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26

#WCBLR

WordCamp
Bengaluru

Namma Bengaluru’s very own gathering of the people who use, build, and believe in WordPress. Two days. Two tracks. One Contributor Day. A whole lot of filter coffee.

How the two days work

Sat

21

Contributor Day

Limited seats · Sign-up only

Limited seats, via a separate sign-up. Contribute to WordPress itself at tables run by the Make teams. The sign-up is free, first come, first served, and opens here closer to the date.

Sun

22

The conference

In your ticket

Talks, panels and workshops on both stages, with lunch in between. Buy a ticket and you’re in.

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Namma Wapuu, the WordCamp Bengaluru mascot, with a cup of filter coffee

WORDCAMP BENGALURU 2026

ADMIT ONE


SAT

21

NOV

Contributor Day

BIC, Domlur


SUN

22

NOV

The conference

MAIN DAY

SJBHS, Museum Road · two tracks, all day


LUNCH · FILTER COFFEE · BADGE · SWAG

Speakers

Learn it from the people doing the work.

Founders, engineers, product leads and agency owners, picked from 61 proposals to the open call. Talks, lightning talks, panels and a workshop on AI in production, plugins, publishing and the business of WordPress.

Lightning talk · Sun

Beyond Rankings: Making WordPress Content Discoverable in the AI Search Era

Abheesh Dokras

Founder & CEO, Wisbotech Communications Pvt Ltd

Talk · Sun

Same Work, Same Quality, Different Response

Ajay M Aravind

Founder and CEO, Midnay

Talk · Sun

Building the Plane While Flying It: a zero downtime Webflow to WordPress migration

Amit Singh

Managing Partner, WPoets

Talk · Sat

Evolution of WordPress education: Campus Connect, Credits, and what comes next

Anand Upadhyay

Founder, WPVibes

Panel · Sun

Agents in production

Animesh Dutta

Senior Software Engineer, Arm

Talk · Sun

I Gave AI My WordPress

Anindo Neel Dutta

Member of GTM Staff, Trelium

Panel · Sun

What clients actually pay for now

Anupma Singh

Founder, 10X AI Leaders

Talk · Sun

How an AI agent works in WordPress

Anurag Bhandari

Chief Technologist, antelligent

Workshop · Sun

Connecting WordPress and MCP

Deepak Gupta

Founder and Lead Developer, AcrossAI

Panel · Sun

Agents in production

Dhanendran Rajagopal

Senior Web Engineer, Fueled

Talk · Sun

Tokens to Dollars: Building Tools that AutoSell

Gulshan Iyer

Founder and CEO, Arbhu Enterprises

Talk · Sun

Operationalising AI after the easy gains

Joel Abreo

Senior Project Manager, rtCamp

Lightning talk · Sun

From Code to Boardroom: The Real Business Impact of AI in WordPress Teams

Kakshak Kalaria

Director of Engineering, Concatstring

Lightning talk · Sun

WordPress Has Entered the Chat

Karthik Srinivasan

Designer. Carpenter. Guitarist. Motorcyclist, everything motorcycling

Talk · Sat

Beyond Code: 10 Ways Anyone Can Contribute to WordPress

Makarand G. Mane

Founder and Designated Partner, WPGenius Solutions LLP

Workshop · Sun

Connecting WordPress and MCP

Nagesh Pai

Freelance Developer

Talk · Sun

Beyond the Boilerplate: Building High-Quality WordPress Plugins with AI

Nirbhay Singh Rao

Full Stack Developer, Elementor

Lightning talk · Sun

From Editorial Workflow to AI Discovery: Making WordPress Content Machine-Readable and Findable

Preetika Thakur

Digital Marketing

Lightning talk · Sun

Beyond Traditional WordPress: Building for the Modern Web in the Age of AI

Raghunath J

Chief Technology Officer, 4Monks Consulting LLP

Lightning talk · Sun

AI as a Contributor: Et tu, Brute?

Dr Rahul D Arora

Consultant, Palliative Medicine, Ramaiah Memorial Hospital

Lightning talk · Sun

The Structural Churn and The Walkaway

Raja Mohammed

Project Manager

Lightning talk · Sun

From Conversation to Conversion: Building Execution-First AI for B2B

Ravi Chillara

Co Founder, SuperrApp

Lightning talk · Sun

Making AI Reliable for Editorial Workflows

Rishit Gupta

Software Engineer II, rtCamp

Panel · Sun

What clients actually pay for now

Sahithya B A

Senior Software Engineer, Zensar Technologies

Panel · Sun

What clients actually pay for now

Smriti Mishra

Technical Product Manager

Lightning talk · Sun

Our secret sauce for keeping 24/7 AI agents affordable

Souptik Datta

Product Engineer, TeamUpdraft

Workshop · Sun

Connecting WordPress and MCP

Sourabh Matolia

Technical Delivery Manager, Make Me Local

Lightning talk · Sun

Regional Content Is the New Global Content

Subhasis Chatterjee

Founder and CEO, ConnectIndia

Lightning talk · Sun

AI Agents to Turn Your WordPress Blog into Short Videos

Sudip Bhattacharya

Managing Director, RB Innovate & VideoSynq

Panel · Sun

Agents in production

Vedanshu Jain

Co-Founder, Urumi AI

Schedule

One Sunday, two rooms, 23 sessions.

Talks and both panels in Xavier Hall; lightning talks and a hands-on workshop in Concert Hall. Star what you want to catch on the full schedule.

Some of the 23 sessionsSee all 23

11:30Concert Hall

Workshop · 60 min

Connecting WordPress and MCP

Deepak GuptaSourabh MatoliaNagesh Pai

Deepak Gupta, Sourabh Matolia, Nagesh Pai

12:30Xavier Hall

Panel · 45 min

What Clients Actually Pay For Now

Sahithya B AAnupma SinghSmriti Mishra+

Sahithya B A, Anupma Singh, Smriti Mishra + 1 to be announced

15:30Xavier Hall

Panel · 45 min

Agents in Production

Dhanendran RajagopalAnimesh DuttaVedanshu Jain+

Dhanendran Rajagopal, Animesh Dutta, Vedanshu Jain + 1 to be announced

All dayConcert Hall

Lightning talks · 15 min each

13 lightning talks, back to back

Karthik SrinivasanRaghunath JRaja MohammedKakshak KalariaPreetika ThakurSudip BhattacharyaRishit GuptaAbheesh DokrasSouptik DattaRavi ChillaraDr Rahul D AroraSubhasis Chatterjee

Fifteen minutes, one idea each, from content discovery to agents that run all night.

The full schedule

Every one of the 23 sessions, hour by hour

Both rooms side by side from 09:15 to 17:30, every speaker, and a star on each session so you can build your own day.

7Talks13Lightning talks2Panels1Workshop

Open the full schedule

Sponsors

Thank you to the teams backing 2026.

WCBLR is volunteer-run and not-for-profit, and it runs on support from the WordPress ecosystem.

Suvarna
  • Bluehost
  • Flow Automate Solutions LLP
  • Hostinger
  • Jetpack
  • Woo
Belli
Kanchu
  • CodeTrappers
  • NeuralForms.ai
  • Studio Goncharov
Hitaishi
  • CookieAdmin
  • SEOPress
  • WPBakery

Get involved

Open now

Bluehost's Gold sponsor booth at WordCamp Bengaluru 2024, St Joseph's Boys' High School

01 / Sponsors

Sponsor

Put your brand in front of about 400 people who build with WordPress.

Closes 31 Oct 2026

Apply now →

Contributors working on their laptops around a shared table at a WordCamp Contributor Day

02 / Contributor Day

Lead a table

One table, one Make team on Contributor Day: a starter list, the intro, and the people who sit down.

Closes 23 Oct 2026

Read the call →

Closed

Volunteer

Eight teams, one day or both. Applications closed 15 October 2026.

Read the call →

Speak

Two stages, three formats. Submissions closed 14 September 2026.

Read the call →

Media Partner

Blogs, podcasts and community channels. Partners announced 4 September.

Read the call →

Venue

Where we’re gathering

The conference is at St Joseph’s Boys’ High School on Museum Road, in central Bengaluru and an easy ride away on Namma Metro.

Sun

22

Nov

The conference · In your ticket

St Joseph’s Boys’ High School

27, Museum Road, Shanthala Nagar, Ashok Nagar, Bengaluru 560025

Metro Close to MG Road, with parking for two- and four-wheelers.

Directions →

Contributor Day (Sat 21 Nov) is at Bangalore International Centre, Domlur, and needs a separate sign-up with limited seats, on the tickets page closer to the date.

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