Our Sponsors
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BoldGrid
BoldGrid is a website builder powered by WordPress. It is a free set of WordPress plugins, themes, and other content that allows site creation and management similar to non-WordPress website builders. By placing WordPress more in line with DIY site builder solutions on the market, our mission is not only to make WordPress more accessible and easy for beginners to utilize, but also automate and streamline typical WordPress tasks to provide a fast, creator-friendly platform that even web professionals will appreciate.
Experience WordPress as a website builder, including: free pre-built themes, drag and drop editing, integrated image banks, simplified photo editing, built-in staging, automated backups, and so much more.
BoldGrid will have you creating professional looking WordPress sites in minutes!
WooCommerce
37% of all online stores are powered by WooCommerce. Built on WordPress, WooCommerce is a fully customizable, open source eCommerce solution.
- 1+ million active installations
- 16+ million downloads
- 400+ extensions to add functionality
Whether you’re selling a few handcrafted items to a niche market, taking an existing business online, or going global with an enterprise level eCommerce business – WooCommerce will get you set up and selling fast and scale securely as you grow. Plus your content will be forever yours and customizable down to the finest button color.
Developed and supported by a distributed team, WooCommerce is powered by Automattic, the creators of WordPress.com.
Jetpack
Jetpack is a free WordPress plugin that simplifies managing your sites. This single plugin enables Photon (a global CDN for images), uptime monitoring, brute force protection, traffic-boosting tools, single sign on, multiple-site management, and automatic or bulk plugin updates. Additionally Jetpack includes several features that help you customize the look and feel of your site without installing other tools. More information can be found at jetpack.com.
Bluehost
Bluehost has been a WordPress partner since 2005 and powers over 1 million WordPress sites worldwide. Their objective is to help customers, whether novice or pro, create a thriving online presence at an affordable price. With a team of in-house tech experts available 24/7, Bluehost dedicates time and resources to providing the best support and services in the industry. Join millions of other site owners and see what Bluehost can do for you and your online presence.
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GoDaddy
GoDaddy’s mission is to radically shift the global economy toward small businesses by empowering people to easily start, confidently grow and successfully run their own ventures. With more than 12 million customers worldwide and 57 million domain names under management, GoDaddy gives small business owners the tools to name their idea, build a beautiful online presence, attract customers and manage their business.
Pantheon
The website management platform for Drupal & WordPress, Pantheon provides web teams with the hosting, cloud-based developer tools, and scalable infrastructure needed to run awesome websites. Serving billions of pageviews a month for over 100,000 websites, Pantheon’s container-based infrastructure allows you to launch websites faster, without worrying about traffic spikes, security or performance. It’s free in development. Create your free account now!
Siteground
SiteGround, with over 12 years in the business, provides managed WordPress hosting that does not miss a thing! Their servers, available in 4 different data centers across the world, are optimized for ultimate WordPress speed and security and they provide many goodies for the WordPress fans – automatic updates for the core WordPress and its plugins, WordPress SuperCacher for ultimate speed acceleration, staging tool for the coders and unique WordPress autoinstaller for the starting users – all crafted in-house by the SiteGround team. And still they do not forget the importance of the good old standard hosting features like the domain name registration, the email service, control panel and the reasonable pricing. They also have a support team that is not only available 24/7 by phone, chat and ticketing, but consists of WordPress enthusiasts who will help you with specific WordPress issues. SiteGround has been actively involved with the community speaking, supporting and attending various WordCamps around the world and by sponsoring WordCamp NYC, they want to further contribute to the amazing WordPress community.
Hover
With hundreds of domain extensions, no heavy-handed upselling and best-in-class support, Hover makes it easy to spend less time on your domains and more time on your big idea.
Prime Strategy New York, Inc.
KUSANAGI is the open source WordPress virtual machine developed by Prime Strategy, runs WordPress 10-15 times faster than the standard WordPress execution environment. KUSANAGI has been steadily released for free on most major public cloud services, including Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services, Bluemix, Google Cloud Platform, etc.
KUSANAGI also provides KUSANAGI plugins and specific KUSANAGI commands to set up a website quickly and security include accelerating features such as Page Cache and Translate Accelerator, as well as a theme switching feature.
KUSANAGI website for more details => https://en.kusanagi.tokyo/
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WPML
WPML turns WordPress websites multilingual. It works with caching, SEO and E-Commerce plugins, and allows the building of complete multilingual sites. WPML powers simple blogs as well as corporate and enterprise sites.
WPML allows users to translate everything in the site, including content, menus, widgets and even theme and plugin texts. WPML powers over 500,000 commercial websites from all over the world.
More information about going multilingual can be found at WPML.org
We are looking for talent. If you are a smart programmer you are welcome to contact us here: http://wpml.org/home/were-hiring/.
DreamHost
Since 1997 DreamHost has helped individuals, small businesses, entrepreneurs and developers the world over bring their dreams to life on the Internet. From domain registrations to traditional web hosting and highly-optimized managed WordPress hosting, more than 400,000 customers trust DreamHost to be their online home. DreamHost supports the WordPress project and community with dedicated resources and a passionate team. Packed with excellent value, DreamHost is a great place to launch a blog, website, or online application into the stratosphere! Learn more at www.DreamHost.com
SiteLock
Currently protecting more than one million WordPress sites, SiteLock delivers a patented 360-degree website security solution to find, fix and prevent malware and other threats from affecting websites and their visitors. Services include automatic malware scanning and removal, an advanced web application firewall, static application security testing, PCI compliance and website acceleration powered by a global CDN. SiteLock offers phone, email and chat support, 24/7/365. With SiteLock, you can focus on what’s most important—your business, your passion, your word.
10up
10up is a full service digital agency with a passionate team of 120+ full-time strategists, designers and engineers working around the globe. 10up focuses on making content management simple through its premiere web design & development consulting services, by contributing thousands of hours and dollars every year to open platforms like WordPress, and by providing tools and products that make web publishing a cinch. 10up works with clients across diverse industries including media, non-profit, education, government and retail, at the scale of medium sized businesses to enterprise organizations. From beautiful pixels to beautiful code, the team engineers elegant solutions and delivers high quality digital experiences, applying their passions to clients’ projects and goals. For more information, please visit 10up.com.
WordPress.com VIP
We know WordPress. As the operators of WordPress.com, the biggest WordPress site on the web, we know the secrets, tips, and tricks to help WordPress shine at scale. All the freedom of open source software. All the features, scalability, and security of our WordPress.com VIP platform. We’re a global company dedicated to making WordPress work better for our clients and users.
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Trew Knowledge Inc.
Trew Knowledge Inc.
Trew Knowledge is an award-winning full-service digital marketing agency, creating scalable digital solutions for the modern world. As a featured partner to WordPress.com VIP, Trew Knowledge delivers enterprise website solutions for some of the world’s largest leading brands and publishers.With a strong team of WordPress Developers, UX/UI Designers, and placing Strategy at the core of what we do; Trew Knowledge delivers custom themes, plugins, e-commerce solutions, third-party system integration, code reviews, and security audits.
In addition to our web development capabilities, Trew Knowledge is also a Premier Solution Partner to Gigya, the leader in Customer Identity & Access Management (cIAM). With the Gigya platform, organizations are able to connect with their audience and collect first-party permission-based data, turning unknown users into known and loyal engaged customers while providing customer insights with a complete 360 view of their users. Trew Knowledge is licensed to provide the technology, provide the full suite integration of Gigya’s platform and sustain the solution through strategic ongoing consultation at enterprise scale.
To learn more about how Trew Knowledge can help serve your business, or explore the capabilities of Gigya, visit www.trewknowledge.com
FAR Creative
FAR Creative is a NYC-based creative services and web development agency that specializes in helping organizations and individuals educate and connect with their customers, readers and peers. We offer solutions that are fast, efficient and scalable to suit our clients’ needs and budgets.
SchoolPresser
SchoolPresser – WordPress for Schools
SchoolPresser is the “WordPress for Schools” full-service company that offers custom, design, development, hosting, content migration, support contracts, training and a robust SaaS for school districts. We specialize in customizing WordPress to exactly meet a school district’s needs, no matter how large or small.
Whether you are already on WordPress and just want to take advantage of our custom services or are migrating from one of the proprietary CMS vendors that cater to school districts, we can help. We also guarantee up to 50% savings year over year by using WordPress instead of a closed source, proprietary system.
Barrel
Barrel is a creative and digital marketing agency in New York. We help brands and organizations drive results through experience design and intelligent marketing. Clients include KIND Snacks, Well+Good, Peloton, Stone Barns Center, Jacob’s Pillow, Sakara, Hurom, and Wanderlust. We are experts in building websites on WordPress and Shopify Plus.
C2 Creative
We could be the best branding team you’ve ever worked with. Since 2009 we’ve partnered with marketers to help them find their brand’s true voice and tell their authentic story with a clear identity at the core. Our Small Team, Big Ideas™ model delivers the mojo brands need to connect people to what’s meaningful, challenge the status quo, and quickly and efficiently capitalize on opportunities. Headquartered in Chicago and a satellite in San Antonio, our goal is simple. Through meaningful customer connections, build enduring brand value for our clients.
Visit us at C2-CC.com
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WP Engine
WP Engine powers amazing digital experiences for websites or applications built on WordPress. The company’s premium managed hosting platform provides the performance, reliability and security required by the biggest brands in the world, while remaining affordable and intuitive enough for smaller businesses and individuals. Companies large and small rely on WP Engine’s award-winning customer service team that specializes in quickly solving technical problems, and creating a world-class customer experience. Founded in 2010, WP Engine is headquartered in Austin, Texas and has offices in San Francisco, California, San Antonio, Texas, and London, England.
Pagely
As the first managed WordPress hosting solution, Pagely is committed to creating a company that subscribes to old-fashioned values: to work hard, be kind to everyone, and have a conscience. That’s why we’ve built a flexible service with capable engineers who care about the communities we serve.
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StickerGiant
StickerGiant prints high-quality stickers and labels. They have the best customer service, quick turnaround times and free custom shapes using state of the art laser cutting. Every sticker has a story. Want to share your story today? They’re waiting to hear from you.
stickergiant.com
Email: marketing@stickergiant.com
Every sticker has a story.
General Assembly
General Assembly transforms careers and companies through leading-edge training in coding, data, design, digital marketing, and more. Our team has worked with hundreds of companies across the globe — including 50 of the Fortune 500 — to upskill, reskill, and revolutionize their teams. With more than 21,000 corporate employees trained, and 40,000 alumni from our full- and part-time programs, our solutions provide immediate and proven impact on the job.
Interested in sponsoring WordCamp this year?
Check out our Call for Sponsors post for details on how you can help make this year’s WordCamp the best it can be!