Noel Tock, Ukraine, Enterprise and the future of WordPress

WordCamp Europe 2026 - Comms Team, Tickets, and Krakow

It’s already WordCamp Europe season. We talked to Luca Rodino, one of the co-leads of WCEU26’s Communications, Marketing, and PR Team, about becoming an organizer, the work that goes into WordCamp Europe, and what the Comms Team does leading up to the event. * Simon Kraft * LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/krafit/] * GitHub [https://github.com/krafit] * Mastodon [https://dewp.space/@simon] * Website [https://simonkraft.com/hi] * Luca Rodino * LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/luca-rodino/] LINKS * WordCamp Europe 2026 Website [https://europe.wordcamp.org/2026/] * Tickets on Sale now [https://europe.wordcamp.org/2026/tickets/] * Call for Speakers [https://europe.wordcamp.org/2026/call-for-speakers/] * Call for Sponsors [https://europe.wordcamp.org/2026/call-for-sponsors/] * Call for Media Partners [https://europe.wordcamp.org/2026/call-for-media-partners/] Source [https://kraut.press/podcast/wordcamp-europe-2026-comms-team-tickets-and-krakow/]

Noel Tock, Ukraine, Enterprise and the future of WordPress

Noel Tock was the keynote speaker at WordCamp Europe 2025 in Basel. In our interview afterwards we talked about his humanitarian work in Ukraine, the future of WordPress, its enterprise competitors and the death of DXP’s. * Simon Kraft * LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/krafit/] * GitHub [https://github.com/krafit] * Mastodon [https://dewp.space/@simon] * Website [https://simonkraft.com/hi] * Noel Tock * Instagram [https://instagram.com/https://www.instagram.com/noeltock/reels/] * Website [https://www.noeltock.com/] * LinkedIn [https://ch.linkedin.com/in/noeltock] Source [https://kraut.press/podcast/noel-tock-ukraine-enterprise-and-the-future-of-wordpress/]

A bilingual Polish WordCamp - Gdynia 2025

Poland is about to have its first fully bilingual WordCamp in September 2025. KrautPress is a media partner, so we took the opportunity to talk to Maciek Palmowski about all the things the organising team is currently working on. And: if you’re thinking about attending WordCamp Gdynia this year? How about applying as a speaker? You’ve got time until the end of the week. * Simon Kraft * LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/krafit/] * GitHub [https://github.com/krafit] * Mastodon [https://dewp.space/@simon] * Website [https://simonkraft.com/hi] * Maciek Palmowski * LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/maciekpalmowski/] * Bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/https://bsky.app/profile/maciekpalmowski.dev] * GitHub [https://github.com/https://github.com/palmiak] * Website [https://maciekpalmowski.dev] LINKS * WordCamp Gdynia 2025 Website [https://gdynia.wordcamp.org/2025/en/] * Early Speaker Announcements [https://gdynia.wordcamp.org/2025/prelegenci/] * Call for Speakers [https://gdynia.wordcamp.org/2025/en/become-a-speaker/] * Call for Sponsors [https://gdynia.wordcamp.org/2025/call-for-sponsors/] * Buy tickets [https://gdynia.wordcamp.org/2025/en/tickets/] * Why We Introduced an English Track (and Why We’re Glad We Did) [https://gdynia.wordcamp.org/2025/wordcamp-gdynia-2025-why-we-introduced-an-english-track-and-why-were-glad-we-did/] * WordPress Academy: A Case Study from WordCamp Krakow [https://make.wordpress.org/community/2025/07/29/wordpress-academy-a-case-study-from-wordcamp-krakow/] * Previously on KrautPress: WordCamp Europe 2026 [https://kraut.press/podcast/wordcamp-europe-2026/] Source [https://kraut.press/podcast/wordcamp-gdynia-2025/]

WordCamp Europe 2026

Simon talks with Sebastian Miśniakiewicz about the next WordCamp Europe in Krakow, Poland. * Simon Kraft * LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/krafit/] * GitHub [https://github.com/krafit] * Mastodon [https://dewp.space/@simon] * Website [https://simonkraft.com/hi] * Sebastian Miśniakiewicz * Website [https://seo-profi.pl] * LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/sebastianmisniakiewicz/] Source [https://kraut.press/podcast/wordcamp-europe-2026/]

The FAIR Package Manager

The FAIR project was announced during Alt Ctrl, a side event at WordCamp Europe in Basel. FAIR aims to be a decentralized package manager for WordPress. Ahead of the announcement, Joost de Valk and Karim Marucchi sat down for an interview, explaining how FAIR came together, the problems the FAIR teams try to address, and possible ways forward. * Simon Kraft * LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/krafit/] * GitHub [https://github.com/krafit] * Mastodon [https://dewp.space/@simon] * Website [https://simonkraft.com/hi] * Joost de Valk * GitHub [https://github.com/https://github.com/jdevalk] * Website [https://joost.blog] * LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jdevalk/] * Bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/https://bsky.app/profile/joost.blog] * Mastodon [https://joost.net/@joost] * Karim Marucchi * LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/karimmarucchi/] * Website [https://marucchi.com/] Source [https://kraut.press/podcast/fair/]