins development – WEN has been able to create a niche market, particularly on the web job portals and a stature in the eyes of global web-based clients.

WEN firmly believes in giving back to the community and have been sponsoring WordCamps on frequent basis.

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Thank you XpeedStudio for sponsoring

sponsor announcement XpeedStudio

It’s time to say thank you to our Silver sponsor, XpeedStudio. Thank you for your contribution to WordCamp Kathmandu 2022. WordCamp wouldn’t have been the same without your support.

XpeedStudio takes pride in expanding the horizon of open-source projects across a variety of platforms and being an active part of the WordPress ecosystem. With a versatile product line of design-friendly, feature-rich, and handy web solutions including WordPress plugins, XpeedStudio is proud to serve 1 million+ active users across the globe. Their testimonials are our achievements, that’s the motto we go by here at XpeedStudio!

Our premium products include household names like:

  1. ElementsKit (Popular Elementor add-on with 600+ widgets, extensions, and templates)
  2. GetGenie (An AI-based content & SEO assistant with 25+ templates and limitless functionalities to ease your life)
  3. ShopEngine (WooCommerce builder add-on for Elementor packed with 85+ amazing features for ecommerce)
  4. MetForm (The most flexible and Elementor-friendly drag-and-drop form builder for WordPress)
  5. Wp Social (The all-in-one social integration plugin for WordPress)

XpeedStudio’s flagship product, ElementsKit, bagged the BASIS National ICT Award in 2020 for the groundbreaking changes it brought. As for ShopEngine and Metform, they achieved prestigious awards such as Best WordPress WooCommerce Plugin &    Best WordPress Form Plugin from The WP Awards and Monster Awards! 

XpeedStudio loves to give back to the community it thrives in, which is why all of its products have a free-to-use version! You can install and use the cool features on as many websites as you wish. 

Interested to learn more about us?

Come find XpeedStudio at our designated booth on WordCamp Kathmandu 2022. 

Also, get connected with us:

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Get ready for contributor day!

WordCamp Kathmandu 2022 Contributor Day is getting closer. This year we’ve more teams to contribute to. Even if you are not a developer, we have teams where you can contribute to WordPress. How exciting this WordCamp is!

WC KTM team is doing their best to make the contributor day the best ever. With our collective effort, let’s make WordPress even better.

Especially for new contributors, we’ve prepared a set of ideas for easy onboarding. Thus, this contributor day is also special for a new contributor. Let’s engage with the community.

If you are interested to join Contributor Day, you need to register first. Also, you can check this link to learn more about Contributor Day.

We have 10 different teams to contribute to this time. Find the team based on your interest and expertise and contribute. If you are not sure which team is best for you, read this post completely, and you will find it. 🙂

I’m a programmer, how can I contribute ?

Being a programmer, you can contribute to Core, Meta, Themes, and Training. But, that’s not all – you shouldn’t limit yourself to only code – you can check out the other teams too – and see what you’re interested in – may be you can learn new skills from them too.

I’m not a programmer, can I contribute?

100%. Even if you are not able to write code, there are various ways you can contribute. You can contribute to Photos, Patterns, Documentation, Support, Training, and Polyglots.

You can also contribute to Core, Meta, Themes, and Training in the non-coding part. You can help to create content, test features, create issues, and can also provide feedback.

Do I need to bring my laptop?

Yes, you need to bring your own laptop and power cable. We’ll have a good internet facility in the venue.

Photo: WordCamp Kathmandu 2019

If you want to contribute to Core, we recommend installing WordPress development locally. Check here how to do that. But if you are not able to set up, don’t worry, we’ll help you at the venue.

If you want to contribute to plugins / themes you’ll need :

  • Clean WordPress Install on a local environment ( e.g. XAMPP, WAMP, Local by flywheel as per your own preference )
  • An editor ( e.g. VSCode, Sublime, PHPStorm etc. as per your own preference
  • And a desire to code :smile:

Don’t forget to register and see you soon!

Listen to this podcast and know more about stages of contributions! (Highly Recommended)

Episode 86: My First WordPress Experience – WordPress Briefing – A WordPress Podcast

Join us this week as Josepha takes a personal journey down memory lane to her first encounters with WordPress. In this episode, she shares the story of her very first WordPress website, the excitement of getting involved with WordCamps, and how those early discoveries shaped her rewarding path in the WordPress community. Whether you're a seasoned user or new to the platform, Josepha’s reflections will inspire you with insights from her earliest days in WordPress.
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Thank you WP Adminify for sponsoring

Sponsor Announcement WP Adminify

It’s time to say thank you to our Silver sponsor, WP Adminify. Thank you for your contribution to WordCamp Kathmandu 2022. WordCamp wouldn’t have been the same without your support.

WP Adminify is a revolutionary WordPress Dashboard Admin Customization plugin Developed by Jewel Theme.

WP Adminify comes with 20+ Independent Modules. Key features – Dark Mode, Admin Columns, Login Customizer, Menu Editor, Activity Logs, Google Pagespeed, Folders, and many more.

We have also developed some awesome WordPress plugins –
Master Addons for Elementor: It’s an Elementor Addon plugin. Currently, it has 40k+ Active Installs.
Master Blocks: It’s a Gutenberg Blocks Plugin.

You can connect with us on Facebook & Twitter.

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Thank You WPDeveloper For Sponsoring

It’s time to say thank you to our Gold sponsor, WPDeveloper. Thank you for your contribution to WordCamp Kathmandu 2022. WordCamp wouldn’t have been the same without your support.

WPDeveloper is a software product company focused on WordPress plugins & SAAS products. The company has created amazing software solutions that help web creators make websites easier than ever before and grow their business over the Internet. Currently, more than 3 million happy users from 180+ countries are using WPDeveloper products to build and power up their websites. Some of the most popular WPDeveloper products are:

  • Essential Addons For Elementor: Most popular Elementor addons which is powering up 1 million+ websites with its amazing 90+ widgets & advanced no-code features.
  • Templately: Ultimate Template clouds with 2000+ ready templates for Elementor & Gutenberg along with FREE cloud collaboration with your team.
  • NotificationX – Best Social Proof & FOMO Marketing Solution to boost conversions & designing stunning WordPress notification bars in Elementor.
  • BetterDocs – Best Documentation & Knowledge Base Plugin for WordPress, which also comes with ready doc templates, instant answers, and many more exciting features
  • EmbedPress – Easiest WordPress solution for embedding videos, images, posts, audio, maps and PDF, DOC, PPT & all other types of content into your website.
  • SchedulePress – Complete solution for managing WordPress content scheduling through an editorial calendar & Social Share.
  • Easy.Jobs – Modern recruitment and talent sourcing solution for hiring remotely with AI-powered screening system, remote interviews, and designing branded career pages. 
  • ReviewX – Advanced multi-criteria Rating & Reviews for WooCommerce that is seamlessly compatible with all page builders.

Get connected with WPDeveloper on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.

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Thank you Sparkle Themes for sponsoring

sponsor announcement sparkle themes

It’s time to say thank you to our Gold sponsor, Sparkle Themes. Thank you for your contribution to WordCamp Kathmandu 2022. WordCamp wouldn’t have been the same without your support.

Sparkle Themes founded in 2017 provides beautiful design, ultra fast and SEO optimized WordPress Themes. It has already published more than 50 WordPress Themes and 5+ advance plugins in repository.

Sparkle Team comprises a total of 8 members who are fully dedicated and motivated towards WordPress Development.

Sparkle Theme has released numerous themes and plugins; both free and pro ranging from blog, travel, corporate agency, fashion, fitness to WoCommerce themes. They work more on eCommerce themes and related plugins. They have launched 20+ eCommerce themes in the market. They also have released most powerful and highly advanced plugins; some of which to name are Digital License Manager to protect digital products like themes and plugins from anonymous users, WP-Paddle and WP2Checkout payment gateway for WordPress and several more plugins which you will find authored under sparklewpthemes in the store.

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Thank you WeDevs for sponsoring

sponsor announcement wedevs

It’s time to say thank you to our Platinum sponsor, WeDevs. Thank you for your contribution to WordCamp Kathmandu 2022. WordCamp wouldn’t have been the same without your support.

weDevs is the maker of Dokan Multivendor, WP User Frontend, WP Project Manager, WP ERP, and some other exclusive WordPress products. We are innovators who are constantly making WordPress suitable for solving any kind of business problem. Our existence depends on making WordPress and SaaS products that help to scale your business.

We Create Innovative Tools

to Empower Small Businesses Around the World

Our main focus is to deliver high-quality and scalable custom PHP applications using WordPress. We focus our diligent coding abilities and integrate the latest development trends, and best practices available in the industry to create plugins that help individuals or companies with eCommerce, Project Management, and Enterprise Solutions. We love simplicity and intuitiveness, so all of our plugins are user-centric and designed to be Front End friendly.

weDevs has 20 + products in its pocket, among them, our star products are Dokan, WP User Frontend, WP Project Manager, WP-ERP, Conversion Tracking,weMail, Appsero, wePos, and Happy Addons.

The plugin that has gained the most popularity is Dokan – The number one multivendor solution in WordPress with 70,000+ installations.

Dokan has powered thousands of websites with its :

  • Rich earning sales reports, analytics, and statements for its vendors
  • An overview of net sales of the month, vendors signed up, products created, a commission earned, withdrawals awaiting approval for the admins
  • Easy checking of the recent orders, management of the shipping & billing addresses for the customers

weDevs is truly thankful to WordPress for creating a platform to put out its product globally for the people.

Connect:  https://wedevs.com/

https://wedevs.com/coupons

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Thank you Outside for sponsoring

sponsor announcement outside

It’s time to say thank you to our Platinum sponsor, Outside. Thank you for your contribution to WordCamp Kathmandu 2022. WordCamp wouldn’t have been the same without your support.

Outside is a Kathmandu-based design and technology studio driving positive change for people and the planet. Through multi-platform design, web and app development, and brand strategy, we support purpose-driven companies and organizations. Some of the topics our clients focus on include sustainability, health and gender equity, and fair trade practices.

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WordCamp Kathmandu 2022 is over. Check out the next edition!