What we’re about
We’re a local WordPress community where anyone, from total beginners to seasoned developers, designers, and business owners, can come learn, share, ask questions, and connect. WordPress is the internet's most popular and fastest-growing content management system (CMS), powering everything from enterprise platforms to small businesses and personal websites.
Whether you’re running a WordPress site for your business, just inherited one you’re not sure where to start, or you're curious about how websites work in general, you’ll feel right at home here.
Our group brings together people from all walks of life: small business owners, marketers, freelancers, bloggers, developers, designers, and folks who just want to learn something new. You don’t need to be “technical” to join us. If you’ve got questions or want to be around others who work with WordPress, you’re welcome.
We meet regularly for in-person events where you can get help with your site, chat with others in the community, and hear how other people are building and running their websites. Some come to solve specific problems, others come to share what they know, or just hang out and listen. It’s always relaxed, welcoming, and no pressure.
Between events, we stay connected on Slack, where you can ask questions, share ideas, and meet others who are working on similar things. It’s a great way to be part of the community, even if you can’t make every meetup.
Note: Since we are an official WordPress Meetup whose dues are paid for by WordPress Community Foundation, we do not charge an entry fee to this Meetup. It will always be free to attend.
If you’ve been thinking about showing up, consider this your invite. Come once and see how it feels - we’d love to meet you!
Join our Slack group at https://jerseypress.org/slack/ to chat with others in our community and get help.
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WordPress Hangout & Networking
Just Jake's, 30 Park Street, Montclair, NJ, USCome to network, chat, talk shop, or just hang out with like-minded WordPress folks. Alcoholic* and non-alcoholic beverages, along with a variety of food options will be available to purchase. Hope to see you there!
We will be meeting at Just Jake's in the backroom area.
*Please be safe and no drinking to excess.
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Join the JerseyPress Slack group to chat with others in our community and get help: https://jerseypress.org/slack/2 attendees
How AI Chatbots Are Changing the Rules of Content Optimization
Montclair Public Library, 50 S Fullerton Ave, Montclair, NJ, USTo maximize your website's visibility in 2026, you will need to optimize for both traditional SEO and the rising influence of AI chatbots. In this presentation, you’ll learn how to go beyond traditional SEO and optimize your web content to be found and recommended by LLMs like ChatGPT and Copilot. We’ll explore how AI chatbots determine which web content to suggest to users, how to conduct AI-based topic research, and how to format your content to be easily digestible and preferable for AI chatbots to select.
Pam Aungst Cronin is the owner of Pam Ann Marketing, LLC and Stealth™ Search and Analytics. She is a widely recognized expert in SEO, PPC, analytics, and AI. Since founding her agency 15 years ago, Pam has established herself as a leading voice in the industry, with recognition as one of the “Top 10 Women in SEO” and features in 6 books, numerous podcasts, and several major media outlets. Armed with a marketing M.B.A. and over two decades of industry experience, her focus is on helping brands maximize their visibility across search engines and Large Language Models (LLMs).
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If you would like to speak at a future meetup, please reach out to any of our organizers in a meetup.com message or on our Slack.
PARKING:
We've been asked to not park in the United Way lot behind the library as it could result in a parking ticket. Please find street parking or a parking deck.
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Join the JerseyPress Slack group to chat with others in our community and get help: https://jerseypress.org/slack/11 attendeesWordPress Hangout & Networking
Just Jake's, 30 Park Street, Montclair, NJ, USCome to network, chat, talk shop, or just hang out with like-minded WordPress folks. Alcoholic* and non-alcoholic beverages, along with a variety of food options will be available to purchase. Hope to see you there!
We will be meeting at Just Jake's in the backroom area.
*Please be safe and no drinking to excess.
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Join the JerseyPress Slack group to chat with others in our community and get help: https://jerseypress.org/slack/1 attendee
Help Desk - Bring Your Laptop, Yourself, and Your WordPress Problems
Montclair Public Library, 50 S Fullerton Ave, Montclair, NJ, USIf you are running a WordPress site and are having issues and would like some help, then this Meetup is for you!
If you know some things, expert or not, and want to give back to the WordPress community, then this Meetup is for you too!
We will do our best to match a problem with a problem-solver. On-site and in real-time. Just bring yourself, your laptop, and your WordPress problems.
It's OK if you attend and only want to observe. We recognize this is how people learn. Given our time limit of two hours, we may not be able to solve everyone's issues, but we will try! If you are seeking help, please come prepared. Have your web site loaded in a browser, have your WordPress admin ready, along with a short list of issues you are trying to solve.
People helping are volunteers and may not be experts. There is risk to breaking your site! Please do not bring client or business sites that can impact reputations or revenue. If you have a staging site we can test things with, that is always preferred. If it is a production site, please create a site backup before having someone do any work on your site.
If you cannot find the group, please ask the front desk where the WordPress meetup group is meeting.
PARKING:
We've been asked to not park in the United Way lot behind the library as it could result in a parking ticket. Please find street parking or a parking deck.
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Join the JerseyPress Slack group to chat with others in our community and get help: https://jerseypress.org/slack/3 attendees
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