{"id":11577,"date":"2025-06-18T13:17:16","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T11:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wajari.com\/blog\/wordcamp-europe-basel-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-06-18T13:22:44","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T11:22:44","slug":"wordcamp-europe-basilea-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wajari.com\/en\/blog\/wordcamp-europe-basilea-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"WordCamp Europe Basel 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The song \u201cSpace Oddity\u201d by <strong>David Bowie<\/strong> is one of his most emblematic works and its history is deeply intertwined with space exploration, late 60s pop culture, and Bowie&#8217;s own artistic development.<\/p>\n\n<p>The song was written and recorded in <strong>1969<\/strong>, a key year in human history due to the <strong>moon landing<\/strong> (the <strong>Apollo 11<\/strong> mission). <\/p>\n\n<p>Bowie was inspired by both this historic event and the film: \u201c2001: A Space Odyssey\u201d by Stanley Kubrick (1968), hence the wordplay in the title: \u201cSpace Oddity\u201d.<\/p>\n\n<p>It has also been interpreted as a metaphor for <strong>personal isolation<\/strong>, emotional disconnection, and existential fear, themes that Bowie would explore throughout his career.<\/p>\n\n<p>The main character, <strong>Major Tom<\/strong>, is an astronaut who loses contact with Earth and is left floating in space, which can be understood as a poetic image of <strong>alienation<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<p>A feeling of isolation, emptiness, or disconnection from oneself or the environment. We can feel:  <\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Loss of sense of identity<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lack of belonging<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Feeling of not having control over our life<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>Many years ago, when I launched myself as a freelancer (more than 10 years ago) seeking different economic and work conditions, I was convinced that I could achieve it; to make a living from the digital world, but I felt emotional ups and downs that conditioned me a lot.<\/p>\n\n<p>It mixed: insecurity, impostor syndrome, times of prosperity and scarcity, etc. And of course, that feeling of lack of belonging and isolation, which evokes so much that wonderful Bowie song. <\/p>\n\n<p>In 2016, I felt lost, isolated, and a certain <a href=\"https:\/\/ciudadanob.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Juan Hernando<\/a> arrives in Pontevedra to found the first <a href=\"https:\/\/wajari.com\/en\/categoria\/wordpress-en\/\" data-type=\"category\" data-id=\"9\">WordPress<\/a> group. I&#8217;ve written a lot on this <strong>blog<\/strong> about it and how much it helped me at that time. <\/p>\n\n<p>I gained role models, friendships, self-confidence, a \u201ccommunity\u201d that supported me and helped me grow on all levels.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"11499\" src=\"https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Berlin-3-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"WordCamp Berlin 2019\" class=\"wp-image-11499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Berlin-3-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Berlin-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Berlin-3-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Berlin-3.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"11501\" src=\"https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Bert-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"WordCamp Berlin 2019\" class=\"wp-image-11501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Bert-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Bert-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Bert-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Bert.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"11497\" src=\"https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Berlin-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"WordCamp Berlin 2019\" class=\"wp-image-11497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Berlin-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Berlin-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Berlin-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Berlin-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\">Friendships at WordCamp Berlin 2019<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<p>When I went to the first <a href=\"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2019\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WordCamp Europe in Berlin<\/a>, in <strong>2019<\/strong>, I couldn&#8217;t believe that atmosphere, and it gave me a lesson in humility. <\/p>\n\n<p>We in Spain thought we knew what <strong>WordPress<\/strong> was and what that <em>open source<\/em> spirit meant, but it wasn&#8217;t until you see it for yourself at an international level, the magnitude of the movement globally. Traveling always teaches a lot, if we are attentive.  <\/p>\n\n<p>At that moment I realized that our small community in <strong>Pontevedra<\/strong> is just a grain of sand. <\/p>\n\n<p>The community, at an international level, is an infinite beach of people who believe in and share your principles, generating a <strong>second family of wonderful friendships<\/strong> that can help you grow in all unimaginable areas.<\/p>\n\n<p>It&#8217;s something I&#8217;ll never forget and will always be with me.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Amigos-WCEU-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Friendships at WCEU\" class=\"wp-image-11495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Amigos-WCEU-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Amigos-WCEU-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Amigos-WCEU-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Amigos-WCEU.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Friendships at WCEU Basel 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<p>I don&#8217;t care if in the future WP has no users, or is replaced by another technology, or if they want to kill it in any <strong>WP-drama<\/strong>. What it gave me in the field of human relationships is irreplaceable and immeasurable. \u2764\ufe0f   <\/p>\n\n<p>That&#8217;s why we&#8217;re still there, so many years later; I always quote <a href=\"https:\/\/maedastudio.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">John Maeda<\/a> with his quote:<\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;I realized that <strong>PHP<\/strong> in the <strong>WordPress<\/strong> universe meant \u2018People Helping People\u2019, given the way each local community welcomes anyone who wants to learn computing, with no strings attached, no costs to get involved as a contributor. In open source, <strong>the software is the community<\/strong> and not just the code&#8221;<br\/>John Maeda <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p>In the podcast \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/pocketcasts.com\/podcasts\/a4085f60-5672-0134-ec37-0d50f522381b\/64fc5a8e-5bd6-48b4-b8a5-ecccc0e6bc8c\" rel=\"noopener\">How I Built This with Guy Raz<\/a>\u201d, he interviews <a href=\"https:\/\/ma.tt\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Matt Mullenweg<\/a> and, although the interview is already some time old (2022), the <strong>genesis of our beloved CMS<\/strong> in the words of its founder is very interesting.<\/p>\n\n<p>It evokes the long journey to the present, and how much an idea can change people&#8217;s lives. <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Journey and the Contributor Day<\/h2>\n\n<p>Just like in the year of <strong>Berlin<\/strong>, the <strong>Galicians at WCEU<\/strong> started our journey. We had our accommodation booked almost a year in advance. That&#8217;s the level of commitment for our European pilgrimage!  <\/p>\n\n<p>This year, a new member and friend joined us, who I&#8217;m sure after his pleasant experience, won&#8217;t stop attending, the great <a href=\"https:\/\/charrua.es\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Pereira<\/a> (Charr\u00faa) from the <strong>A Coru\u00f1a<\/strong> community.<\/p>\n\n<p>Although <strong>Juan<\/strong> and <a href=\"https:\/\/tabernawp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Carlos Longarela<\/a> wanted to get ahead of us by a day, the rest of the Galicians met on a wonderful direct flight from Santiago de Compostela to Basel, Switzerland. We don&#8217;t always have that luck. <\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/WCEU-Avion-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Santiago Basel WCEU Flight\" class=\"wp-image-11503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/WCEU-Avion-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/WCEU-Avion-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/WCEU-Avion-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/WCEU-Avion.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Starting the journey from Santiago de Compostela<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<p>From Pontevedra, <a href=\"https:\/\/unapersona.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jorge Gonz\u00e1lez<\/a> and I started our journey, and we coincided with the wonderful <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/edecozar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Esther de C\u00f3zar<\/a>, one of my personal discoveries from this WC. I hadn&#8217;t had the opportunity to talk to her so much (in other editions) and getting to know her on a personal level has been really enjoyable.  <\/p>\n\n<p>Esther is the type of person who brightens your day and you know that every time we meet at these <em>gatherings<\/em>, we&#8217;ll have good conversations and laughs. \ud83d\ude07  <\/p>\n\n<p>We also met <a href=\"https:\/\/davidcuesta.es\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">David Cuesta<\/a> and his family, organizer of the WP group in Santiago, who have been faithful to the event for a couple of editions.<\/p>\n\n<p>Direct flight, arrival at the love suite \u2764\ufe0f, as every year, with surprises and anecdotes. <\/p>\n\n<p>This year, the limitation of only one set of keys, which if lost would cost us 700 Swiss francs, gave us a lot to play with and allowed us to extend the parties longer than some would have liked.<br\/>But it&#8217;s always worth it!<\/p>\n\n<p>The first lunch set a general trend for this WC that didn&#8217;t go unnoticed, the fact that all the <strong>culinary offerings<\/strong> in the venues were always international: Italy, Asia, Middle East, but Switzerland hardly featured in these options. The Spanish community is easily won over with food, it&#8217;s something important in our culture, so the odious comparison with the edition in <a href=\"https:\/\/wajari.com\/en\/blog\/wordcamp-europe-2023-athens\/\">Athens<\/a>, where the food was simply sublime, always comes up. <\/p>\n\n<p>Running to meet with my <strong>community team<\/strong> as we had to finish organizing the tables and signs for the <em>contributor day<\/em>, my favorite day of any WordCamp. By the way, I&#8217;m now completing 3 years as an <a href=\"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2025\/organisers\/\" rel=\"noopener\">organizer<\/a>, something that&#8217;s worth every second.  <\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"769\" src=\"https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Community-WCEU-1024x769.jpg\" alt=\"With Sumit Sing (India) and Shiva Shanker (Nepal). WCEU 2025 \" class=\"wp-image-11505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Community-WCEU-1024x769.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Community-WCEU-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Community-WCEU-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Community-WCEU.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">With Sumit Sing (India) and Shiva Shanker (Nepal). WCEU 2025 <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<p>This year I only knew one of the <strong>organizers<\/strong> from my team personally, so I was very eager to put a face to my lead organizer: <a href=\"https:\/\/routsis.gr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fotis Routsis<\/a>, and people like <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/sumitsingh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sumit Singh<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/afthemes.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Shiva Shanker Bhatta<\/a>, who made incredible journeys to be here: <strong>India and Nepal<\/strong>, respectively. <a href=\"https:\/\/hipp.design\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dennis Hipp<\/a> from Germany, now a Duolingo buddy \ud83d\ude09 <\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"769\" src=\"https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Fotis-1024x769.jpg\" alt=\"Fotis Routsis at the Contributor Day. WCEU 2025 \" class=\"wp-image-11507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Fotis-1024x769.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Fotis-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Fotis-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Fotis.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fotis Routsis at the Contributor Day. WCEU 2025 <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>I want to thank <strong>Fotis<\/strong>, because he did a commendable job, I think he took on a lot of responsibility for the group, besides, this year many people dropped out along the way, so double merit that he knew how to hold the fort, and has managed to organize a wonderful CD, <em>community booth<\/em>, whose improvisation with the signatures has generated a very nice community space and a super interesting debate in <strong>WC Caf\u00e9<\/strong> regarding the future (excuse the redundancy) of <strong>\u201cfive for the future\u201d<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"769\" data-id=\"11513\" src=\"https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CD-WCEU-CD-1024x769.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CD-WCEU-CD-1024x769.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CD-WCEU-CD-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CD-WCEU-CD-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CD-WCEU-CD.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Community Booth<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"769\" data-id=\"11509\" src=\"https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/WCEU-Carlos-1024x769.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/WCEU-Carlos-1024x769.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/WCEU-Carlos-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/WCEU-Carlos-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/WCEU-Carlos.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Carlos pointing to the first <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"769\" data-id=\"11510\" src=\"https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/WPCafe-1024x769.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/WPCafe-1024x769.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/WPCafe-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/WPCafe-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/WPCafe.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Debate at WP Caf\u00e9<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Our <strong>TV<\/strong> table is not very popular, but it allowed us to onboard new people to the team, as well as reinstate the monthly meeting which, hopefully, will allow us to improve small details of the workflow. <\/p>\n\n<p>This way we ensure the documentation of all our events and that our knowledge is digitally stored on that great video and learning platform that is <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.tv\/\" rel=\"noopener\">WP TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p>I took the opportunity to record many people, a request from my communication team for WordCamp Galicia, especially <strong>Carla Pumutxa<\/strong> who is doing a wonderful job promoting this union of WC Vigo and WC Pontevedra to make a true <a href=\"https:\/\/galicia.wordcamp.org\/2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WordCamp Galicia<\/a> with all the love it deserves.<\/p>\n\n<p>Wonderful, <strong>Juan, Carlos, Jorge, and Dani,<\/strong> who finished publishing the website that same day to start ticket sales.<\/p>\n\n<p>In our community team, especially Fotis, there was some concern about how the CD would turn out. <\/p>\n\n<p>There was some discouragement, we struggled to <strong>get table leaders<\/strong> for some working groups, and in the end, everything turned out perfectly, with a lot of work, high participation with <strong>640 participants, 33 table leaders<\/strong>, enjoying collaborating, sharing, and hugging each other, as it&#8217;s on this beautiful day when the European WordPress festival begins.<\/p>\n\n<p>Thanks to Juan and <a href=\"https:\/\/yordansoar.es\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Yordan Soares<\/a> for stepping up at the last moment for two key tables: <strong>community and support<\/strong>, which are usually among the most crowded.<\/p>\n\n<p>And look at the numbers, not just for the CD, <strong>2,082 tickets sold<\/strong>, people from <strong>84 countries<\/strong>, more than <strong>60 speakers<\/strong>, 4 workshops.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Codeable-Cena-WCEU-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Good friendships at the Codeable dinner. WCEU 2025 \" class=\"wp-image-11515\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Codeable-Cena-WCEU-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Codeable-Cena-WCEU-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Codeable-Cena-WCEU-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Codeable-Cena-WCEU.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Good friendships at the Codeable dinner. WCEU 2025 <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<p>That first day is usually the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.codeable.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Codeable<\/a> party, a party I attend religiously every year as \u201cCarlos&#8217;s wife\u201d (with apologies to Marga) and where the participants already know me as such \ud83d\ude09 <\/p>\n\n<p>I loved the place they chose, a spot on the river where you could see 3 countries: <strong>Switzerland, France, and Germany<\/strong>. Delicious food, great friendships, sharing wonderful debates, from WP topics, of course, to the future of freelancers, retirement, investments, cryptocurrencies. We covered it all that night.  <\/p>\n\n<p>I love the conversations at these events, where we free ourselves from any prejudice, laugh, and unwind, enjoying knowing that, like every year, we are privileged to be able to enjoy these moments.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conferences and Parties<\/h2>\n\n<p>Second day of the WC already with the talks and the famous opening. Juan and I at the <em>venue<\/em> early, him in his mentoring role, although he&#8217;s no longer a responsible organizer, he can&#8217;t conceive starting the WC without being there.  <\/p>\n\n<p>In Pontevedra (now <strong>Galicia<\/strong>, you&#8217;ll see how he&#8217;ll be the first to arrive at the University, an hour before the rest of the volunteers).<\/p>\n\n<p>I had a day very focused on being at the <em>community booth<\/em>, talking to people, taking photos, of the <em>wappuu<\/em> which, like every year, attracts curious looks trying to understand what the heck we&#8217;re doing there.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"769\" data-id=\"11537\" src=\"https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/RankMath-1024x769.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11537\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/RankMath-1024x769.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/RankMath-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/RankMath-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/RankMath.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"11539\" src=\"https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/RankMath-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11539\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/RankMath-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/RankMath-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/RankMath-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/RankMath-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\">With Esther and the <strong>RankMath<\/strong> team, my favorite SEO plugin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Taking a tour of the <a href=\"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2025\/sponsors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">organizers&#8217; stands<\/a>, without whose effort none of this would make sense, so we must always thank them for their commitment to this event, which makes our ecosystem grow each year.<\/p>\n\n<p>The <strong>organizers&#8217; dinner<\/strong> was that day. Right in the stadium, I loved the location and the detail of the foosball tables (where I had fun to no end).  <\/p>\n\n<p>Did you know we invented it in Galicia? I mentioned it that day, but they thought we Galicians were crazy, I&#8217;ll leave the reference (for anyone who wants to check: <a href=\"https:\/\/emigracion.xunta.gal\/es\/conociendo-galicia\/galicia-multmedia\/galicia-50-prodigios\/invento-universal-del-futbolin-fue-obra\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Alexandre Campos<\/a>). I had fun and laughed at unsuspected levels with the foosball (<em>no preliminaries!<\/em>).  <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"11517\" src=\"https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CD-WCEU-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CD-WCEU-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CD-WCEU-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CD-WCEU-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CD-WCEU.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">WordPress family at the CB<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"769\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"11521\" src=\"https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CD-WCEU-1-769x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CD-WCEU-1-769x1024.jpg 769w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CD-WCEU-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CD-WCEU-1-768x1023.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CD-WCEU-1-1153x1536.jpg 1153w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CD-WCEU-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 769px) 100vw, 769px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">With Estela remembering other editions <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"769\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"11519\" src=\"https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CD-WCEU-2-769x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11519\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CD-WCEU-2-769x1024.jpg 769w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CD-WCEU-2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CD-WCEU-2-768x1023.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CD-WCEU-2-1153x1536.jpg 1153w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CD-WCEU-2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 769px) 100vw, 769px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"769\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"11522\" src=\"https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CD-WCEU-3-769x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CD-WCEU-3-769x1024.jpg 769w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CD-WCEU-3-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CD-WCEU-3-768x1023.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CD-WCEU-3-1153x1536.jpg 1153w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CD-WCEU-3.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 769px) 100vw, 769px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">WordPress family at the CB<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"769\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"11527\" src=\"https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CD-WCEU-4-769x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CD-WCEU-4-769x1024.jpg 769w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CD-WCEU-4-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CD-WCEU-4-768x1023.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CD-WCEU-4-1153x1536.jpg 1153w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CD-WCEU-4.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 769px) 100vw, 769px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">With the great Fernando Tellado and Juanma<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"769\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"11524\" src=\"https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CD-WCEU-5-769x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11524\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CD-WCEU-5-769x1024.jpg 769w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CD-WCEU-5-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CD-WCEU-5-768x1023.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CD-WCEU-5-1153x1536.jpg 1153w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CD-WCEU-5.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 769px) 100vw, 769px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">With \u00c1ngel showing affection to Fernando L\u00f3pez<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Very excited to see, as every year, great friends like <a href=\"https:\/\/celigaroe.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Celi Garoe<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/osompress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nahuai Badiola<\/a>, the great <a href=\"https:\/\/davidperezgar.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">David P\u00e9rez<\/a>, the omnipresent photographers: Weiko (<a href=\"https:\/\/robertovazquez.es\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Roberto V\u00e1zquez<\/a>) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nilovelez.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nilo V\u00e9lez<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/paco-marchante\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Paco Marchante<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/estelarueda.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Estela Rueda<\/a>, the wonderful <a href=\"https:\/\/ohia.design\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ohia<\/a> (Coleen), the Mowomo team: <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Pedromcj95\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pedro Crespo<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/victorsaenztm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">V\u00edctor S\u00e1enz<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/join.chat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Paco Toledo<\/a> from Join Chat, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comvive.es\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Paula Carmona<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/remkusdevries.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Remkus de Vries<\/a>,             <a href=\"https:\/\/ayudawp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fernando Tellado<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/rocio.blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Roc\u00edo Valdivia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/folkamedia.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ximena<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/belegantt.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lena Inurrieta<\/a>, Amadeu Arderiu and his team from <a href=\"https:\/\/sirvelia.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sirvelia<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p>The photo with my good friend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/angel-zinsel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u00c1ngel Zinsel<\/a> and me to remember our great friend <a href=\"https:\/\/ferlopez.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fernando L\u00f3pez<\/a>, who, being an organizer, couldn&#8217;t come at the last moment. We missed him a lot! <\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Hermanos-Griegos-WCEU-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11529\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Hermanos-Griegos-WCEU-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Hermanos-Griegos-WCEU-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Hermanos-Griegos-WCEU-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Hermanos-Griegos-WCEU.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Our Greek friends: Mar\u00eda and Akis. Photo by: <strong>Juan Hernando<\/strong> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<p>I was enthusiastic about meeting and integrating my two Greek brothers into the Spanish community: <strong>Mar\u00eda Pappas<\/strong> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/akis-bakakos-accountmanager2611\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Akis Bakakos<\/a> (Gavoto!).<\/p>\n\n<p>I had moments of very special connection with this couple, where we reflected on life, parents, traumas, even the <em>Annapurna<\/em>. I hope to see them in other years because I loved that connection I made with them. <\/p>\n\n<p>And from the Latin American community, I was blown away by the energy of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/vanessamartinezhdz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vanessa Mart\u00ednez<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/katiamdavalos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Katia D\u00e1valos<\/a>. Lovely! I&#8217;m sure we&#8217;ll keep seeing each other at these events.  <\/p>\n\n<p>I&#8217;m sure I&#8217;m missing some people I can&#8217;t mention, there are so many of you, but you know I try every year. <\/p>\n\n<p>This year I saw few talks. As always, I was excited to support our Spanish speakers who gave incredible talks: <\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"769\" src=\"https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Nacho-1024x769.jpg\" alt=\"Ignacio M&#xE1;rquez\" class=\"wp-image-11531\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Nacho-1024x769.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Nacho-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Nacho-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Nacho.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nacho celebrating his birthday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/hectordeprada\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">H\u00e9ctor de Prada<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/modulards.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Modular DS<\/a>, gave a wonderful talk about meetups and local communities with very interesting actionable advice<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Our great friend Nacho (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ruralhackers.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ignacio M\u00e1rquez<\/a>), who celebrated his birthday on stage, giving a talk about <strong>micro-communities<\/strong>. Very inspiring <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The great <a href=\"https:\/\/maylen.design\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mayl\u00e9n Garc\u00eda<\/a>, excellent talk (about the footer!) it&#8217;s amazing what she got out of that topic. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>And the talk on WordPress automation with AI by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tannich.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Marcel Tannich<\/a>, who, although not Spanish but Austrian by birth, I treat as such, since he has lived here for many years and is a very interesting developer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-5 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"769\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"11533\" src=\"https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/John-Muller-769x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/John-Muller-769x1024.jpg 769w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/John-Muller-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/John-Muller-768x1023.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/John-Muller-1153x1536.jpg 1153w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/John-Muller.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 769px) 100vw, 769px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"769\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"11534\" src=\"https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/John-Muller-1-769x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/John-Muller-1-769x1024.jpg 769w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/John-Muller-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/John-Muller-1-768x1023.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/John-Muller-1-1153x1536.jpg 1153w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/John-Muller-1.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 769px) 100vw, 769px\" \/><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\">John Muller at WCEU 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<p>In addition to these talks, something I love about <a href=\"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WCEU<\/a> is being able to meet industry leaders. In Berlin, Fernando Tellado introduced me to Aleyda Sol\u00eds. This time I was able to meet <a href=\"https:\/\/developers.google.com\/search\/blog\/authors\/john-mueller?hl=es\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">John Muller<\/a>, <strong>Search Advocate<\/strong> from the Google team, whom I could thank for his podcast: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/developers.google.com\/search\/podcasts\/search-off-the-record\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Search off the record<\/a>\u201d which gives us very interesting episodes to understand how Google works from an SEO perspective.  <\/p>\n\n<p>Additionally, he answered some of my questions about <strong>indexing issues<\/strong>, and the problems they&#8217;ve had for years; although it wasn&#8217;t a direct answer, very elegant as usual ;-), but I appreciated his honesty and willingness to answer all the questions from the audience of his talk on \u201cMyths, questions and answers about appearing on Google\u201d.<\/p>\n\n<p>I had interesting conversations with his team about their plugin: <a href=\"https:\/\/es.wordpress.org\/plugins\/google-site-kit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Site Kit<\/a> at the team&#8217;s booth.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Matt-Mary-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Matt-Mary-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Matt-Mary-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Matt-Mary-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Matt-Mary-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Matt-Mary.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Matt Mullenweg and Mary Hubbard. Photo by: <strong>Atsushi Ando<\/strong><br\/>from the official WCEU photography team (<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2ra5Tt5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Flickr<\/a>).  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<p>The conversation with <strong>Matt<\/strong> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/maryfhubbard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mary Hubbard<\/a>. Due to all the controversies of the past year, there was a lot of expectation about it; but I think it was a pleasant session without many surprises. <\/p>\n\n<p>Also, I liked seeing Mary up close and seeing what she conveyed to me. I get the impression that she&#8217;s a professional with a very interesting character, very willing to listen and who can bring interesting things to the project on an international level. Let&#8217;s hope so!  <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-6 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"769\" data-id=\"11545\" src=\"https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Hostinger-1-1024x769.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Hostinger-1-1024x769.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Hostinger-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Hostinger-1-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Hostinger-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"769\" data-id=\"11541\" src=\"https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Hostinger-2-1024x769.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Hostinger-2-1024x769.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Hostinger-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Hostinger-2-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Hostinger-2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"769\" data-id=\"11543\" src=\"https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Hostinger-1024x769.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11543\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Hostinger-1024x769.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Hostinger-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Hostinger-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Hostinger.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\">Wonderful Hostinger dinner with Emma and Gust\u0117. Thank you! <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<p>The wonderful <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/es\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hostinger<\/a> team for the second year invited us, the table leaders of the Contributor Day, to a very special dinner that I enjoyed a lot.<\/p>\n\n<p>It&#8217;s always a joy to share time with <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/emmaht\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Emma Young<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/gustecibulskyte?lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_profile_view_base_contact_details%3BaP9tWa5sToefEUy9dNam6Q%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gust\u0117 Cibulskyt\u0117<\/a>, they are lovely and I have a lot of fun with them. Plus, Juan and I arrived early this time, so double points. \ud83d\ude09  <\/p>\n\n<p>In the evenings, the traditional <strong>Yoast pride party<\/strong>, the <em>after party<\/em> giving it all and even, we were able to do some sightseeing which I felt bad about going to Basel and not being able to walk its streets and various points along the river.<\/p>\n\n<p>Earlier I was telling you the story of WordPress and how, since its birth, it has been closely linked with <strong>blogs<\/strong> and with the democratization of content publishing on the internet. <\/p>\n\n<p>Therefore, I fulfill the tradition of <strong>writing about the WordCamp<\/strong> that I&#8217;m most excited about (after the Galician one, of course). These reviews help me capture my feelings and reflections on an event that changes us in each edition. <\/p>\n\n<p>At the opening of the event, they shared a <strong>beautiful video<\/strong> made by the lead organizers: <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/lasacco\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Laura Sacco<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/malgra\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steve Mosby<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/wpaurorautasic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Uros Tasic<\/a>, which I leave here: <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Code is Poetry, Community is Heart\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mG2gC2soZE8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Un a\u00f1o m\u00e1s de experiencias maravillosas y un viaje de buenas amistades. <\/p>\n\n<p>See you in <strong>Krakow, Poland<\/strong> in 2026. I leave a mosaic of some random photos from the trip, and oddities that I couldn&#8217;t define in the rest of the post, like the photo of the truck after the <em>social dinner<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter has-nested-images columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-7 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"769\" data-id=\"11549\" src=\"https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Basilea-1024x769.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Basilea-1024x769.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Basilea-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Basilea-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Basilea.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Basel. WCEU 2025 <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"11551\" src=\"https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Basilea-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11551\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Basilea-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Basilea-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Basilea-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Basilea-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Basel. WCEU 2025 <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"769\" data-id=\"11553\" src=\"https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Cosas-Raras-WCEU-1024x769.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Cosas-Raras-WCEU-1024x769.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Cosas-Raras-WCEU-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Cosas-Raras-WCEU-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Cosas-Raras-WCEU.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">How would you define this photo? WCEU 2025 <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"769\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"11557\" src=\"https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Ohia-769x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11557\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Ohia-769x1024.jpg 769w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Ohia-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Ohia-768x1023.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Ohia-1153x1536.jpg 1153w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Ohia.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 769px) 100vw, 769px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Colleen!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"769\" data-id=\"11555\" src=\"https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/WCEU-Polonia-1024x769.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/WCEU-Polonia-1024x769.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/WCEU-Polonia-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/WCEU-Polonia-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/WCEU-Polonia.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Making friends from the next WCEU country. Long live Krakow!  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Long life and prosperity to WordPress!<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>NOTES<\/strong>: I created the featured image thanks to <strong>Kostas Fryganiotis<\/strong> and one of his photos from the official <a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2r9tqBv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Flickr<\/a> album. And <strong>Juan Hernando<\/strong> published a very nice review: <a href=\"https:\/\/ciudadanob.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/10\/wordcamp-europe-2025-que-maravilla\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WordCamp Europe 2025: What a wonder!<\/a>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At WordCamp Europe Basel 2025, I lived an experience full of learning, community, and friendship, where I connected with people from all over the world, shared knowledge, and enjoyed both the talks and informal moments, in an environment that made me feel part of a great global WordPress family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11561,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[76],"class_list":["post-11577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wordpress","tag-wordcamp-en"],"featured_image_urls_v2":{"full":["https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025-06-WCEU.png",640,426,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025-06-WCEU-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025-06-WCEU-300x200.png",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025-06-WCEU.png",640,426,false],"large":["https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025-06-WCEU.png",640,426,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025-06-WCEU.png",640,426,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025-06-WCEU.png",640,426,false]},"post_excerpt_stackable_v2":"<p>At WordCamp Europe Basel 2025, I lived an experience full of learning, community, and friendship, where I connected with people from all over the world, shared knowledge, and enjoyed both the talks and informal moments, in an environment that made me feel part of a great global WordPress family.<\/p>\n","category_list_v2":"<a href=\"https:\/\/wajari.com\/categoria\/wordpress\/\" rel=\"category tag\">WordPress<\/a>","author_info_v2":{"name":"Wajari Vel\u00e1squez","url":"https:\/\/wajari.com\/en\/author\/wajari\/"},"comments_num_v2":"0 comments","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025-06-WCEU.png","uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025-06-WCEU.png",640,426,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025-06-WCEU-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025-06-WCEU-300x200.png",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025-06-WCEU.png",640,426,false],"large":["https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025-06-WCEU.png",640,426,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025-06-WCEU.png",640,426,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/wajari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025-06-WCEU.png",640,426,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Wajari Vel\u00e1squez","author_link":"https:\/\/wajari.com\/en\/author\/wajari\/"},"uagb_comment_info":1,"uagb_excerpt":"At WordCamp Europe Basel 2025, I lived an experience full of learning, community, and friendship, where I connected with people from all over the world, shared knowledge, and enjoyed both the talks and informal moments, in an environment that made me feel part of a great global WordPress family.","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wajari.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wajari.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wajari.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wajari.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wajari.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11577"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wajari.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11577\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11578,"href":"https:\/\/wajari.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11577\/revisions\/11578"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wajari.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wajari.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wajari.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wajari.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}