WordCamp Europe 2026 in Kraków, Poland: WPExperts is Back for the 5th Time in a Row!

Five years ago, when we signed up to sponsor our first WordCamp Europe in Porto, we didn’t know we’d still be doing it in 2026. But here we are! Five WordCamps. Five sponsorships. This June, we’re heading to Kraków to do it all over again at WordCamp Europe 2026.

WordCamp Europe, taking place from 4th to 6th June 2026, is one of those WP events that, if you’re in the WordPress space, just… matters! Not because of any one talk or any one announcement, but because of who shows up. Core contributors, agency owners, plugin developers, freelancers, people building WordPress products you’ve never heard of, sitting next to people running sites with millions of monthly visitors. Once a year, they’re all in the same building.

This year, that building is the ICE Kraków Congress Centre, Kraków, Poland. Here’s what’s happening, what to expect, and why we keep coming back to WCEU.

WordCamp Europe 2026 at a Glance

Why WCEU 2026 Feels Different

Every WCEU has its own flavor, but this year carries more weight than most. A few reasons:

WordPress 7.0 Ships Two Weeks Before the Event

Originally planned for April, the WordPress 7.0 release was pushed to May 20, 2026, to give more testing time to the new real-time collaboration features. When it lands, it’ll be the most architecturally significant WordPress release in years.

By the time everyone lands in Kraków, the dust on 7.0 will just be settling. Which means the hallway conversations are going to be loud, opinionated, and incredibly useful. The people who built these features will be in the building. So will the agencies and freelancers who have to ship client work on top of them.

Matt Mullenweg Is Closing the Show

Confirmed for the closing keynote on June 6. If you’ve been to a WCEU before, you know what this means. His keynote is the clearest annual signal of where WordPress is heading next. The one in Basel last year set the agenda for the AI team that built half of what’s shipping in 7.0. Whatever he says in Kraków will probably shape the next twelve months.

The AI Story Has a Sequel

At WCEU 2025 in Basel, the WordPress AI team was formally announced. Kraków is where we find out what they actually built, what works, what doesn’t, and what’s coming next.

Five Years, Five WordCamps!

We started sponsoring WCEU in Porto in 2022. Back then, we were a smaller team with a simple idea: if we were going to keep building our business on WordPress, we should put something back into the community that makes WordPress possible.

So, we did Porto. Then Athens in 2023. Torino in 2024. Basel in 2025. And now Kraków.

Five years on, we’re a WordPress development agency working with enterprise clients who run some of the most demanding WordPress installations out there, complex publishing setups, large-scale WooCommerce builds, multisite networks with serious traffic, and custom integrations that don’t exist anywhere else. None of that work would be possible without the open-source platform underneath it. And that platform doesn’t maintain itself. It’s built and maintained by people who show up at events like this one.

Sponsoring WCEU isn’t a marketing line item for us. It’s how we say thanks to the people who do the unglamorous work, the core contributors, the documentation writers, the translators, the accessibility advocates, the meetup organizers.

What’s Happening Each Day

June 4 — WCEU Contributor Day

The day before the main conference, the venue fills up with people working on WordPress instead of just talking about it. Teams form around every part of the project — core, docs, design, accessibility, community, training, marketing, polyglots, photos, and more.

If you’ve never done Contributor Day before, a few things are worth knowing. You don’t need to be a developer. Some of the most useful work happens in documentation, translation, and community organizing. Mentors and onboarding guides are there for first-timers. And you can hop between tables freely — there’s no commitment to stay where you started.

This is genuinely one of the best parts of WCEU. If you can swing the extra day, do it.

June 5 — Conference Day 1

Multi-track sessions all day. WordPress development, AI integration, accessibility, business strategy, marketing, education, and community. Formats range from 10-minute lightning talks to 30-minute deep dives, so you can move between rooms based on what catches your interest.

June 6 — Conference Day 2 + Mullenweg Keynote + After-Party

Same multi-track format as Day 1, capped by Mullenweg’s closing keynote in the evening and the official after-party right after. Everyone with a ticket is invited.

The full schedule is at europe.wordcamp.org/2026/schedule.

Come Say Hi to Saad in Kraków

Our CEO, Saad Iqbal, will be there in person across all three days.

If you’re going — whether you’re a long-time contact, a potential client, a fellow agency owner, or just somebody who wants to talk shop about enterprise WordPress — please come find him.

We specialize in enterprise WordPress development. Our team partners with companies whose WordPress projects are complex, high-traffic, or business-critical and require expertise beyond a standard agency. If this describes your needs or those of someone you know, please contact Saad for more information.

You are welcome to reach out before the event to schedule a meeting. We prefer to arrange a time in advance to ensure we connect.

See You in Kraków

Five years ago, we arrived in Porto for the first time. We hardly knew anyone and weren’t sure if we would return.

We’ve returned every year since then. The WordPress community is what keeps us coming back: the hallway conversations, the people who help with late-night Slack questions, and the project leads who care about doing things right instead of just doing them quickly.

With WordPress 7.0 launching, AI becoming part of WordPress, new developer APIs, and thousands of community members returning to Kraków, WordCamp Europe 2026 is set to be one of the most important WordPress events of the decade.

Whether you join in person or follow online, WCEU 2026 will likely influence the conversations, products, and trends that shape WordPress in the coming years.

We’re excited that WPExperts will be part of it.

For official updates, schedules, and tickets, visit the WordCamp Europe 2026 website.