About

WordCamp Kent, on June 24 & 25, 2017, is a casual, locally organized conference covering everything related to WordPress. WordCamps happen all around the world, and each camp has a unique flavor based on the local community.

Our local community is awesome and our camp is, too. Stay tuned to this website for announcement on what’s happening, where, and with whom, but here’s a general idea of what you can expect.

Read up on what to expect at WordCamp.

News

Attending WordCamp Kent? Get Your After Party Info Here!

All WordCamp Kent attendees are invited to the WCKENT After Party Saturday at 6PM. Kent Lanes – 11th Frame 1524 S Water St. Kent, OH 44240 (330) 673-1448 Your WordCamp Kent Badge gets you free access to bowling, cornhole, drink tickets, unlimited non-alcoholic beverages, and heavy appetizers! So don’t miss out on this great opportunity …

Location

Venue

Kent State University Hotel & Conference Center

215 S Depeyster St.
Kent, OH 44240

Hotels

Kent State University Hotel and Conference Center

215 S. Depeyster St. Kent, OH 44240

For WordCamp Kent we have a block of rooms available to attendee’s for a discounted rate at the venue. You can reserve a room for the discounted rate using the discount code WPWC7 (good through May 24, 2017). This will reserve a room at our venue for the negotiated $109 per night rate, not including tax. You can reserve your room online at kentstatehotel.com or by calling 330-346-0100.

Airports

Akron Canton Regional Airport (CAK)

5400 Lauby Rd. NW
North Canton, OH 44720

Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE)

5300 Riverside Dr.
Cleveland, OH 44135

Sponsors

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!

Our Sponsors

We wouldn’t be able to put on such a great WordCamp without the help of our wonderful sponsors!

Gold

BoldGrid

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 web builders. Created for both design professionals and corporate webmasters, BoldGrid is also being used by DIYers getting started with WordPress.

Plugin features include full starter sites, simplified photo acquisition and editing, prebuilt pages, and a Drag and Drop Page Editor.

Themes include easy Customizer navigation, full font control, built in widgets, and, among others, infinite color palette control.

Experience WordPress as a website builder with BoldGrid.

WooCommerce

WooCommerce

WooCommerce is the fastest growing eCommerce software/platform, powering over 30% of all eCommerce stores with over 1 million active installations. It is is built to integrate seamlessly with WordPress, making it the obvious eCommerce choice for existing WordPress users and connects you to the fast-growing WordPress ecosystem which now powers over 25% of all websites on the internet.

With WooCommerce you can start with all the basic tools that any small business would need to start selling online, including product setup, payments, shipping options, and sales reports and as your business grows choose from over 300 premium add-ons available including additional payment processors, shipping methods, inventory systems and marketing tools anyone to sell anything, anywhere from real products and digital downloads to subscriptions, content and even your time.

In July 2015, WooCommerce was acquired by Automattic, the creators of WordPress.com which serves more than 15.8 billion pages a month and also the creators of other popular WordPress services including Akismet, Jetpack, and VaultPress. We look forward to growing WooCommerce to achieve even greater things together with Automattic.

Jetpack

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

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.

StudioPress

StudioPress

StudioPress Sites offers the ease of an all-in-one website builder without sacrificing any of the flexible power of WordPress.
It’s perfect for bloggers, podcasters, and affiliate marketers, as well as those selling physical products, digital downloads, and membership programs. You can set up your new site in just minutes on our “zero hosting hassles” server infrastructure that’s specifically optimized for peak WordPress performance.

There are currently 20 mobile-optimized HTML5 designs included (more coming) that are powered by the industry standard Genesis Framework, plus a whole bunch of advanced SEO functionality, one-click install of included plugins, rock-solid security, “hands off” maintenance of WordPress and Genesis, and world-class support.

StudioPress Sites is WordPress made easy.

iSynergy

iSynergy

We define ourselves as a digital advertising agency (although we hate labels). iSynergy is a national award-winning agency that takes a new age approach to advertising, marketing and design. We combine traditional offline methods with modern online technologies to produce unprecedented results. (We’re not just tooting our own horn here… We really are this good!) We continuously monitor new digital technologies, design trends and marketing developments to craft creative assets (ads, websites, logos, videos – stuff like that) in order to give our clients a clear advantage.

CloudAccess.net

CloudAccess.net

CloudAccess.net offers a complete web hosting and support platform for WordPress. You can launch a WordPress site and build as long as you’d like for FREE. Unlike other free WordPress hosting options, we give you a version of WordPress that is completely functional – we haven’t locked any features. Paid hosting and support plans offer support from our industry-leading support team, more resources and access to the Cloud Control Panel’s built in features to help you manage your site.

Silver

GoDaddy

GoDaddy

GoDaddy Pro is a free membership program for web developers, designers & agencies. It offers exclusive tools to help onboard, manage and maintain multiple clients and their sites fast and easy. With GoDaddy Pro tools, you can easily shop for your client, monitor their sites, and manage their products from a single dashboard. Additionally, your membership includes advanced 24/7 technical support and rewards for recommending GoDaddy to your clients.

You can use GoDaddy Pro with all of GoDaddy’s newly refreshed hosting products, including Managed WordPress, cPanel shared hosting, our brand new cloud product, and our virtual and dedicated solutions.

And, always get the best price on GoDaddy products with your “30% off list price” member benefit.

A2 Hosting

A2 Hosting

Since 2003, A2 Hosting has specialized in linux-based, developer-friendly hosting, and now offers Windows hosting as well. We cater to the WordPress community by offering robust servers and hosting accounts at an affordable cost. We back up our hosting with 24/7 support available by phone, ticket, or live chat.

A2 is active in the WordPress community – we dedicate a percentage of our development time to WordPress as part of the Five for the Future initiative, and we are active in many WordCamps.

Bronze

WPML

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

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

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.

Small Business

Beaver Builder

Beaver Builder

Save time and stop writing code. Beaver Builder is a drag and drop page builder for WordPress. Whether you’re a beginner or a pro, you’re going to love taking control of your website with Beaver Builder.

iThemes

iThemes

Founded in 2008, iThemes provides professional WordPress software, including themes, training and plugins, like BackupBuddy, iThemes Exchange, iThemes Security (formerly Better WP Security) and more. With a 20+ person team, iThemes is committed to making people’s lives awesome by providing simple, easy to use solutions for WordPress. You can learn more at iThemes.com.

In-Kind

StickerGiant

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.

WordCamp Kent 2017 is over. Check out the next edition!