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.
Centre Loewenberg in Murten
WordCamp Switzerland 2026
Following WordCamp Europe in 2025, the Switzerland Community Day in 2024, WordCamp Switzerland returns to Murten / Morat on 11th and 12th September 2026.
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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WordPress 7.1 „Mary Lou“
Read this post: WordPress 7.1 „Mary Lou“Jede WordPress-Version feiert eine Persönlichkeit, die die Musikwelt nachhaltig geprägt hat. WordPress 7.1, Codename „Mary Lou“, ehrt die wegweisende Jazz-Pianistin, Arrangeurin und Komponistin Mary Lou Williams. Als Wunderkind, das bereits im Alter von sechs Jahren öffentlich auftrat, prägten ihr Einfluss und ihr Schaffen nahezu jede wichtige Epoche des Jazz – von Swing über Bebop bis hin zu Sacred…
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#231 – Damon Cook on How WP Trend Watcher Keeps Him Up to Date With WordPress
Read this post: #231 – Damon Cook on How WP Trend Watcher Keeps Him Up to Date With WordPressOn the podcast today we have Damon cook to talk about WP Trend Watcher, a locally run tool that aggregates, summarises, and curates WordPress news using AI and human review. We discussed the challenge of keeping up with the rapid, ever-changing WordPress ecosystem, and how automation can help cut through information overload. We also explored…
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Gutenberg Changelog #134 – Gutenberg 23.7, 23.8, WordPress 7.1 and more
Read this post: Gutenberg Changelog #134 – Gutenberg 23.7, 23.8, WordPress 7.1 and moreIn this 134th episode of the Gutenberg Changelog Podcast, Birgit Pauli-Haack hosts Jessica Lyschik , senior developer at Greyd, to discuss recent Gutenberg and WordPress developments. The conversation centers on the releases of Gutenberg 23.7, 23.8, and WordPress 7.1 (“Mary Lou”), highlighting user-facing enhancements and developer-oriented changes. WordPress 7.1 introduced notable features, including new styling…
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.