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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#230 – Adrian Sticea on Navigating the Decline of WordPress Work on Upwork and the Rise of New Opportunities
Read this post: #230 – Adrian Sticea on Navigating the Decline of WordPress Work on Upwork and the Rise of New OpportunitiesI’m talking today with Adrian Sticea about the decline in freelance WordPress work available through Upwork, highlighted by a viral LinkedIn post and graph showing work drying up from 2023 onward. We get into the many reasons behind this shift, the impact of AI making developers more efficient, increased marketplace competition, economic uncertainty, and new…
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Hands-on with the WordPress 7.1 Icon Registration API
Read this post: Hands-on with the WordPress 7.1 Icon Registration APIWordPress 7.1 introduces a public API for custom icons. Discover how to register collections and render SVGs easily with this complete, practical tutorial.
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WordPress 7.1 Source of Truth – Deutsch
Read this post: WordPress 7.1 Source of Truth – DeutschBirgit Pauli-Haack wohnt in München, arbeitet für Automattic ist seit Jahren als Chronistin der Entwicklung rund um den Block-Editor auf Gutenberg Times aktiv. Dieser Beitrag im Englischen Original findet sich auf gutenbergtimes.com Bevor du kopfüber in all die großen und kleinen Änderungen eintauchst und deine Favoriten auswählst, lies bitte zuerst diese einleitenden Gedanken zu diesem…
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.