WordPress Brisbane May 2026 [in person]

🪇 Please REGISTER HERE to attend the meetup.

🕵️‍♂️ We are looking FOR PRESENTERS AND TOPICS. Let us know if you want to present or would like to suggest a topic.

🤗 WordPress Brisbane meetups are back in 2026. The meetup is for ALL levels of interest. Come to socialise face to face and discuss all things WordPress.

THANK YOU SPONSORS
🥁 Kinsta
🥁 Tomato Elephant Studio

🗺️ Location: Community Room (Ground level, under the escalator), Brisbane Square Library, 266 George St, Brisbane City QLD 4000. MAP
The community meeting room capacity is 40 people (with a kitchenette). Please RSVP to secure your spot.

🚗 Parking: George Street Car Park is only $10 after 16:00 (up to 4 hours).

🍕 Refreshments (pizza and soft drinks) are provided. We have vegetarian and vegan options. Let us know if you have dietary requirements. Hot water and fridge is available.

PRESENTATIONS
🔔 17:30 :: Kick off
🔔 17:45 :: PRESENTATIONS
Woocommerce Payment Plug-in by Darryl Baylosis
Present an alternative ecommerce payment gateway (instead of Stripe or Paypal) that costs less in fees, is highly flexible, very simple plug-in, and actually rewards Wordpress webdevs with each transaction. This is from an Australian company that will also provide customer support for any of the payment processing queries.

Small site management by AI agents: my journey by Nigel Brown
How I use AI agents to manage a few small sites: lessons learned, tips and next steps. We look at using tiny experiments to explore the place of AI agents in small site management. For those curious about AI agents - are they ready for production?

Stop Guessing, Start Listening by Matthew Hodge
Most websites only speak up once something is already broken, but WordPress is different - it tells you a lot if you know which doors to open. By maintaining the three key pillars of Monitoring, Security, and Updates on the sites you manage, you’ll stay ahead of issues and set yourself up for long-term success.

🔔 19:30 :: Wrap up

🤗 "Galang nguruindhau" which means hello in the Turrbal and Yuggera peoples language who have lived in this area for more than 32,000 years. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and their continuing connection to land and as custodians of stories for millennia.