Sponsors

The generous financial support of our sponsors makes WordCamp DC possible, and keeps ticket prices low for an inclusive event. Be sure to thank these fine companies when you see them.

Interested in sponsoring WordCamp this year? Check out our Call for Sponsors page for details on how you can help make this year’s WordCamp the best it can be!

Federal sponsors

  • Bluehost

    Bluehost has been a WordPress partner since 2005, and powers over 2 million websites across the world with reliable hosting and personalized guidance. By leveraging the power of WordPress, Bluehost provides the fast website creation methods coupled with intuitive management tools. From secure automated WordPress installations to advanced marketing tools and services, and access to specialized WordPress experts, Bluehost is the best place to build, grow, and scale an online presence.

  • GoDaddy

    GoDaddy Pro offers a robust suite of free tools to web developers & designers to help them save time managing all their clients and sites. With GoDaddy Pro, you can easily shop for your client, monitor their sites, and manage all their WordPress websites from one place. Exclusive time-saving tools let you update WordPress core, plugins and themes with one click, as well as automate WordPress backups, cloning and migrations. Get real-time performance, security and uptime monitoring across all your websites. Additionally, your free membership includes advanced 24/7 technical support.

    When you pair GoDaddy Pro with GoDaddy hosting products, the benefits are even greater.

    Check out the Free Tools

  • Jetpack

    Jetpack is a powerful collection of security and performance tools made for WordPress sites by the WordPress experts.

    • Proven security tools keep your site backed up, online, and hack-free.
    • Fast-loading pages mean happier visitors.
    • Everything in a single package — so you can focus on your business.

    Learn how Jetpack helps you secure and speed up your site at jetpack.com.

  • WooCommerce

    WooCommerce is the most customizable eCommerce platform to build exactly the store you want. From physical products to digital downloads, services, and subscriptions, sell worldwide with the freedom of WordPress. WooCommerce is developed and supported by a distributed team at Automattic, creators of Jetpack and WordPress.com. For more go to WooCommerce.com.

District sponsors

  • Cornershop Creative

    Cornershop Creative is an award-winning online services company committed to listening carefully to our nonprofit organizations, political candidates, and small business clients. We’re all about helping organizations make the most of the web. Whether your goals are in website design, fundraising, advocacy, sales, or engagement, our team has the technical experience to make it happen… and the communication skills to make it fun!

  • GreenGeeks

    GreenGeeks is an independently owned and operated hosting provider.

    Our specially engineered platform offers WordPress users web hosting that is designed for the fastest, most secure and scalable hosting available in multiple data centers. Our WordPress hosting makes deploying and managing WordPress websites easy with automatic 1-click install, managed updates, real-time security protection, automatic install/renewal of Let’s Encrypt Wildcard Certificates, SSD RAID-10, storage arrays, PowerCacher and expert 24/7 support to make for the best web hosting experience.

    Since our launch in 2008, GreenGeeks has been the industry’s leading eco-friendly web hosting provider putting back 3 times the power we consume into the grid in the form of renewable energy. We are based out of Los Angeles, California with a global workforce that provides a better web hosting experience to customers from over 150 countries.

    GreenGeeks is actively engaged within the WordPress community and is a proud sponsor to various WordCamps around the world.

    Twitter Handle: @goGreenGeeks
    Facebook Link: https://www.facebook.com/greengeeks

  • Liquid Web

    Experience Managed WordPress from Nexcess, a member of the Liquid Web Family of Brands. When digital professionals want to optimize site performance, increase security, and scale to grow with the best support in the industry and access to the latest technology stack, they choose us. For 20 years we’ve provided agencies with the ability to deliver the outstanding experience their clients expect. Built on the four pillars of speed, security, scalability, and service, our solutions are designed to help every website realize its potential. Visit Nexcess.net today to get started.

  • WP Engine

    WP Engine is the WordPress technology company that provides the most relied upon and trusted brands and developer-centric products in WordPress, including WP Engine, Flywheel, Local by Flywheel, StudioPress and Genesis Framework. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, WP Engine provides WordPress solutions for 130,000 companies and agencies of all sizes through more than 900 employees in seven offices across four countries.

  • YITH

    YITH is the first and fully independent platform for the sale of plugins for WooCommerce, a constantly growing company that’s been a leader in the field for years now.

    The framework that we have strengthened through the years allows us to grant the full compatibility among all the plugins we design. Many of them, if combined together, offer additional features just thanks to the use of this common framework.

    Those who purchase one of the YITH products are never considered a number, but real people with a name, a story and specific needs to which we offer all our attention.

    That also allows making the difference for the quality of the support service we give to all our customers on a daily basis.

    Choosing a unique author for all the plugins you need in your e-commerce shop grants you steadiness, compatibility, and no risk. YITH is here today. And tomorrow too.

Ward sponsors

  • DC Dev Shop

    DC Dev Shop is a website design, development and inbound marketing agency located in Washington, D.C. Focusing on WordPress, they work with brands to attract and retain clients leveraging web technologies and inbound marketing methodologies. They also offer hosting and maintenance care plans for WordPress powered websites.

    They work with a diverse group of clients including small business owners, non-profits, and startups. They organize the Washington, D.C. HubSpot User Group. Be sure to read some of their most recent articles about digital marketing podcasts, launching a website checklist, and best software design tools.

    Learn more about how they build websites or schedule a time to talk about your next project.

  • Jake Group

    The Jake Group is a creative marketing agency located in Washington, DC. Offering a full-service approach to branding and high-impact web design, we specialize in custom WordPress implementations for professional services and non-profit organizations. 

    Aside from our jaunty name, we are known for our innovative, integrated approach to digital marketing. Since 2002, we have designed and built over 250 custom websites, and nearly 500 clients have relied on us for building their online brand. Where we’re small in size, we’re big in experience. Some of our most notable clients include Shakespeare Theatre Company, The Aspen Institute, Colonial Parking, FOX Architects, Entertainment Software Assocation, The Solar Foundation, Pacific Standard Magazine, Albright Stonebridge Group, and more. 

  • Kinsta

    Kinsta takes managed WordPress hosting and performance to the next level. Powered by Google Cloud Platform and their lightning-fast “premium tier” network, WordPress users can choose from 20+ data centers around the globe. They host all types of sites, from small blogs up to Fortune 500 customers.

    Their auto-scaling and container technology allow for complete isolation of resources, ensuring your business stays online during traffic surges and is secured like Fort Knox. You’ll have peace of mind with their hack fix guarantee. Need help? They offer 24/7 support 365 days a year from their team of expert WordPress engineers.

    Kinsta is proud to be developer-friendly offering support for complex installations such as Bedrock, reverse-proxy configurations, with access to tools such as SSH and WP-CLI on all plans.

    Get started today at kinsta.com. Their team will migrate you for free!

  • Publir

    Good writing should pay well!

    Publir builds resilient software and services that help creators monetize their content on the open web. Our solutions help websites optimize revenues in the programmatic advertising market, create recurring subscription earnings and enable direct support via fundraisers so fans of the site can give. We work with dozens of America’s most prominent News, Politics, Sports and Technology publications. The common thread among our clients is an obsessive focus on content and audience engagement.

    Want to put your website to work? Contact us to get started!

  • WP Buffs

    WP Buffs is a DC-based world-wide team that manages WordPress websites 24/7. They work directly with serious website owners and help agencies and freelancers offer their own 24/7 site management to clients through the Buffs’ white-label program. Whether you’re looking after 1 site or 1000, they’ve got your back! Oh, and they’re hiring!

    They’re so obsessed with care plans, they teach the course on it! They launched WPMRR where they teach a whole video course to agencies and freelancers on how to implement, sell and execute website care plans. Their goal is to help you get in the game of ongoing WordPress support and be twice as successful as them in half the time.

    Or there’s the WPMRR WordPress podcast all about helping WP professionals make more monthly recurring revenue and grow a more comfortable, successful business.

    If you ever want to chat with the Buffs, no sweat. Feel free to jump into livechat or book a private call. Bufftastic!

  • Yoast

    Washington D.C. is absolutely famous for its many museums. They will teach you about the history of space, arts, research, sculptures and many more topics. You’ll be able to spend days learning about things of the past. Obviously, you won’t be able to find anything about Yoast SEO there. There are two good reasons for that.

    First, while Yoast SEO has an amazing history (have we ever told you how Joost de Valk started the company in his attic?), it’s very up-to-date and current. In fact, we release a new version of Yoast SEO Premium every other week! And how about our Yoast SEO Academy courses? They’re here to teach you about the current state of SEO and its future, on many topics.

    And the second reason you won’t find Yoast in a museum in D.C. is that WordCamp DC is the place to be! You shouldn’t spend your time in the city looking at the past. Come visit WordCamp DC and be part of the future of WordPress!

Local Heroes

R3C Creations designs and builds beautiful WordPress websites, including ecommerce and membership functionality. Based in Northern Virginia with over 10 years’ experience.

Start publishing in minutes with EasyWP. Powered by Namecheap, this managed hosting service offers true cloud technology optimized for WordPress websites. Connect any domain, create backups, and get access to your files with SFTP. 

FulfillmentServiceReviews is an online service company committed to helping small business clients simplify order fulfillment. Based in central Virginia, we can help online stores grow by outsourcing all or part of their order fulfillment operations.

Web Ventures, based out of Virginia Beach, VA is the investment arm of InMotion Hosting, Inc. If you operate a WordPress-based business and want to know how we can help, please reach out!

Build, Grow and Manage WordPress Websites. BoldGrid‘s integrated ecosystem of plugins, themes and services makes building and managing WordPress websites. All built and maintained by our local team in Virgina Beach, VA.

BeeDragon provides a full range of web design, development, hosting, and maintenance services. With 25 years of experience, and based in Baltimore, MD, BeeDragon specializes in custom WordPress development for businesses, individuals, and nonprofit organizations.