A HUGE thank you to our sponsors. Because of you, we all enjoy the most robust and enthusiastic web development and support community on the planet.
St. Johns ($2000)
BoldGrid
BoldGrid is a website builder powered by WordPress. It is a free set of WordPress plugins, themes, and other content that allows site creation and management similar to non-WordPress website builders. By placing WordPress more in line with DIY site builder solutions on the market, our mission is not only to make WordPress more accessible and easy for beginners to utilize, but also automate and streamline typical WordPress tasks to provide a fast, creator-friendly platform that even web professionals will appreciate.
Experience WordPress as a website builder, including: free pre-built themes, drag and drop editing, integrated image banks, simplified photo editing, built-in staging, automated backups, and so much more.
BoldGrid will have you creating professional looking WordPress sites in minutes!
WooCommerce
37% of all online stores are powered by WooCommerce. Built on WordPress, WooCommerce is a fully customizable, open source eCommerce solution.
- 1+ million active installations
- 16+ million downloads
- 400+ extensions to add functionality
Whether you’re selling a few handcrafted items to a niche market, taking an existing business online, or going global with an enterprise level eCommerce business – WooCommerce will get you set up and selling fast and scale securely as you grow. Plus your content will be forever yours and customizable down to the finest button color.
Developed and supported by a distributed team, WooCommerce is powered by Automattic, the creators of WordPress.com.
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.
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.
DreamHost
Since 1997 DreamHost has helped individuals, small businesses, entrepreneurs and developers the world over bring their dreams to life on the Internet. From domain registrations to traditional web hosting and highly-optimized managed WordPress hosting, more than 400,000 customers trust DreamHost to be their online home. DreamHost supports the WordPress project and community with dedicated resources and a passionate team. Packed with excellent value, DreamHost is a great place to launch a blog, website, or online application into the stratosphere! Learn more at www.DreamHost.com
SiteLock
Currently protecting more than one million WordPress sites, SiteLock delivers a patented 360-degree website security solution to find, fix and prevent malware and other threats from affecting websites and their visitors. Services include automatic malware scanning and removal, an advanced web application firewall, static application security testing, PCI compliance and website acceleration powered by a global CDN. SiteLock offers phone, email and chat support, 24/7/365. With SiteLock, you can focus on what’s most important—your business, your passion, your word.
Pantheon
Pantheon puts the power of the Internet in the hands of developers and DevOps teams, delivering rock solid hosting along with the most complete platform for professional website creation. We’ve built the world’s best website management platform—one that gives web teams all of the developer tools, hosting, scaling, performance, workflow, and automation they need to build the best websites in the world. Pantheon powers 150,000 websites, serving billions of page views per month.
For more information, visit www.pantheon.io.
Hawthorne ($1000)
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.
Tilikum ($500)
WPML
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/.
Gameflow Interactive
Gameflow Interactive is a Portland-based WordPress agency that partners with cultural organizations and creative entrepreneurs to activate their audience using story-driven and game-mechanic-infused customer journeys. Gameflow’s WordPress plugin Groundplan is a powerful event management and responsive calendar tool that integrates with ticketing & CRM systems, supports multi-venue and touring companies, and showcases the talent and content of museums, performing arts, and film festivals.
SiteGround
SiteGround, with over 13 years in the business, provides managed WordPress hosting that does not miss a thing! Their servers, available in 5 data centers on 3 continents, are optimized for ultimate WordPress speed and security and they provide many goodies for the WordPress fans – automatic updates for the core WordPress and its plugins, WordPress SuperCacher for ultimate speed acceleration, staging tool for the coders and unique WordPress autoinstaller for the starting users – all crafted in-house by the SiteGround team. And still they do not forget the importance of the good old standard hosting features like the domain name registration, the email service, control panel and the reasonable pricing. They also have a support team that is not only available 24/7 by phone, chat and ticketing, but consists of WordPress enthusiasts who will help you with specific WordPress issues. SiteGround has been actively involved with the community speaking, supporting and attending various WordCamps around the world and by sponsoring WordCamp Portland, they want to further contribute to the amazing WordPress community.
City Ranked Media, Inc.
City Ranked Media focuses on delivering measurable ROI to its customers through out-of-the-box thinking utilizing SEO, CRO, and WordPress. City Ranked’s customers enjoy a completely transparent digital marketing model that focuses on delivering measurable results that help their business grow. City Ranked Media provides: Web Design, SEO, CRO, SEM, SMM, E-Commerce, Native App Development, Photography and Video.
Steel ($250)
IvyCat
IvyCat is a WordPress development and consulting agency that creates powerful WordPress, WooCommerce, and BuddyPress sites focused on e-commerce, event management, and membership.
IvyCat also provides on-going WordPress maintenance, monitoring, support, and conversion consulting services; all focused on helping clients grow and succeed without the headaches and stress of doing it alone.
CHIEF
CHIEF is a minority- and woman-owned full-service agency with more than 30 years experience driving high-impact brand, technology and communication solutions. Our team of 120+ integrated experts span across strategy, creative and development teams, working together to connect constituents, build loyalty and create new possibility through targeted and enterprise level engagements. CHIEF is consistently recognized as a top creative firm by the Washington Business Journal, most recently winning multiple awards for the National Park Foundation website design and development.
GreenGeeks
GreenGeeks is an independently owned and operated green web hosting provider since 2008.
We specialize in managed WordPress hosting making deploying & managing WordPress websites on our platform easy with automatic 1-click install, managed updates, enhanced security, SSD RAID-10 storage arrays + advanced caching for blazing fast performance, choice of 3 data centers and 24/7 expert support.
GreenGeeks is actively engaged within the WordPress community and is a proud sponsor to various WordCamps around the world.
Sticker Giant
StickerGiant.com LLC is a promotional sticker and product label company based in Longmont, Colorado. StickerGiant was a startup business in 2000 selling retail stickers. Over the years, we have become the go-to custom sticker and label experts for businesses. We strive to provide the best customer service and sticker support in the world.
As we love to say:
Peel it, stick it, and share your story with the world. Every sticker has a story.
Rocket Lift
A technical partner for impactful organizations, Rocket Lift supports businesses with super-custom web design & development, integrated digital marketing, and technical risk management.
rocketlift.com
Burnside ($100)
Consistent Image Web Design – CIWD
Consistent Image Web Design is a Portland web design company specializing in custom WordPress websites for small to medium sized businesses and non-profits. We have been in business for 18+ years and are experienced and reliable. We also help companies with SEO, social media, content blogging and web videos. Please check out our portfolio and testimonials.
NedSpace
NedSpace offers an 11th story downtown location, located in the Union Bank Tower. The space offers conference rooms, meeting spaces, a lounge with projector, open desk areas, private desk areas, and private offices. There is a large communal kitchen — coffee, tea, filtered water, etc. all included with membership, of course. Member amenities also include: wifi, printing (no hidden fees), community events, networking, locked bike storage, secure elevator access 24/7, showers, and cable in the lounge.
Guardian Games
Guardian Games is Portland’s Grandest Game Store! At over 10,000 square feet, Guardian has the games you want to play and the space to play them. Board games, collectible card games, D&D, miniatures, puzzles, LEGO, and more! Plus beers on tap, events and tournaments every night of the week, and hundreds of demo games to play for free. Finding us is half the adventure, we provide the rest!