{"id":3008,"date":"2025-07-28T21:44:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T01:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/?post_type=wcb_speaker&#038;p=3008"},"modified":"2025-09-10T18:36:03","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T22:36:03","slug":"carl-alexander","status":"publish","type":"wcb_speaker","link":"https:\/\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/speaker\/carl-alexander\/","title":{"rendered":"Carl Alexander"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-style-default speaker-highlight-column is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-b9a46375 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group has-custom-grey-faint-background-color has-background wp-container-content-9cfa9a5a has-global-padding is-content-justification-center is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-7a30299c wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"min-height:100%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-container-content-b1208fed\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1328\" data-attachment-id=\"6824\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/speaker\/carl-alexander\/carl-alexander-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/files\/2025\/07\/carl-alexander.webp?fit=2000%2C1328&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1328\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"carl-alexander\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/files\/2025\/07\/carl-alexander.webp?fit=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/files\/2025\/07\/carl-alexander.webp?fit=1024%2C680&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/files\/2025\/07\/carl-alexander.webp?resize=2000%2C1328&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6824\" style=\"aspect-ratio:3\/4;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/files\/2025\/07\/carl-alexander.webp?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/files\/2025\/07\/carl-alexander.webp?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/files\/2025\/07\/carl-alexander.webp?resize=1024%2C680&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/files\/2025\/07\/carl-alexander.webp?resize=768%2C510&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/files\/2025\/07\/carl-alexander.webp?resize=452%2C300&amp;ssl=1 452w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/files\/2025\/07\/carl-alexander.webp?resize=1536%2C1020&amp;ssl=1 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-group has-custom-grey-faint-background-color has-background wp-container-content-8f85718f has-global-padding is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-12dd3699 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p>Carl Alexander is a PHP developer from Montr\u00e9al, Canada. He\u2019s the solo founder of <a href=\"https:\/\/ymirapp.com\">Ymir<\/a>, a serverless DevOps platform for WordPress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also has a <a href=\"https:\/\/carlalexander.ca\">website<\/a> where he shares his programming knowledge. It\u2019s his way to help the WordPress community with these hard-to-learn topics. It\u2019s also why he\u2019s excited to speak at WordCamp Canada. 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