WP Meetup Vienna (February) - WordPress & Beyond 🚀

Join us for an evening of fresh perspectives on Content Management Systems beyond the WordPress bubble.

This Meetup is all about broadening horizons. Looking at how different CMS approach common problems, what they do particularly well (or not so well), and what we as WordPress professionals can learn from them.
Instead of chasing a single “best CMS,” we’ll explore why different projects need different tools and how ideas from other ecosystems can inspire better solutions in our daily WordPress work. Expect practical insights, honest comparisons, and plenty of room for discussion.

🕡 18:30 live, SAE Vienna, Kaisersaal

⏱️ 18:45 – Thomas Kräftner
“An Inspirational Tour Through Other CMS”

The web is as diverse as the Content Management Systems behind it. Rather than attempting yet another exhaustive CMS comparison or ranking, Thomas takes a more pragmatic and refreshing approach: a curated tour through selected aspects, strengths, and weaknesses of different systems.

In this fast-paced “speed run,” we’ll look at WordPress, Drupal, Neos, and Kirby, each representing different philosophies and solutions to familiar challenges. Along the way, Thomas highlights what we can take back into our own WordPress projects. The talk is intentionally subjective and designed to spark discussion, so bring your own experiences and opinions from the CMS world.

Slides: https://kraftner.com/talks/cms-streifzug/

Thomas Kräftner is a freelance web developer with 18+ years of professional experience and a strong focus on WordPress. With a background in Information Design, he combines technical expertise with a deep understanding of content, accessibility, and visual clarity. Active in the WordPress community in Vienna, Thomas has spoken at WordCamps and previously co-organized both the WP Vienna Meetup and WordCamp Vienna.

⏱️ 19:30 – Gernot Ploiner
TYPO3: A Practical Introduction to an Enterprise-Ready CMS

With more than 20 years of hands-on experience, Gernot introduces TYPO3 as a powerful and reliable CMS for long-term, scalable web projects. He explains why TYPO3 is often the CMS of choice for enterprise environments and complex requirements.

The talk covers key strengths such as the dedicated TYPO3 Security Team, advanced multilingual features, editorial workflows with workspaces, strong performance, and an editor-friendly backend. From a developer’s perspective, Gernot also gives insights into modern TYPO3 development: local setups with DDEV, clean object-oriented architectures using Extbase, Symfony-based concepts, and building custom extensions for professional projects.

Whether you’re a WordPress developer, agency owner, or simply curious about how other CMS solve familiar problems, this Meetup will give you new ideas, useful comparisons, and plenty of inspiration—plus good conversations with fellow web folks.

See you in Vienna! 🍻

★ Speaker wanted! Please contact Dominik Liss
★ Hosts: Martin Mucha, Helmut Wandl & Dominik Liss

🕡 18:30 live, SAE-Vienna, Kaisersaal

🕘 20:45 Lokalwechsel: Stuwer am Schottentor, https://stuwer.com

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Many thanks to our sponsors:

💛 Martin Mucha e.U. https://martinmucha.at

🩵 Helmut Wandl https://helmutwandl.com

💜 Dominik Liss https://dominikliss.com

💚 WP-Stars – WordPress agency for complex platforms, e-commerce and website. https://wp-stars.com

🧡 SAE – Austria's leading addresses for education and training in the media sector. https://sae.at

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