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Hey @webafrica - why do you make it so difficult to cancel a service with you? Constantly rooting through “support agents”.
Cancelling should be the push of one button! Ridiculous! Let’s get this sorted… illegal to not be able to cancel!
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What happens when you review 1,000+ @WooCommerce extensions? You learn why most fail. 🛠️
Ex-Woo CTO @mattyza (Matt Cohen) joins @GowithWP to break down why you need to drop the AI bloat and focus on ONE core feature.
📺 Watch: youtube.com/watch?v=vP8LTE4t…
#WooCommerce #WordPress
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Three of the WP Product Talk co-hosts had a wonderful time at #CheckoutSummit, although we did miss our other co-host @zackkatz 😢 (although based on this photo, it looks more like @ianmisner wanted to beat him up for not coming...)
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This is looking SO good. Modernises the WooCommerce products list and allows quick/bulk editing in a much nicer UI. See that little chevron as well? 👀
github.com/woocommerce/wooco…
Looking forward for feedback!
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The Saturday lunch squad!
#CheckoutSummit
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Patrick Rauland presented “An Apples-to-Apples Look at WooCommerce vs. Shopify After a Large-Scale Migration” #checkoutsummit
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For a long time I’ve felt that @WooCommerce doesn’t get the love or attention it deserves, given what a big proportion of the world’s ecommerce sites it powers. #CheckoutSummit feels like it’s changing that, thanks to @rmelogli. It has been truly energising to be in the same room as so many of the top minds in WooCommerce, all talking about how to bring it to its full potential.
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I've taken some photos at #CheckoutSummit but the all suck. Instead, thanks a ton to @roandevries for taking these amazing shots that show you how unique and inspiring this conference really is.
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Enlightening talk by @mattyza. Where he masterfully explains why most WooCommerce plugins fail and what successful ones do differently. He reviewed around a 1000 plugins.
Matt also has the greatest slides!
FOMO? Yeah. I understand. But… You can watch this talk online by attending #CheckoutSummit Reloaded, in two weeks: checkoutsummit.com/reloaded/

ALT Photo taken at a conference session showing a presenter standing beside a large projection screen. The slide is titled “Story time.” and shows a cluttered, overwhelming checkout form filled with repeated labels like “Toggle X, Input Y, Value Z, Checkbox A, Toggle, Duplication?” alongside a cartoon of a man holding his head in frustration next to a dollar sign and an illustration of a busy kitchen or shop interior.
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#CheckoutSummit is officially kicking off! Rodolfo's brain child and hard work are already paying off well.
I’m excited to be speaking at the first ever Checkout Summit, and to meeting @rmelogli in person at last.
If you’ve not yet got your ticket, book your ticket today and join us in Palermo! #RoadToCheckoutSummit
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Time to announce another speaker—and this one brings serious WooCommerce history with him!
I never had the chance to meet @mattyza in person… but that’s about to change 🙂
Matt was WooCommerce employee number 8 and spent 14 years helping shape the ecosystem, mostly through the WooCommerce Marketplace—reviewing extensions, guiding developers, and helping merchants find tools they could trust.
Now he’s flying all the way from South Africa to join us, share what he’s learned, and finally meet the people he’s supported for years.
His talk, “What I’ve Learned from Reviewing Over 1,000 WooCommerce Extensions”, comes with a clear takeaway:
most plugins fail not because they’re badly coded—but because they try to do too much.
He’ll break down what actually works, why strong defaults beat endless settings, why users must see value in minutes, and why great marketing talks about outcomes—not features.
If you build plugins, products, or tools in the Woo ecosystem, this is the kind of talk you’ll want to attend (and remember—no recordings and no livestream... if you want insights like these, you need to be in the room 😉).
See you in Palermo, Matt!
P.S. Find all the speakers and some of the announced talks here: checkoutsummit.com/speakers/
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Big milestone unlocked: the Checkout Summit 2026 speaker lineup is officially complete: checkoutsummit.com/cheers-to…
All speakers are now confirmed and locked in. Over the next days I’ll be announcing each of them individually with their talk titles and outlines—but for now I’m just enjoying this moment and mentally archiving this massive task so I can focus on what’s left: tickets, sponsors, logistics, and all the final moving parts.
One spoiler: @Wise isn’t just sponsoring—they’ll also be on stage (with Cathy Chen) talking about their brand-new entry into the WordPress/WooCommerce world 🔥
Also joining the stage (some of them have already been shared here): James Kemp @jamesckemp, Maciek Palmowski @palmiak_fp, Matt Cohen @mattyza, and Andrea Cardinali @andreacardinali (who’ll proudly represent Italy and prove we can run tech talks in English too 😄)
Now back to reality:
- calling printers who ghost quotes
- nudging sponsors who are “still deciding”
- reminding people about the Feb 28 hotel deadline
- sprinting for two more weeks to sell the remaining tickets
Nothing about this is easy, but motivation is (still) high—and sanity is (still) intact.
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Until your product hits the real world, everything is theory. Most startups die waiting for a plan to be proven. Feedback lives in the reaction, not the roadmap.
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Enabling AI-Powered WordPress Development with WP-CLI and the Model Context Protocol (MCP) - my #CloudFest Hackathon recap
pascalbirchler.com/wordpress…
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Today, @WooCommerce launched a snazzy new look to match the exciting changes we’re making to our product strategy.
This new era of Woo will touch everything: from core WooCommerce architecture to user experience to our brand identity.
Read more about it: woocommerce.com/posts/introd…
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Introducing the new Woo. 🤝
We’ve been evolving our brand identity to keep pace with our new product vision. Woo got a glow-up, and it feels so right.
Allow @tamaraniesen to formally introduce you: woocommerce.com/posts/introd…


























