WordPress is the most popular content management system in the world. What makes it great is the community which maintains it.
There has been an active WordPress community in Switzerland for many years, with the first national event taking place in 2014. Since then, activity has increased exponentially, both nationally and in exchange with colleagues from all over the world. This website is both a showcase and resource for the Swiss community.
What is WordPress?
WordPress is an open-source piece of software, which users can download and use to build websites and web apps. The software, its plugins and its themes — with which site owners can use to control the style of their website — have been continually maintained since 2003. Because WordPress is open-source, there is no license fee to pay: the downloadable version of the software is free to use.
WordCamps and meetups
Regular meetup events and conferences around topics relevant to WordPress take place all over Switzerland. Most events are free of charge and run by localised groups, who meet to talk about everything to do with WordPress. We’re a diverse, friendly and welcoming community, and everyone – with any level of knowledge – is welcome to join us.
Blog posts
This is a collection of recent articles and blog posts we’ve collated from a number of third-party websites, all of which relate to WordPress.
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Das war WordCamp Europe 2026. Ready für 2027 in Málaga?
Read this post: Das war WordCamp Europe 2026. Ready für 2027 in Málaga?So, das WordCamp Europe 2026 ist auch bereits wieder Geschichte. Zwei Tage voller spannender Inputs und Begegnungen. Fireside Chat – Matías Ventura, Mary Hubbard und Rich Tabor Abgerundet wurde der Event mit dem alljährlichen Austausch zwischen der Projekt-Leadership und den Leuten aus der WordPress-Community. Matt konnte dieses Jahr leider nicht dabei sein. Mary Hubbard (Lead…
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WordCamp Europe 2027 – Malaga
Read this post: WordCamp Europe 2027 – MalagaDas WordCamp Europe 2026 in Krakau ist vorbei! Und wie jedes Jahr wurde zum Ende des Camps die nächste Stadt bekanntgegeben: 2027 fahren wir nach Málaga! Das WordCamp Europe 2027 findet vom 27. bis 29. Mai 2027 an der andalusischen Mittelmeerküste statt. Málaga klingt nicht nur nach Sonne, Tapas und Meer. Ende Mai werden wir…
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Calls for Testing, Gutenberg 23.3, Block MCP and more — Weekend Edition 367
Read this post: Calls for Testing, Gutenberg 23.3, Block MCP and more — Weekend Edition 367Hi there, This is the time of the year when publishing on the Gutenberg Times becomes less frequent. I will be on vacation and back at the beginning of July with the weekend edition, just in-time for Beta 1 of WordPress 7.1. Three more Gutenberg plugin releases will happen before that. What also happened was…
Slack discussion channel
In order to give WordPress developers, designers and content creators a free virtual place to hang out between meetups, we started a free Slack channel for WordPress Switzerland in 2016. Slack is a chat room in which members exchange knowledge, share links, and get to know other developers across Switzerland.
To join the channel, first sign up on the WordPress community website at make.wordpress.org/chat/ and register your account. You’ll automatically receive a free email address @chat.wordpress.org – with it, you can then register for the WordPress Switzerland channel at wpch.slack.com.
