Sponsors

Let’s all say a very big, “Thank you!” to the WordCamp Brighton sponsors.

WordCamp Brighton 2016 wouldn’t be possible without the help of the wonderful sponsors on this page. It’s because of their generous contributions we’re able to keep the quality high, while keeping the ticket price low.

Thank you all!

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WooCommerce

WooCommerce is the fastest growing eCommerce software/platform, powering over 30% of all eCommerce stores with over 1 million active installations. It is is built to integrate seamlessly with WordPress, making it the obvious eCommerce choice for existing WordPress users and connects you to the fast-growing WordPress ecosystem which now powers over 25% of all websites on the internet.

With WooCommerce you can start with all the basic tools that any small business would need to start selling online, including product setup, payments, shipping options, and sales reports and as your business grows choose from over 300 premium add-ons available including additional payment processors, shipping methods, inventory systems and marketing tools anyone to sell anything, anywhere from real products and digital downloads to subscriptions, content and even your time.

In July 2015, WooCommerce was acquired by Automattic, the creators of WordPress.com which serves more than 15.8 billion pages a month and also the creators of other popular WordPress services including Akismet, Jetpack, and VaultPress. We look forward to growing WooCommerce to achieve even greater things together with Automattic.

Jetpack

Jetpack is a free WordPress plugin that simplifies managing your sites. This single plugin enables Photon (a global CDN for images), uptime monitoring, brute force protection, traffic-boosting tools, single sign on, multiple-site management, and automatic or bulk plugin updates. Additionally Jetpack includes several features that help you customize the look and feel of your site without installing other tools. More information can be found at jetpack.com.

Pragmatic

Pragmatic is one of the largest WordPress specialist agencies in the UK. They have an in-house team of friendly developers, designers and UX experts who work from their sunny offices on Seven Dials in Brighton. Pragmatic are passionate about building goal-focused websites and creating a happy, nurturing working environment. They’re currently on the lookout for new talent to join their growing team, so get in touch with them if you’re looking for a new opportunity!

34SP.com

34SP.com is a WordPress hosting provider based in Manchester. Focused on exceptional service and support, the entire support team are trained in house, operating in the UK, 365 days a year. Founded in 2000, 34SP.com has been hosting WordPress accounts since WordPress launched in 2003. With the 2016 launch of their managed WordPress hosting platform, bringing high performance, reliability and security backed with great customer support they offer one of the UK’s most cost effective, fully-featured WordPress hosting solutions.

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Bluehost

Bluehost has been a WordPress partner since 2005 and powers over 1 million WordPress sites worldwide. Their objective is to help customers, whether novice or pro, create a thriving online presence at an affordable price. With a team of in-house tech experts available 24/7, Bluehost dedicates time and resources to providing the best support and services in the industry. Join millions of other site owners and see what Bluehost can do for you and your online presence.

GoDaddy

GoDaddy’s mission is to radically shift the global economy toward small businesses by empowering people to easily start, confidently grow and successfully run their own ventures. With more than 12 million customers worldwide and 57 million domain names under management, GoDaddy gives small business owners the tools to name their idea, build a beautiful online presence, attract customers and manage their business.

WP Engine

WP Engine is a leading SaaS content management platform for websites and applications built on WordPress. The company powers thousands of websites and apps built on the WordPress platform delivering a fast, reliable and secure web experience. All levels of users including bloggers, marketers, SMBs and large corporations rely on WP Engine’s managed WordPress hosting platform to keep their websites up and running. WP Engine currently powers sites and applications for more than 50,000 customers in nearly 133 different countries.

The company’s exceptional customer service team comprises rigorously-trained WordPress experts and is the fastest-growing WordPress support team in the industry. This award-winning support team specialises in quickly solving technical problems, and creating a world-class customer experience for its customers. Founded in 2010, WP Engine is headquartered in Austin, Texas and has offices in San Francisco and San Antonio, and launched the EMEA office in Tech City, London last year.

Heart Internet

Heart Internet is one of the UK’s leading web hosting and reseller hosting companies. Focusing on web designers, developers, and technically adept business customers, they provide reliable services to over 500,000 customers.

Building upon our four tenets of speed, reliability, support, and security, they create award-winning hosting solutions, winning the PC Pro Award for Best Web Hosting in 2013, 2014, and 2015 and the ISPAs Award for Best Shared Hosting in 2015.

As long as the internet continues to evolve, so will Heart Internet, always investing in their services and platforms to ensure they meet the ever-changing needs of their customers.

Brighton Pier

WPML

WPML turns WordPress websites multilingual. It works with caching, SEO and E-Commerce plugins, and allows the building of complete multilingual sites. WPML powers simple blogs as well as corporate and enterprise sites.
WPML allows users to translate everything in the site, including content, menus, widgets and even theme and plugin texts. WPML powers over 500,000 commercial websites from all over the world.

More information about going multilingual can be found at WPML.org

We are looking for talent. If you are a smart programmer you are welcome to contact us here: http://wpml.org/home/were-hiring/.

Make Do

Make Do are a full-stack design, development and support agency that have been building for the web since the 90’s. Specialising in WordPress development they’re not shy about sharing our love for the best CMS there is! Get in touch to drive your projects forward with their ever-growing WordPress team of experts.

Manifesto

Manifesto is an agency of creatives and technologists who collaborate with exceptional organisations to change things for the better.

They do this by understanding the needs of their clients and their customers, and by developing a shared understanding of how to create value.

Manifesto was founded in 2011 by three former colleagues who set out to create the company they wanted to work for.

Since then they’ve assembled a team of creative, passionate, innovative individuals who love working together and with their clients to create ideas, campaigns, products and services that drive positive change.

cplace networks

Creating digital experiences designed around your customers.

Founded on strategic thinking and client services excellence. At cplace networks, they’re passionate about creating journeys and experiences for your customers that not only look beautiful, but also function seamlessly. They help you achieve your goals with websites developed with real user feedback.

Human Made

Human Made is the crystallised deposit of an ancient open source volcano, crushed in the fiery crucible of enterprise content management for millions of years. Found in isolated deposits around the globe, these unique formations resonate at a fabulous range of harmonious frequencies, generating a complex field of incredible client projects, superb digital products, transcendent conferences, and game changing contributions to the WordPress open source project and ecosystem.

Ocasta Studios Ltd

Ocasta Studios are a full-service mobile studio based in Brighton. The team has been working exclusively on mobile optimised web experiences and app development for a number of years and take pride in delivering complete solutions, often built using WordPress. We believe there’s more to a service than great development. Ocasta Studios do the little bits often overlooked, such as creating your app listing on the app stores and monitoring app engagement, downloads and reviews.

Timpani

We’re excited to introduce you to Timpani: the UK’s new WordPress platform. Built by a team with over two decades of experience in the technologies that power WordPress, Timpani has created a coherent platform that prioritises simplicity, security, and elegance. They ensure you can get your WordPress instances up and running at the press of a button, make sure they’re kept up to date and backed up, and then get out of your way.