We’re back from WordCamp Europe 2019, and what a camp it was!

For most of us, this was actually the first WordCamp we attended, and we were stunned by the masses of WordPress community members that gathered from all around the world. 

According to WP Tavern, it was the largest WordCamp in history, with 3,260 sold tickets — 800 more than the previous year in Belgrade. We were even more excited to finally meet some of our colleagues from overseas — those we have been working with for a long time yet had not met in person, and new ones from the WordPress ecosystem. 

It was remarkable to see how Elementor helps not only in designing and building websites, but also in promoting businesses that are based on an Elementor — whether it is companies that sell themes, templates, and plugins, or digital agencies and freelance web creators who strive to increase their business.

Our activity actually began on the first day, when we held our first International Meetup featuring 100 Elementors: community leaders, plugin, theme and template developers, digital content creators, and the local community members of Berlin. You will find the coverage of the event here.

Wceu 2019 Wordcamp 2019 — The Highlights 1

We dedicated the second day entirely to WordCamp, which was held at the Estrel Hotel & Convention center in the southern part of Berlin. The event was arranged in perfect order and entrance and registration only took a few minutes. 

We enjoyed a variety of lectures from different WordPress leading figures: 

  • Matt Mullenweg’s keynote speech and Q & A session, where he recounted Gutenberg’s progress over the past 9 months since its release, reviewed its newest updates and talked about the upcoming features.
  • Rob Hope’s short but sweet “Understanding what makes a website landing page convert”.
  • Simon Cooke’s “How fast-growing agencies win business”.
  • Michele Mizejewski’s “Gutenberg and page builder plugins: Two great tastes that taste great together”. We were thrilled to discover that Michele featured Elementor in her presentation. 

And obviously, like many others, we were super busy with networking. The majority of WCEU attendees were representatives of companies and agencies, providing the best opportunity to create new business relationships and collaborations face-to-face. 

WCEU also gave us the opportunity to meet up with the Torque team and receive our 2019 Plugin Madness Trophy, so thank you for that! Check out the short interview we did with Torque and the official Trophy handoff:

Without a moment to lose, WordPress has already announced the when and where of the WCEU 2020. See you in Porto Portugal, June 4-6 2020!