Name: December Event: Advent of Code Social
Start: 2025-12-17T18:30:00.000Z
Location: AutoProtect Offices

This December, we invites you to an extra-special festive edition of #WPLDN! Join us for a night of excitement, competition, and celebration as we bring the WordPress community together to close out 2025 in style.

📅 **Date**: Thursday, December 11, 2025
⏰ **Time:** 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM ⬅ **EARLIER TIME**
🎟 **Cost**: Free (Registration Required)

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### **The Main Event:** The Great AI Build-Off

Agency vs Maker. It's WordPress agency **[Filter](https://filter.agency/)** vs **[WS Form's Mark Westguard](https://wsform.com)**. Five challenges. Ten minutes per build. Two minutes to present. One winner decided by YOU.

**Additional Festive Fun**
🎤 **WordPress Pub Quiz**: Test your WordPress knowledge in a fun and relaxed pub-style quiz. Whether you’re a developer, designer, or content creator, there will be questions for everyone. Prizes are up for grabs, so bring your A-game!
🎟 **Golden Ticket Giveaway**: To celebrate the season, one lucky attendee will walk away with our ultimate prize! Every attendee gets a "Golden Ticket" upon arrival, and the winner will be announced during the social.
🍻 **Social & Networking**: Cap off the evening by connecting with fellow WordPress enthusiasts over drinks. Share ideas, insights, and holiday cheer in a laid-back setting.

### **Schedule**

* 6:00 PM: Doors Open & Networking
* 6:30 PM: Introductions & The Great AI Build-Off
* 7:30 PM: WordPress Pub Quiz
* 8:15 PM: Social & Golden Ticket Winner Announcement

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🎉 **RSVP Now to Join the Festivities!**
This event is the perfect way to celebrate the festive season with the WordPress community. From thrilling competition to friendly quizzing and a chance to win big, there’s something for everyone.

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If you're interested in featuring as a speaker at an upcoming event, we'd love to hear from you at [https://wpldn.uk/speak](https://wpldn.uk/speak). Sessions can be delivered both physically in-person and virtually.

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#WPLDN - delivering WordPress-focused events in London

Dan Maby

Nathan Wrigley

Nish Thenuwara

Paul Halfpenny

Mike Peat

Mark Westguard - wsform.com

andrew.p

Graham Armfield

Vicki

Patrick Whitty-Clarke

fatjonalorja

David Richard Baker

Louise Towler

Norbert D'souza

Char Bryce

Allie Tupper

Ian Harris

Olly

Tim Nash

Ejimofor Nwoye

#WPLDN - Festive Special: The Great AI Build-Off, Pub Quiz & Golden Ticket

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

This is a free in-person event, open to all.

★ The talks

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

**19:00 – Advent of Code**
Bring your laptop and join us for our [advent of code](https://adventofcode.com) event! We'll pair up (or you can work independently if you wish) and go through some of the challenges in PHP or in your preferred language.
We'll have several of Santa's helpers around to help you out with the challenges, including David Betterdrige, James Holden, Alan Lapington & Irene Sarigu

"The [Advent of Code](https://adventofcode.com) is an advent calendar of small programming puzzles for a variety of skill sets and skill levels that can be solved in [any](https://github.com/search?q=advent+of+code) programming language you like. People use them as [interview](https://y3l2n.com/2018/05/09/interview-prep-advent-of-code/) [prep](https://twitter.com/dznqbit/status/1037607793144938497), [company training](https://twitter.com/pgoultiaev/status/950805811583963137), [university](https://gitlab.com/imhoffman/fa19b4-mat3006/wikis/home) [coursework](https://gribblelab.org/teaching/scicomp2021/index.html), [practice](https://twitter.com/mrdanielklein/status/936267621468483584) [problems](https://comp215.blogs.rice.edu/), a [speed contest](https://adventofcode.com/leaderboard), or to [challenge each other](https://www.reddit.com/r/adventofcode/search?q=flair%3Aupping&restrict_sr=on)." { Taken from the [Advent of Code website](https://adventofcode.com/2024/about)}

**20:10ish – Hang around for a chat and join us at the pub**

**LeedsPHP Socials:**

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

David Betteridge

December Event: Advent of Code Social

AutoProtect Offices

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