Boston WordPress Meetup

Agenda

• 6:30: Networking & Pizza

• 7:00: Presentations

Presentation 1: Splitting a WordPress site in two: when to do it, and how you know it's time

Aaron Segal from Recurrent Ventures will share his story and lessons learned from the recent separation of [TheWarZone.com](http://thewarzone.com/) , a fast growing military and geopolitics column, out from under [TheDrive.com](http://thedrive.com/) , a leading automotive news outlet.

His talk will cover the why these two brands were initially combined, when we knew it was time to separate them, the technical process that went into the separation, and how he set both websites up for success and growth after the split.

Aaron Segal: Aaron has been working for Recurrent for over 5 years and has completed over 15 migrations to various types of WordPress-based platforms. Currently, he is the PM and engineering sprint lead on a multi-site WordPress VIP based platform

Presentation 2: What's new in WordPress 6.8?

Come learn about all the new and exciting changes in WordPress 6.8. What do you need to know? How will it impact your sites? And where is WordPress Headed?

Jonathan Desrosiers - WordPress 6.8 Core Tech Co-Lead - Jonathan has been using WordPress since 2007 to build sites of all sizes, from local businesses to enterprises and large universities. He has been a contributor to WordPress Core since 2013, and a WordPress Core committer since 2018. He passionately advocates for new contributors through mentorship and active leadership.

Jonathan currently works as a Principal Software Engineer at Bluehost, where a portion of his time is sponsored to contribute to WordPress Core.

BostonWP is proudly sponsored by:

A2 Hosting - https://www.a2hosting.com/

Bluehost - https://bluehost.com

Microsoft New England Research and Development team (NERD) - https://www.microsoftnewengland.com/

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