Author: Hari Shanker R

I am an Open Source Program Manager at Automattic. I work full-time on WordPress, and I am a Community Program Manager (formerly known as "Super Deputy") on the Make/WordPress Community Team. My current focus is on making the contributor experience for the WordPress open source software the best it can be. I'm currently leading the Contributor Working Group of WordPress where we are working on building contributor mentorship programs for WordPress! I also help manage, support, and run the Five for the Future program. WordPress is one of the biggest passions in my life, and I strongly believe that open source tech and the open web have the potential to make the world a better place. I have had a rather diverse career with significant experience in the domains of Retail Banking, Print & Web Journalism, Web Development, Entrepreneurship, Event Management, Professional Blogging, and Education. Outside of work, I enjoy writing (blogging) as a hobby, and I'm a compulsive bibliophile. I'm also a happily married pet parent to three cats.

The Schedule for WordCamp Kochi 2019 is up!

Posted on November 21, 2019 by Hari Shanker R

We’ve gotten quite a requests from folks asking us about the event schedule of WordCamp Kochi 2019.

We are excited to announce that the full event schedule of our event is up!

WordCamp Kochi 2019 is a two-track event. One track is dedicated for technical talks, and workshops, whereas the main track is dedicated for talks that are meant for a general audience.

As you can see, we have talks aimed at everyone. It doesn’t matter if you are a student, or a professional; if you’re a store-owner or a digital marketer, if you’re a WordPress power-user or a beginner – we have something for everyone.

Don’t know anything about WordPress? We’ve got you covered with an intro session.
Want to learn JavaScript deeply? We have talks on using REACT with WordPress?
Want to learn to build Gutenberg blocks? We have a workshop on the same.
Want to learn how to speed up your WordPress site? We have talks on the same.

In short, you name it… we have it.

Check out our schedule below to know more… 👇

GET YOUR TICKETS FOR WORDCAMP KOCHI 2019

Time	Track One	Track Two
8:15 am	Registration, Tea/Coffee & Morning Snacks
9:45 am	Opening Remarks
10:15 am	Building and nurturing a local open-source community Aditya Kane Favorite session: Building and nurturing a local open-source community
10:30 am	Local WordPress Development – What, Why and How Menaka S Favorite session: Local WordPress Development – What, Why and How	What Is WordPress and How to get started with it Sudeep S Favorite session: What Is WordPress and How to get started with it
11:00 am	Building a WordPress Agency Ajay Aravind Favorite session: Building a WordPress Agency	WordPress REST API Integration Shifa Shaji Favorite session: WordPress REST API Integration
11:15 am	Tea Break
11:30 am	Headless WordPress with React Kumar Abhirup Favorite session: Headless WordPress with React	Podcasting with WordPress Gaurav Srivastava Favorite session: Podcasting with WordPress
12:00 pm	Anatomy of Accessible forms Sathish Kumar Favorite session: Anatomy of Accessible forms	Build Fast WordPress Site In React In 30 Mins – With Frontity Imran Sayed Favorite session: Build Fast WordPress Site In React In 30 Mins – With Frontity
12:30 pm	Website Optimization – The Right Way Aditya Shah Favorite session: Website Optimization – The Right Way
1:00 pm	Lunch Break
2:00 pm	Remote Work, WordPress & Life Prathamesh Palve Favorite session: Remote Work, WordPress & Life	Internationalization & Localization Rohan Sadanandan Favorite session: Internationalization & Localization
2:30 pm	How better performing websites can help save the planet Jack Lenox Favorite session: How better performing websites can help save the planet	Building Blocks for Gutenberg Hardeep Asrani Favorite session: Building Blocks for Gutenberg
3:00 pm	Contributing to the WordPress mobile apps Anitaa Murthy Favorite session: Contributing to the WordPress mobile apps
3:30 pm	Tea Break
3:45 pm	DevOps & Open Source: Marriage made in Heaven Saurabh Gupta Favorite session: DevOps & Open Source: Marriage made in Heaven
4:15 pm	Human Computer interaction 101 Md Saif Hassan Favorite session: Human Computer interaction 101
4:45 pm	Let Amazon Alexa talk about your WordPress Content Abhishek Deshpande Favorite session: Let Amazon Alexa talk about your WordPress Content
5:30 pm	Closing Remarks

The schedule also lives in our dedicated schedule page, if you’re interested.

Trust us on this – you really don’t want to miss this opportunity to learn anything and everything about the most exciting WordPress event Kerala has ever scene.

Get your tickets.

NOW.

GET YOUR TICKETS FOR WORDCAMP KOCHI 2019

Appmaker.xyz is our Silver Sponsor

Posted on November 20, 2019 November 19, 2019 by Hari Shanker R

We’re excited to announce that Appmaker.xyz is silver sponsor!

Appmaker.xyz is the online app builder tool converting WooCommerce websites to native mobile apps and building a strong salesforce for our 40K+ customer base. They have 600+ WooCommerce stores and 1000+ active WordPress app installations, and they provide state of the art solutions to develop fully manageable WooCommerce apps, enhancing the customer experience.

They help create feature-rich native apps sync with eCommerce stores in real-time, providing a great tool to boost your sales. They are a team of vibrant folks that constantly strive to keep their clients stay ahead in the run and build their brand value.

Thank you, Appmaker.xyz for sponsoring WordCamp Kochi 2019!

Acowebs is our Bronze Sponsor

Posted on November 16, 2019 November 14, 2019 by Hari Shanker R

Our next Bronze Sponsor is Acowebs!

Acowebs is a WordPress Plugin development company based in India. As a part of Acodez, a leading web development company in India, Acowebs is backed by a team of 80+ which includes award-winning developers and UX designers, span across its offices at Gurgaon, Mumbai, Bangalore, Kochi and Calicut.

The expert team at Acowebs has developed various free WordPress plugins that are used by more than 10000+ live websites. Apart from the free plugins, they also offer premium plugins like Product addons for WooCommerce for adding extra product options to the product page, Checkout Manager for WooCommerce to manage the checkout page fields in WooCommerce Stores and Dynamic Pricing for WooCommerce for adding bulk discounts to products in a WooCommerce store.

Thank you, Acowebs, for sponsoring WordCamp Kochi 2019!

Phases is our Bronze Sponsor

Posted on November 16, 2019 November 14, 2019 by Hari Shanker R

We are excited to announce our first Bronze Sponsor – Phases!

Phases is a Danish / Indian web development agency specializing in CMS development, Ecommerce development and System/API integration projects. We strive to deliver high quality solutions on time. We have clients all over the world and work together with some of the biggest brands.

You can read more about them on their official website: http://phases.dk

Thank you, Phases, for sponsoring WordCamp Kochi 2019!