WordCamp US 2026 Publishes Schedule With  🔗 **Source:** [WordCamp US 2026 Publishes Schedule With](https://www.therepository.email/wordcamp-us-2026-publishes-schedule-with-expanded-ai-programming-and-new-beginner-track) 📄 **Full text:** [[Full Document Contents/Articles/WordCamp US 2026 Publishes Schedule With.md|WordCamp US 2026 Publishes Schedule With by therepository.email]] ## Highlights - AI was one of three tracks at [WCUS 2025 in Portland](https://www.therepository.email/wordcamp-us-2025-wraps-in-portland-ai-demos-student-programs-and-whats-next-for-wordpress), but the Phoenix program expands it considerably. At least 18 sessions across the schedule are AI-focused or AI-adjacent, making it the largest AI showing at a flagship WordCamp to date. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01ky2p1ca9gvg504jgb34v7g2t)) - Note: Headline fact: 18+ AI-focused sessions at WCUS 2026 Phoenix — the largest AI showing at a flagship WordCamp yet. - Tags: atom/literature/h1 - A new WP101 beginner track will run across all four days, transitioning to “WordPress 202” on Wednesday. It’s not clear yet who will be running beginner sessions or what they will involve. In a [previous interview](https://www.therepository.email/inside-wordcamp-us-2026-lead-organizers-on-hitting-reset-adding-a-new-beginner-track-and-beating-the-phoenix-heat) with *The Repository*, co-leads Megan Marcel and Raquel Manriquez said the track was designed to attract newcomers to the WordPress community, particularly students from nearby Arizona State University. Marcel said the aim was for attendees to “walk in with nothing and leave with a portfolio site in a day.” ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01ky2p1kva6pmjewser6s41847)) - Note: New WP101 beginner track (→ WP202) targeting students/newcomers — "walk in with nothing, leave with a portfolio site in a day." Training-team relevant. - Tags: atom/literature/h1 - WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg has historically given the closing keynote at flagship WordCamps, and the Wednesday afternoon slot — the longest on the schedule at a full hour with closing remarks immediately after — coincides with the [scheduled release date](https://www.therepository.email/wordpress-7-1-planning-kicks-off-with-august-19-release-date-during-wordcamp-us) for WordPress 7.1. Marcel said the team was “working on a few ideas with the WordPress 7.1 release leads for a launch moment during the event.” ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01ky2p1wvgyzrrese7ce2g5ftr)) - Note: WP 7.1 release date coincides with WCUS 2026 — a planned "launch moment" during the event. Ties to your WP 7.1 testing work. - Tags: atom/literature/h2