WordPress North East

Friendly WordPress Meetups in the North East of England for users, designers and developers, with a free Q&A section.

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Event History

Thu
13th
Oct (2022)
6pm - 8pm
FREE
Thu
8th
Sep (2022)
6pm - 8pm
FREE
venue TusPark Eagle Lab 27 Grainger St, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 5JE
Introduction and round up (Jon Waite)
[Hybrid - also online]
Thu
12th
Nov (2020)
6pm - 8pm
FREE
Talks include: "How to back up your WordPress websites" and "Version Control for WordPress Developers" (Chris Kemper)
Thu
8th
Oct (2020)
6pm - 8pm
FREE
Talks include: "An introduction to web accessibility" (Dean Reynolds), Demonstration of ReciteMe and "Web accessibility for WordPress Developers" (Phil Sherry)
Thu
14th
May (2020)
6pm - 8pm
FREE
Thu
13th
Feb (2020)
6pm - 8pm
FREE
venue TusPark Eagle Lab 27 Grainger St, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 5JE
"What does this WordPress plugin do?" (Jon Waite), Q&A and social
Thu
16th
Jan (2020)
6pm - 8pm
FREE
Thu
10th
Oct (2019)
6pm - 8pm
FREE
Thu
11th
Jul (2019)
6pm - 8pm
FREE
Thu
6th
Jun (2019)
6pm - 8pm
FREE
venue Proto Abbott's Hill, Baltic Business Quarter, Gateshead, NE8 3DF
Presented by Ciaran Owens.
Thu
14th
Feb (2019)
6pm - 8pm
FREE
venue Proto Abbott's Hill, Baltic Business Quarter, Gateshead, NE8 3DF
15 minute-long talks.
Thu
10th
Jan (2019)
6pm - 8pm
FREE
location Generator Studios, Trafalgar St, Newcastle upon Tyne.
Presented by Jon Waite.
Thu
13th
Sep (2018)
6pm
FREE
Thu
12th
Jul (2018)
6pm
FREE
venue Campus North Sunco House, 5 Carliol Square, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 6UF
Covering performance, security and freedom, with Ciaran Owens.
Thu
10th
May (2018)
6pm
FREE
venue Campus North Sunco House, 5 Carliol Square, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 6UF
Gutenberg will replace the post editor in WordPress 5.0. Ross Wintle talks about its impact and how you can get the most out of it.
Thu
8th
Mar (2018)
6pm
FREE
venue Campus North Sunco House, 5 Carliol Square, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 6UF
Heather Burns outlines how you should incorporate better data protection and privacy practices into your workflows.
Thu
8th
Feb (2018)
6pm
FREE
Thu
11th
Jan (2018)
6pm
FREE
Helena Hill presents "Building a Great User Experience on the World’s Most Popular CMS"
Thu
12th
Oct (2017)
6pm
FREE
venue Campus North Sunco House, 5 Carliol Square, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 6UF
Two talks, "Advanced Custom Fields for WordPress" (Richard Carter) and another TBC.
Thu
13th
Jul (2017)
6pm
FREE
venue Campus North Sunco House, 5 Carliol Square, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 6UF
"SEO basics for WordPress" with Belinda White.
Thu
13th
Apr (2017)
6pm
FREE
venue Campus North Sunco House, 5 Carliol Square, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 6UF
"WordPress for bloggers" (Icy Sedgwick) and "First steps into Content Marketing for WordPress" (Andrew Simpson) and "Email marketing for WordPress" (TBC)
Thu
9th
Feb (2017)
6pm
FREE
venue Campus North Sunco House, 5 Carliol Square, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 6UF
Amanda Dixon - Using Social Media To Boost Your WordPress Website in 2017
Thu
8th
Dec (2016)
6pm
FREE
venue Campus North Sunco House, 5 Carliol Square, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 6UF
Two talks, "WordPress Starter Themes" (Lee Bolton) and "Schema.org : Structured data FTW" (Lee Willis).
Thu
13th
Oct (2016)
6pm
FREE
venue Campus North Sunco House, 5 Carliol Square, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 6UF
If you're stuck, feel free to come by and ask questions and queries to WordPress experts.
Thu
14th
Jul (2016)
6pm - 7:30pm
FREE
venue Campus North Sunco House, 5 Carliol Square, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 6UF
"The Ultimate REST API talk" (Joe Hoyle) and Q&A
Thu
9th
Jun (2016)
6pm - 7:30pm
FREE
venue Campus North Sunco House, 5 Carliol Square, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 6UF
Two talks, "WordPress Coding Standards" (Dave Green) and "Optimising WordPress for high-traffic websites" (Lee Bolton)
Thu
21st
Apr (2016)
6pm - 7:30pm
FREE
venue Campus North Sunco House, 5 Carliol Square, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 6UF
Two talks, "One chance to make a first impression - what makes a great sales landing page" from Mike Williams and "Great copywriting for small businesses using WordPress" from Katherine Wildman
Thu
10th
Mar (2016)
6pm - 7:30pm
FREE
venue Campus North Sunco House, 5 Carliol Square, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 6UF
Two talks, "Making shortcodes a piece of cake" from Matthew Haines-Young and "Guilt-free Coding" from Jason Agnew
Thu
11th
Feb (2016)
5:30pm - 7:30pm
FREE
venue Campus North Sunco House, 5 Carliol Square, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 6UF
If you're new to WordPress or want an extra boost with your WordPress site then come along and get some help from experts.
Thu
14th
Jan (2016)
6pm
FREE
venue Campus North Sunco House, 5 Carliol Square, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 6UF
Local WordPress group. Camille Taylor explains SEO essentials and Richard Carter talks about generating more business from an existing WordPress website. Followed by a Q&A.
Thu
8th
Oct (2015)
6pm
FREE
venue Campus North Sunco House, 5 Carliol Square, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 6UF
Local WordPress group. Easy Teasy explains how they used WooCommerce and WordPress to set up their online store. Followed by a Q&A.
Thu
9th
Jul (2015)
6pm
FREE
venue Campus North Sunco House, 5 Carliol Square, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 6UF
Local WordPress group. Showcase by Richard Carter, Composer by Richie McFarlane, then Q&A.
Thu
14th
May (2015)
6pm - 8pm
FREE
venue Campus North Sunco House, 5 Carliol Square, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 6UF
Local WordPress group. Two talks: "Campus Messaging" by Mike Sales and 'Working Locally' by Steven Jones. Followed by a Q&A.
Thu
23rd
Apr (2015)
5:30pm - 8pm
FREE
venue Campus North Sunco House, 5 Carliol Square, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 6UF
We're going to hold a 'WordPress Clinic' - a session open to everyone to come and get help with their WordPress sites.
Thu
12th
Mar (2015)
6pm - 8pm
FREE
venue Campus North Sunco House, 5 Carliol Square, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 6UF
Are you a WordPress designer or developer? Use WordPress to manage your personal or business blog? "Improving WordPress markup" (Richard Carter), "WordPress directory website case study" (Graham Soult) and Q&A.
Thu
15th
Jan (2015)
6pm - 8pm
FREE
venue Campus North Sunco House, 5 Carliol Square, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 6UF
Are you a WordPress designer or developer? Use WordPress to manage your personal or business blog? "Improving the search UX in WordPress", TBC talk and Q&A.
Thu
10th
Jul (2014)
6pm
FREE
venue Campus North Sunco House, 5 Carliol Square, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 6UF
Do you use WordPress to keep your website up to date? Are you a web designer or developer or uses - or wants to use - WordPress? WordPress North East is for you.
Thu
15th
May (2014)
6pm - 7:30pm
FREE
venue Campus North Sunco House, 5 Carliol Square, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 6UF
Do you use WordPress to keep your website up to date? Are you a web designer or developer or uses - or wants to use - WordPress? WordPress North East is for you.
Thu
20th
Mar (2014)
6pm
FREE
venue Clavering House Clavering Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 3NG
Do you use WordPress to keep your website up to date? Are you a web designer or developer or uses - or wants to use - WordPress? WordPress North East is for you.
Thu
28th
Nov (2013)
6pm
FREE
location Rm SB209, Sutherland Building, Newcastle
This will be the final meet-up of the year for Wordpress North East - a group for enthusiasts of the PHP based blogging platform (and sometimes CMS).
Thu
5th
Sep (2013)
6pm
FREE
location Rm SB209, Sutherland Building, Newcastle
This will be the second meet-up for Wordpress North East - a group for enthusiasts of the PHP based blogging platform (and sometimes CMS).
Tue
2nd
Jul (2013)
6pm - 8pm
FREE
venue Northumbria University Business School Sutherland Building, 2 Ellison Pl, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8ST
The inaugural event for Wordpress North East. This event is inspired by the recent tenth anniversary meet-up that was held at the end of May.