Milana Cap

WordPress engineer @ XWP

Novi Sad, Serbia

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Milana Cap is a WordPress engineer at XWP, freelance WordPress engineer at Toptal, WordPress Documentation Team representative, and Documentation Focus lead for WordPress 5.8 and co-lead for WordPress 5.9, 6.0, 6.1, and 6.2 release cycles.

She helped organise some of the largest WordPress conferences, WordCamp Europe 2018 and 2019, focusing on Contributor Days.

Being a single mum in Serbia, she developed the superpower of fighting the odds. Easily bribed with dark chocolate and a nice piece of bacon.

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Information & Communications Technology

WordPress gems for devs: fresh new features you'll actually want to use

The latest WordPress editions bring some real treats for developers. We'll look closer at the innovative HTML and Interactivity APIs as the most significant game changers in today’s WordPress development, with a splash of WP-CLI magic for faster, more fun development.

There might be a surprise or two.

Lure them contributors with cookies and colourful balloons

Open source plays a crucial role in today's technology landscape, yet certain aspects of it rely heavily on the availability of individual contributors. Besides new perspectives and ideas, which are highly valued in the community, we also need more support and participation.

However, the process of getting involved and making one's first contribution can be daunting for many individuals. This talk is not for them.

This talk is for you, who spent years in open source projects and what you can do to help newcomers find their happy path to their first contributions.

So, what you’re gonna need is cookies and colourful balloons...

Alias WP-CLI

Everybody knows that WP-CLI makes you the most powerful person on the server. But did you know you can be the most powerful person on a remote server without ever logging into the server?

Alias is not yet another WP-CLI command. Alias is your best friend, the one who knows all your passwords. If CLI tools make you smart because your work is fast and efficient, the alias will make you a sorcerer because it will feel like magic. Ready?

WordPress through the terminal

Remember the famous “5-minute installation” process for installing WordPress? Let’s see what WP-CLI can do in 5 minutes and everything else that can happen in the terminal in 40 minutes. We might actually make WordPress instances more secure - or break them.

This is not your usual presentation talk. This is a live terminal commanding, SSHing your WordPress administration and development, and releasing the Kraken or two. Is it dangerous? Yes. Will we make errors? Most likely. But can we fix them? There's only one way to find out.

WP-CLI for PHP developers

When was the last time you tested code in production? Your own website doesn’t count.

Conversations with the Terminal, or WP-CLI for PHP developers, is the sequel of WordPress through the Terminal talk, focusing on a set of commands and tools useful for PHP developers.

This is not just a live demo of WP-CLI commands. This is zooming out and seeing WP-CLI in collaboration with other tools in the context of PHP developer needs and everyday tasks. We’ll probably release the Kraken as well.

WordPress gems for devs: Interactivity API

Drawing inspiration from Symfony’s Live components, this API is built for speed, extensibility, and server-side rendering and is tailored to seamlessly integrate with the WordPress ecosystem.

Whether you're a seasoned developer or a WordPress enthusiast, this talk will empower you to create dynamic, interactive user experiences with ease and clarity. Showcasing fresh new features in real-life examples during a live coding session, who knows what we might end up with by the end of it. But you’ll definitely want to build it yourself.

WordPress gems for devs: HTML API

Meet the WP_HTML_Tag_Processor and its powerful sibling, WP_HTML_Processor, two transformative tools in WordPress's new HTML API. You’ll discover how they streamline HTML manipulation in PHP, replacing error-prone regexes and even clunky JavaScript solutions with a fast, efficient, and spec-compliant approach.

This session will help you improve your development workflows and address long-standing challenges in HTML handling through real-life examples during a live coding session.

WordCamp Europe 2025

WordPress gems for devs: Interactivity API

June 2025 Basel, Switzerland

IPC Berlin 2025

WordPress gems for devs: Interactivity API,
WordPress Gems for Devs: HTML API

June 2025 Berlin, Germany

Codemotion Madrid 2025 Sessionize Event

May 2025 Madrid, Spain

phpday 2024 Sessionize Event

May 2024 Verona, Italy

Bulgaria Web Summit 2018

WordPress REST API when you're not WordPress developer

April 2018 Sofia, Bulgaria

Milana Cap

WordPress engineer @ XWP

Novi Sad, Serbia

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Bulgaria Web Summit 2018

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