Name: June Event: Hungry Caterpillar & CQRS in PHP
Start: 2025-06-18T17:30:00.000Z
Location: AutoProtect Offices

Join us for another fantastic evening at #WPLDN, packed with practical insights across the WordPress spectrum! This month, we're diving into smooth project management, essential site security, robust disaster recovery, and the latest developer updates in WordPress 6.8. With two deep dives and two rapid-fire lightning talks, there's something for everyone managing, building, or developing with WordPress.

📅 **Date:** May 29, 2024
⏰ **Time:** 6:30 PM BST
🏢 **Location:** London, UK
🎟 **Cost:** Free (Registration Required)

**Session 1: 5 Project Management tips to make any WordPress project run smoothly (and may help you win a Bake Off)**
🤝 **Speaker:** Allie Tupper ([Filter](https://filter.agency/))
Ever had a WordPress project start strong but end up feeling chaotic? Allie Tupper, a Project Manager with developer roots, shares 5 essential tips to set your projects up for success from the very beginning. Learn why managing a project matters, how to avoid overwhelm for you and your client, and discover techniques applicable whether you're building a site or tackling a Bake Off challenge!

**Lightning Talks: Site Resilience & Security Essentials**
Get ready for two quick-hitting sessions packed with vital information!

* **Talk 1: Building Disaster Recovery Plans for WordPress Websites**
🤝 **Speaker:** Ezekiel Osunbor ([ServMask](https://servmask.com/))
Prepare for the unexpected! Ezekiel will guide you through creating effective disaster recovery plans, covering common scenarios, automated backups, choosing the right tools, testing your processes, and using failover strategies to minimise downtime and protect your WordPress site.
* **Talk 2: Running a WordPress-based site? A whistle-stop reminder of the security essentials**
🤝 **Speaker:** Mike Wooldridge
In his first in-person talk (let's give him a warm welcome!), Mike delivers a crucial refresher on WordPress security best practices. Get reminded of the basics and discover three security plugins he recommends to help keep your site safe.

**Session 2: What's new for developers in WP 6.8**
🤝 **Speaker:** JuanMa Garrido ([Automattic](https://automattic.com/))
WordPress 6.8 ("Cecil") is here! Developer Advocate JuanMa Garrido walks us through the key updates developers need to know. Explore faster block type registration, Style Book improvements, new blocks like Query Total, API enhancements, bcrypt password hashing for better security, performance boosts like speculative loading, and more. See how these changes can help you build better, faster WordPress sites.

**Schedule:**
🔹 6:30 PM – Doors Open & Networking
🔹 7:00 PM – Welcome & Session 1: Allie Tupper
🔹 7:45 PM – Lightning Talks: Ezekiel Osunbor & Mike Wooldridge
🔹 8:20 PM – Session 2: JuanMa Garrido
🔹 9:00 PM – Social & Wrap-Up

📢 **RSVP Now!**
Don’t miss this chance to learn from four fantastic speakers, share your experiences, and connect with the London WordPress community. Secure your free spot today! We’ll see you there! 🎉

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#WPLDN - delivering WordPress-focused events in London

Dan Maby

Nathan Wrigley

Char Bryce

Ian Harris

Allie Tupper

Gary Jones

Nirmal Lama Titung

ezekiel osunbor

Chris Wharton

Alex Agalabri

Keith Devon

Vicki

Moussa Sidibe

Andrew

James Forward

Ndidi 

James H

BrianLinuxing on BlueSky too

Ray Brown

Annie Diamond

#WPLDN – May 2025: Project Wins, Disaster Plans & What’s New in WP 6.8

The Bridge 73 – 81 Southwark Bridge Road London SE1 0NQ

This is a free in-person event, open to all. We'll be giving away a Kubernetes Book as part of this event. We'll extract a winner at the end of the meetup!

★ The talks

**18:30 –** **Arrive, pre-talks networking & pizzas 🍕**

**19:05 – Intro to LeedsPHP and Sponsors**

**19:10 – Ulysses versus The Very Hungry Caterpillar - Andy Carter**
As developers, we spend a significant proportion of our time reading code. The quality of that code can really impact how easily we understand and follow what it does. Poor code can be costly!
Taking two literary classics we will explore the challenges of complex code from the reader’s perspective. We will also look at the benefits simple code can bring.
With people increasingly utilising AI as part of their developer-toolkit, it’s important we examine the quality of our work. We need to embrace our creativity and write code that tell’s a simple and eloquent story.

**19:45 – Pizza break 🍕**

**20:00 –** **Decoupling for Clarity: Understanding CQRS in Modern PHP Applications - Ifeanyi Madu**
In today’s fast-paced development world, performance and maintainability are critical—especially as applications grow in complexity. This talk will introduce the Command Query Responsibility Segregation (CQRS) pattern and show how separating read and write operations can lead to more scalable and testable systems.
We’ll explore:

* What CQRS is and when to use it (or not)
* How it differs from traditional CRUD
* Real-world use cases in PHP applications
* Common pitfalls and how to avoid them
* A practical implementation using Symfony or Laravel

**20:40 – Raffle for the Kubernetes book**

**20:50 – Tidy up and walk to the pub** **(The Adelphi) for drinks**

**LeedsPHP Socials:**

* [Linkedin](https://www.linkedin.com/company/80411632)
* [Website](https://leedsphp.org)
* Email: info@leedsphp.org

Thank you to [Estrato Cloud](https://www.linkedin.com/company/estratocloud/) for sponsoring this event and to [AutoProtect](https://www.linkedin.com/company/autoprotect/) for hosting us in their office on the Leeds Dock 😁

Leeds PHP Meetup

Irene

Ifeanyi Madu

Andy Carter

Martyn Taylor-Sherwood

Jordan Wilson

Michael Mantos

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