About us
Who We Are -- The WordPress Santa Clarita Valley Meetup was established to build community locally as opposed to having to stay or drive to downtown Los Angeles or other surrounding areas to give back.
WordPress powers over 42% of the web and is propelled by contributions from people like you — so get involved and help shape tomorrow.
Overview -- Just north of Los Angeles on Interstate 5 is the city of Santa Clarita, the fourth largest city in Los Angeles County. Consisting of Canyon Country, Castaic, Newhall, Saugus, Stevenson Ranch, and Valencia the Santa Clarita Valley is one of its fastest-growing communities.
With thirty-four parks/open spaces, three local commuter colleges (Cal Arts, The Masters' University, and College of the Canyons), a fledgling film studio and tech community, a nationally-known amusement park (Six Flags Magic Mountain), and a public transit system including local bus and regional Metrolink train service, the Santa Clarita Valley is the perfect spot to contribute to WordPress. This WordPress Meetup is open to all who love WordPress --- join us!
Want to learn WordPress?
If you’ve never attended a WordPress Meetup before, here’s what you’ll get:
- The latest news and notes on everything WordPress. From core updates to local events or WordCamps all the way to breaking info on the release of Gutenberg, we’ll try to provide it to you;
- Topical presentations and discussions by the best and brightest in the WordPress community, aka you. We’ll offer topics from advanced level developer specific all the way down to novice small business owners or individuals interested in blogging about their puppies. We've got you covered;
- If you are presenting at a WordCamp, WordPress meetup, or want an audience to bounce a WordPress-related idea off of, we're great listeners; and
- Detailed learning, knowledge sharing, and networking opportunities for area local WordPress developers, designers, and publishers.
What are the WordPress Meetup ground rules?
In line with the mission of WordPress, our meetup was established in keeping with the 5 Good Faith Rules on Make WordPress. We’re a friendly bunch, creating a warm, nurturing, and encouraging environment to talk WordPress.
Upcoming events
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AI + WordPress Help Desk (Online)
·OnlineOnlineJoin us for an interactive AI within WordPress Help Desk focused on practical answers, fresh ideas, and real-world solutions, regardless of your level of expertise.
Bring your questions, challenges, and works in progress. Whether you need troubleshooting assistance, tool recommendations, or guidance on your next step, our community is here to help.
You’ll also have an opportunity to explore state-of-the-art tools and responsible techniques for building, improving, and maintaining WordPress sites. We’ll look honestly at what today’s technology can do, where it falls short, and how to use it safely and effectively.
Presenter: Respira for WordPress
Giveaways: 3 Respira licenses, including a Studio license for agenciesEach meetup offers something different. Some feature guest sponsors, presentations, demonstrations, or giveaways, but every event provides an opportunity to learn, connect, and get help.
This event is free and open to everyone, from WordPress beginners to experienced professionals.
Camera & Privacy
Our gatherings are designed to be interactive and personal. To foster a welcoming, connected space for everyone, cameras are required to be on during our meetings. Please make sure your camera is ready before joining! Free Help Desks are not recorded, and all Zoom AI and recording features are disabled.Accessibility
We are committed to creating an inclusive, accessible environment for all participants. While active video presence is our baseline standard to foster community, we readily provide accommodations for individuals with visual or sensory processing sensitivities, specific neurodivergent needs, privacy/safety constraints, or temporary hardware/bandwidth limitations. If you require an adjustment to participate fully, please let a moderator know in advance or via private message so we can support you.Community
This ongoing series of AI + WordPress Help Desks are held on the 1st Tuesday of each month at 6 pm Pacific Time (GMT-7). It is a collaboration between the Project Polaris public benefit group and multiple meetups, including ours here in Santa Clarita, Portland WordPress Meetup, Bakersfield WordPress Meetup, Inland Empire WordPress Meetup, and others.5 attendees
WordPress Accessibility Day
·OnlineOnlineWordPress Accessibility Day is a 24-hour global event dedicated to promoting and learning website accessibility best practices for WordPress websites.
The conference is pre-approved for continuing education credits for the International Association of Accessibility Professionals Web Accessibility Specialist (WAS) and Certified Professional in Core Competencies (CPACC) certifications.
Sessions will be held via Zoom with live captions and American Sign Language interpretation.
See the schedule and register to attend for free.
Keynote: The Renaissance of Achievement for People with Disabilities
Ed Summers, Head of Accessibility at GitHubGenerative AI technology is evolving rapidly with enormous potential for people with disabilities. Join Ed Summers, a blind developer and Head of Accessibility at GitHub, for an exploration of positive impacts that are emerging within the disability community.
Additional talks:
- Accessibility Is Not Enough: What We Learned
- Building the Website for The Dot Experience
- Your Accessibility Policy Is Collecting Dust. We Reviewed 5,000. Here’s What We Found.
- Band-Aids on Broken Code: Why Accessibility. Plugins Can’t Replace Human Skill
- You Didn’t Fix Accessibility. You Automated the Problem: AI in the WordPress Ecosystem
- Embedded Alt Text: Smarter Image Workflows in WordPress 7.0
- From Plugin to Product Experience: Accessibility Lessons from Improving WooCommerce Extension Onboarding
- What if we choose accessibility over beauty? My story with epilepsy
- Fix It Before It Exists: Accessibility Through Style Guides
- From Compliance to Conversion: How Accessibility in WordPress Expands Reach, Trust, and Revenue
- AI, accessibility, and WordPress: deciding what to trust, test, and do yourself
- Why Accessibility Bugs Survive Modern Development Workflows
- The PDF Trap: When Accessible Websites Still Exclude Users
- Making accessibility actionable: clear, testable acceptance criteria
- Who Owns Accessibility After a WordPress Site Launches?
- Accessibility and neurodivergence: Not everyone navigates the same way
- Do accessibility personas actually work?
- I Built WordPress Sites for Years Without Thinking About Accessibility — Here's What I Wish I Knew
- Nobody Budgets for Accessibility Until You Make the Case Right
- What Accessibility Research Taught Me About Building Better Content Experiences
- Mind the Focus: Keeping Users on Track
- When Does Zoom Become an Accessibility Failure?
- Real-World Remediation Pushback
Register to attend today!
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Past events
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