How the weekend works. WordCamp Bengaluru 2026 is two days, at two venues, on one ticket. Saturday 21 November is Contributor Day at Bangalore International Centre, Domlur, by a free sign-up with limited seats. Sunday 22 November is the conference at St Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Museum Road, and your ticket gets you in.
The post covers what happens on each day, how the Saturday sign-up works, what your ticket includes and what to bring. General Admission is ₹800 for both days.
21-22 NovTwo venues, one ticket
Saturday and Sunday work differently.
WordCamp Bengaluru 2026 is two days, at two venues, on one ticket. Here is how the whole weekend fits together.
First WordCamp? Your first WordCamp walks through the Sunday hour by hour.
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Sat 21 NovContributor DayBangalore International Centre, DomlurFree sign-up · limited seatsSun 22 NovThe conferenceSt Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Museum RoadYour ticket gets you in
One ticket
Just one. A single ticket covers the whole weekend at one price.
Your ticket=SundaySunday is yours the moment you buy it.
Your ticket+The sign-up=SaturdayYour ticket makes you eligible for Contributor Day, but it is not a seat. Seats are limited and go by a separate, free sign-up, first come, first served. That sign-up opens on the tickets page closer to the date.
No sign-up, no seat. Turning up at BIC on Saturday without signing up will not get you in.
Sunday only is fine. Attending only on Sunday is completely fine. Plenty of people do exactly that.
Saturday 21 NovemberContributor Day
Saturday
Working on WordPress itself.
Saturday is about working on WordPress itself. People sit at tables run by the Make WordPress teams, each focused on one area: translating WordPress into other languages, improving the documentation, helping in the support forums, testing, and writing code.
You do not need to be an expert, or even a programmer. Most tables need only a laptop and a WordPress.org account, the same one you buy your ticket with.
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Doors openThe welcomeEach table lead says what their team does.Contribution timeAt your table until 12:45.The closeWhat each table shipped, and first contributions read out by name.Lunch
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Five tables run on the day, one per team. The confirmed list goes up on 6 November. These are the kinds of table to expect.
01
Translating
WordPress into Kannada, Hindi and the other Indic languages.
You needA laptop and a WordPress.org account
02
Documentation
HelpHub and DevHub pages: writing, editing, and screenshots that are out of date.
You needA laptop and a WordPress.org account
03
Support
Answering real forum threads live, with somebody to check with.
You needA laptop and a WordPress.org account
04
Testing
Reproducing bugs, writing test reports and triaging Gutenberg issues.
You needA laptop and a WordPress.org account
05
Code
Trac tickets, patches and reviews. Good first bugs, not architecture.
You needA local WordPress setup already running. Set it up at home before Saturday.
Whichever table you pick, start with one simple question to the table lead:
What can I contribute?
Getting thereBangalore International Centre, Domlur, about 2 km from Indiranagar metro on the Purple Line.
Sunday 22 NovemberThe conference
Sunday
The main event.
Sunday is the main event. Two rooms run side by side all day, Xavier Hall and Concert Hall, about a minute apart. Between them there are 23 sessions: 7 talks, 13 short lightning talks, 2 panels and 1 hands-on workshop. You pick what interests you and move between rooms as you like.
Xavier HallTalks and both panels30-minute talks, 45-minute panels
about 1 min
Concert HallLightning talks and the workshop15 minutes each, back to back; the workshop runs an hour
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Registration and breakfastCollect your badge.Opening remarksFirst talkIn Xavier Hall.Both rooms runningConcert Hall opens at 09:45.Coffee breakGroup photo with everyoneLunch and networkingWordPress quizSponsor raffleClosing remarksThe day wraps by 17:30.
The full session list is on the schedule. Not sure which to pick? Your first WordCamp has four suggested routes through the day.
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Everyone, in the hall at 13:30. WordCamp Bengaluru 2024.
Getting thereSt Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Museum Road, a short walk from MG Road metro, about half a kilometre. Travelling in? Getting to Bengaluru and Where to stay.
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Not everything happens inside the rooms.
The hallway track is the informal part: the conversations over filter coffee, in the lunch line, while everyone gathers for the group photo.
Some of the best connections of the weekend start with one simple question. You do not need to be outgoing or experienced. Just curious.
Is this your first WordCamp?
Photo: Nilo Velez, WordPress Photo Directory.
Your ticket
What it includes, and what to bring.
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Two tracks of talks, panels and a workshop on SundayLunch on both days, with filter coffee and snacks through the dayYour badge, lanyard and WordCamp Bengaluru swagEligibility for Contributor Day, through the separate sign-up
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SundayYour confirmation, printed or on your phone, and a photo ID that matches the name on your badge.SaturdayA laptop and its charger, signed in to your WordPress.org account.Code tableA local WordPress setup, already running.
Everyone follows the code of conduct, on both days.
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See you there.
General Admission is ₹800 for both days. Early Bird has already sold out, and tickets are transferable but not refundable, so if your plans change, you can pass yours to a friend. The community WhatsApp group is where that usually gets sorted.
Come curious. Leave with new ideas, and maybe a few new friends.
₹800General AdmissionBoth days, lunch included
₹2,500Friend of #WCBLRThe same weekend, plus an invite to the networking dinner, and it keeps the other tickets cheap
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The WordCamp Bengaluru 2024 group photo: the WordPress Bengaluru community.
From the WordPress Photo Directory, all CC0: laptop notes by Pablo Moratinos, panel microphones by Shawn Hooper, the pastries by Nilo Velez, and the lanyards by Nilo Velez.
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