WordPress London Meetup #WPLDN - November 2024

🚨 NEW VENUE 🚨

Join us at #WPLDN for an evening focused on elevating your WordPress skills and growing your agency. In our first session, Stoyan Georgiev from SiteGround will share practical tips for securing your site against cyber threats. Followed by David Darke from Atomic Smash, who will guide us through strategies to boost recurring revenue in your agency. Register for this free event today and equip yourself with insights that make a difference!

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✍️ - WordPress Security 101: Mind the Hack
"My website? Who'd want to hack that?" - If you've ever had this thought, you're not alone - but you might be surprised. Welcome to "WordPress Security 101: Mind the Hack", where we'll challenge one of the most common misconceptions of website owners: that small or new websites are safe from cyber threats. The truth is that when it comes to WordPress hacking, everyone’s a target.

In this session, we'll pull back the curtain on the dark world of WordPress hacking. You'll discover why your site - yes, yours - is a tempting target for cybercriminals, regardless of its size or content.

Join us as we uncover:

• The sneaky tactics behind brute force attacks
• The silent threat of SQL injection
• The cunning nature of cross-site scripting (XSS)
• And more digital dangers lurking in the shadows

But fear not! This isn't just a parade of digital horrors. Our main focus is arming you with a toolkit of practical, easy-to-implement security measures. Whether you're a code-savvy developer or a WordPress newcomer, you'll walk away with actionable steps to fortify your site immediately.

🗣 - Presented by Stoyan Georgiev
Stoyan Georgiev is a WordPress developer with over five years of experience at SiteGround. He’s been heavily involved in developing the award-winning SiteGround Security and SiteGround Optimizer plugins, currently used by over two million websites worldwide. A WordPress core contributor since the start of his career, Stoyan is currently serving as a core triage lead for WordPress 6.7.

He’s a regular at WordCamps and meetups worldwide, passionate about connecting with fellow WordPress experts and users. When not coding, Stoyan likes to freestyle at the podiums of various events, though his greatest performance to date was seamlessly merging two branches at his own wedding – all without a single conflict.

When not coding, Stoyan enjoys the outdoors, balancing his tech expertise with real-world adventures.

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✍️ - How to increase recurring revenue in your agency
David will explore practical strategies to help agencies increase recurring revenue and build a more sustainable business model. We’ll cover key areas such as choosing the right tools, shifting from project-based work to retainer or subscription models, identifying and packaging scalable services, and improving client retention through value-driven relationships.

🗣 - Presented by David Darke
David Darke is the co-founder and operations director of Atomic Smash, a website performance agency based in Bristol that specialises in optimising WordPress, WooCommerce, and Shopify.

Since its inception in 2010, Atomic Smash has prided itself on a caring team culture that emphasises continuous learning, creativity, and problem-solving. In this role, he has been recognised for kindness in leadership by being nominated as a Kindness Leadership Leading Light.
David’s approach to business reflects a deep understanding of the web’s potential to transform how companies and individuals communicate and conduct business.

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. Sessions can be delivered both physically in-person and virtually.

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