What we’re about
This group is for anyone who is interested in discussing or learning about WordPress as a user, developer, businessperson or designer. WordPress is the Internet's most popular and fastest growing content management system (CMS) for enterprise, small business and personal websites.
Whether you are a user, designer, developer, webmaster or just have questions about WordPress usage, designing WordPress Themes and styles or creating WordPress Plugins and Widgets this will be a great resource for you.
This Meetup is:
- A great place to meet other people like you who are interested in using WordPress achieve their business, organizational or personal goals.
- For the benefit of the WordPress community and others interested in learning more about WordPress with a focus on the best interest of the members.
- A welcoming place where we are committed to fostering an accepting environment.
- A great place to share your knowledge and experience with other members
- For businesses owners, entrepreneurs, writers, bloggers, marketers, students and others looking to communicate through their WordPress-powered web sites.
Come join us to learn and share!
Note: Because we are an official WordPress Meetup whose dues are paid for by WordPress Community Foundation, we cannot charge an entry fee to this Meetup. It will always be free.
Sponsors
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WordPress comWe're a hosted version of the open-source software
KinstaBuild with WordPress, grow with Kinsta.
BluehostBluehost makes building, growing, and managing WordPress websites easy!
WooWoo is the leading open-source ecommerce platform, built on WordPress.
hosting comGlobal hosting, community roots, built for what’s next
JetpackSafer, faster WordPress.- WordPress comWe're a hosted version of the open-source software
- KinstaBuild with WordPress, grow with Kinsta.
- BluehostBluehost makes building, growing, and managing WordPress websites easy!
- WooWoo is the leading open-source ecommerce platform, built on WordPress.
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- WordPress Hangout & NetworkingAlexus Steakhouse & Tavern, Clifton, NJ
Come to network, chat, talk shop, or just hang out with like-minded WordPress folks. Alcoholic* and non-alcoholic beverages, along with a variety of food options will be available to purchase. Hope to see you there!
The food is excellent at Alexus and they have a great cold draft beer selection. Plenty of parking!
*Please be safe and no drinking to excess.
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Join the JerseyPress Slack group to chat with others in our community and get help: https://jerseypress.org/slack/ - The CMS of Tomorrow, Today: Why Enterprises are Choosing WordPressMontclair Public Library, Montclair, NJ
In today’s fast-moving digital landscape, legacy CMS platforms like Adobe Experience Manager and Sitecore are starting to show their cracks. High licensing fees, rigid architectures, and slow development cycles are leaving enterprise teams frustrated and behind the curve. In this talk, we’ll explore why more global enterprises are replatforming to WordPress VIP — and how open-source innovation, AI-powered workflows, and composable architecture are changing the game for digital teams.
You’ll learn:
- Why WordPress is no longer “just a blog” — and how it now powers some of the most demanding enterprise websites in the world
- What today’s most scalable CMS architecture looks like (and what to avoid)
- How AI, automation, and API-driven tools are transforming content operations
- What modern CMS cost structures really look like — including where you’re overpaying
Whether you’re a tech leader planning your next stack, a head of digital navigating replatforming decisions, or a content leader trying to do more with less — this session will equip you with a future-ready CMS playbook using WordPress.
Eddie Wise is the VP of Strategic Growth at 40Q, a WordPress engineering agency focused on enterprise-scale infrastructure for media, B2B SaaS, and global brands. With over 15 years of experience building scalable, multilingual, and editorially powerful websites, Edward specializes in helping organizations replace legacy systems with agile, future-ready WordPress ecosystems. He leads 40Q’s partnership with WordPress VIP and brings a long-term product mindset to every client engagement.
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If you would like to speak at a future meetup, please reach out to any of our organizers in a meetup.com message or on our Slack.PARKING:
We've been asked to not park in the United Way lot behind the library as it could result in a parking ticket. Please find street parking or a parking deck.---
Join the JerseyPress Slack group to chat with others in our community and get help: https://jerseypress.org/slack/ - WordPress Hangout & NetworkingAlexus Steakhouse & Tavern, Clifton, NJ
Come to network, chat, talk shop, or just hang out with like-minded WordPress folks. Alcoholic* and non-alcoholic beverages, along with a variety of food options will be available to purchase. Hope to see you there!
The food is excellent at Alexus and they have a great cold draft beer selection. Plenty of parking!
*Please be safe and no drinking to excess.
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Join the JerseyPress Slack group to chat with others in our community and get help: https://jerseypress.org/slack/ - Help Desk - Bring Your Laptop, Yourself, and Your WordPress ProblemsMontclair Public Library, Montclair, NJ
If you are running a WordPress site and are having issues and would like some help, then this Meetup is for you!
If you know some things, expert or not, and want to give back to the WordPress community, then this Meetup is for you too!
We will do our best to match a problem with a problem-solver. On-site and in real-time. Just bring yourself, your laptop, and your WordPress problems.
It's OK if you attend and only want to observe. We recognize this is how people learn. Given our time limit of two hours, we may not be able to solve everyone's issues, but we will try! If you are seeking help, please come prepared. Have your web site loaded in a browser, have your WordPress admin ready, along with a short list of issues you are trying to solve.
People helping are volunteers and may not be experts. There is risk to breaking your site! Please do not bring client or business sites that can impact reputations or revenue. If you have a staging site we can test things with, that is always preferred. If it is a production site, please create a site backup before having someone do any work on your site.
If you cannot find the group, please ask the front desk where the WordPress meetup group is meeting.
PARKING:
We've been asked to not park in the United Way lot behind the library as it could result in a parking ticket. Please find street parking or a parking deck.---
Join the JerseyPress Slack group to chat with others in our community and get help: https://jerseypress.org/slack/
