Introduction
WordCamp Bengaluru 2026 is the city's community WordPress gathering, and it runs across two days on 21 and 22 November 2026. Saturday 21 November is Contributor Day at Bangalore International Centre in Domlur, where attendees work on WordPress itself alongside the Make teams. Sunday 22 November is the main conference at St Joseph's Boys' High School on Museum Road, with two tracks of talks, panels and a workshop running side by side all day.
The event is community-organised and volunteer-run, as the official site states. Tickets are priced to cover costs rather than to make a profit, the speakers are practitioners picked from an open call, and the hallway conversations carry as much weight as the scheduled sessions.
Event Overview
WordCamp Bengaluru 2026 is a two day, two venue event. Contributor Day on Saturday is a working day: attendees sit at tables run by the Make teams and contribute to WordPress, whether through code, design, documentation, translation or community work. The conference on Sunday is the main day, with 24 sessions across two rooms: Xavier Hall hosts the talks and both panels, while Concert Hall hosts the lightning talks and a hands-on workshop.
The mix is 7 talks, 14 lightning talks, 2 panels and 1 workshop. Speakers were picked from 61 proposals submitted to the open call. The programme leans heavily into the questions WordPress professionals are asking now: AI in production, plugins, publishing, and the business of WordPress.
What to Expect
Sunday opens with registration and breakfast at 8:00 AM, followed by opening remarks at 9:00 AM and talks from 9:15 AM. A coffee break lands at 11:00 AM, the group photo is at 1:30 PM, lunch and networking follow at 1:45 PM, and the day closes with a WordPress quiz at 4:30 PM, a sponsor raffle at 5:00 PM and closing remarks at 5:15 PM, wrapped by 5:30 PM.
Every ticket includes the two tracks of talks, the panels and workshop, lunch on both days, filter coffee and snacks, a badge and lanyard, swag, and a listing on the public attendees page unless the holder opts out. Ticket holders are also eligible for Contributor Day, though that needs a separate free sign-up with limited seats.
Who Should Attend
WordCamp Bengaluru is for anyone who uses or builds with WordPress. Agency owners and freelancers will find the business sessions directly relevant. Developers and product leads get the technical talks and the hands-on workshop on connecting WordPress and MCP. Content teams, marketers and publishers will find sessions on AI search, discoverability and editorial workflows. Beginners are welcome too: Contributor Day includes a session on ten ways anyone can contribute to WordPress, no code required.
The event also suits people who run WordPress sites as part of their job rather than as developers, such as founders, marketing managers and small business owners.
Key Highlights
- Two days, two venues: Contributor Day at Bangalore International Centre, Domlur, and the conference at St Joseph's Boys' High School, Museum Road
- 24 sessions: 7 talks, 14 lightning talks, 2 panels and 1 hands-on workshop
- Speakers chosen from 61 proposals to the open call
- Strong AI thread: agents in production, AI search and discoverability, AI-assisted plugin building, and AI agents for editorial work
- Lunch on both days, filter coffee and swag included in every ticket
- Contributor Day offers a direct way to start contributing to WordPress with guidance from the Make teams
- The site also lists a Puneet Sahalot Memorial Scholarship in its news section
Agenda and Speakers
The confirmed programme covers a wide range of WordPress work. Talks include "How an AI agent works in WordPress" by Anurag Bhandari, "Beyond the Boilerplate: Building High-Quality WordPress Plugins with AI" by Nirbhay Singh Rao, and "Operationalising AI after the easy gains" by Joel Abreo.
Lightning talks include "Your Website Has Answers. Can a Chatbot Help People Find Them?" by Abhay Kulkarni, "Beyond Rankings: Making WordPress Content Discoverable in the AI Search Era" by Abheesh Dokras, and "WordPress Has Entered the Chat" by Karthik Srinivasan.
The two panels are "Agents in Production" and "What clients actually pay for now". The hands-on workshop, "Connecting WordPress and MCP", is led by Deepak Gupta, Nagesh Pai and Sourabh Matolia. The full schedule with all 24 sessions is published on the official site.
Registration Information
Tickets are sold on the official site. General Admission costs 800 INR and is on sale now. Friend of #WCBLR costs 2,500 INR, includes the same event plus an invite to the networking dinner, and is released in batches. Early Bird tickets at 600 INR are sold out.
Every ticket is bought with a free WordPress.org account, and payment is by UPI or card. The site publishes a ten step ticket guide with a screenshot of each step. Tickets are transferable but not refundable: the confirmation email carries an edit link to change the attendee name and email. A ticket makes the holder eligible for Contributor Day, but it does not hold a seat there. Contributor Day needs a separate free sign-up, and the form was due to open on the tickets page closer to the date, with seats going first come, first served.
Venue and Location
The conference on Sunday 22 November is at St Joseph's Boys' High School, 27 Museum Road, Shanthala Nagar, Ashok Nagar, Bengaluru 560025, in central Bengaluru. The site notes it is close to MG Road metro station, with parking for two and four wheelers. Contributor Day on Saturday 21 November is at Bangalore International Centre, Domlur. The official site publishes travel guides covering both venues from the airport, the four big railway stations and the Majestic bus stand, plus a guide to places to stay sorted by price.
Why This Event Matters
WordPress powers a large share of the web, and WordCamps are where its community keeps the project alive. Bengaluru's edition is worth attention for two reasons. First, the programme shows how quickly AI has moved to the centre of WordPress work: agents, MCP, AI search and AI-assisted building dominate the schedule. Second, Contributor Day gives newcomers a structured way into open source contribution, which most events never offer.
For Bengaluru's large WordPress community, this is also the year's main in-person meeting point. The low ticket price, the volunteer organisation and the two day format keep it accessible in a way that commercial conferences rarely manage.
Event Details
- Event: WordCamp Bengaluru 2026
- Dates: 21 to 22 November 2026
- Contributor Day: Saturday 21 November, Bangalore International Centre, Domlur (separate free sign-up, limited seats)
- Conference: Sunday 22 November, 8:00 AM to 5:30 PM IST, St Joseph's Boys' High School, 27 Museum Road, Bengaluru 560025
- City: Bengaluru, Karnataka
- Format: In-person
- Organiser: WordCamp Bengaluru volunteer organising team
- Tickets: General Admission 800 INR; Friend of #WCBLR 2,500 INR; Early Bird 600 INR sold out
- Sessions: 24 (7 talks, 14 lightning talks, 2 panels, 1 workshop)
- Registration deadline: Not Announced
Last verified: 13 November 2026.
