WordCamp Canada 2026 brings together some of the brightest minds in the WordPress community — developers, designers, agency owners, contributors, and entrepreneurs — all ready to share what they’ve learned building on the open web. From core development and site performance to accessibility, business growth, and the future of publishing, our speaker lineup spans the full spectrum of the WordPress ecosystem. Whether you’re a first-time contributor or a seasoned pro, you’ll find sessions designed to teach, inspire, and connect. Get to know the people taking the stage this year below.
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Andy Peatling
Creator of Miles, an AI agent for WordPress design. 20+ years in WordPress, including 17 as a product leader at Automattic.
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Anton Plauche
Associate Director of Technology specializing in healthcare WordPress, with a decade building for SaaS, non-profits, and pharma brands.
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Benjamin Zekavica
WordPress Core Team member and founder of Kreo Pulse, UnleashWP, and Scale2Boss, championing WordPress as serious digital infrastructure.
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Chris Reynolds
Senior Developer Advocate at Pantheon, open source maintainer, Pluralsight instructor, and WordPress community member since 2011.
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Emily Kaija
Director of People and Culture at XWP, building honest, human conditions for distributed teams — and not afraid of hard conversations.
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Joey Kudish
Software developer and AI consultant with 20+ years building on the web, WordPress contributor since 2011, and former WordCamp Vancouver organizer.
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Michelle Frechette
Executive Director of Post Status, dubbed ‘The busiest woman in WordPress’ by Matt Mullenweg, helping others find their voice and brand.
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Mika Epstein
WordPress developer and former Plugin Review team lead at Awesome Motive, cofounder of LezWatch.TV, and international speaker on tech and humanism.
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Nik McLaughlin
Support Engineer and Product Manager at SkyVerge, leading 40+ WooCommerce extensions used by 200,000 stores, with a decade in eCommerce.
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Ryan Welcher
Developer Advocate at Automattic focused on Gutenberg adoption, active WordPress contributor, and Twitch streamer building custom blocks.
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Shanta Nathwani
WordPress educator with 50+ WordCamp talks and 10 years teaching at Sheridan College, leading beginner workshops at WordCamp Canada.
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Taylor Waldon
Director of Technical Product Ownership at Fueled, with roots at LearnDash and GiveWP, making complex product talk approachable and real.