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title: WordCamp Asia 2025
description: WordCamp Asia 2025 united over 1,700 WordPress enthusiasts in Manila, showcasing creativity, community, and the evolving role of AI in the platform.
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summary: WordCamp Asia 2025 united over 1,700 WordPress enthusiasts in Manila, showcasing creativity, community, and the evolving role of AI in the platform.
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After a 25-hour journey to Manila, Philippines for [WordCamp Asia 2025](https://asia.wordcamp.org/2025/), I quickly found myself immersed among passionate WordPress enthusiasts. As Asia’s flagship WordCamp, the conference drew over 1,700 attendees from 70+ countries.

Very cool.

[Matías](https://x.com/matias_ventura) set the tone with a [keynote](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Zgv2q5NHBA&list=PL1pJFUVKQ7ET119A4Gb2bBfRFYSEbJlDB&index=9) reflecting WordPress’s next chapter—balancing innovation with its founding principles and exploring AI’s role in its evolution. And I particularly enjoyed [Jamie’s](https://x.com/pootlepress) [Speed Build Challenge](https://www.youtube.com/live/2yrL786f4rc?si=WncYA7xXjE4PJVJ5&t=15696) brining these ideas to life, as [Jessica](https://x.com/jessicalyschik?s=21) assembled a creative website homepage with blocks, while [Nick](https://x.com/nickmdiego) showed us how to build a [bespoke hero block](https://x.com/nickmdiego/status/1893196139559620845) with Cursor. There were quite a few good talks—[watch them](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1pJFUVKQ7ET119A4Gb2bBfRFYSEbJlDB).

Between sessions, Manila revealed itself through small moments: a plate of adobo shared with new friends, conversations about AI over halo-halo, and a once-in-a-lifetime fireworks display from the [Philippine International Pyromusical Competition](https://www.instagram.com/pyromusicalph/?hl=en).

These moments captured the WordPress community I know—not the one portrayed in heated online discussions that farm engagement, but people sharing ideas and building connections that transcend avatars. These authentic interactions remind me [why WordPress](/why-wordpress/) powers so much of the web: it’s a platform that brings people together.

As I boarded my return flight, exhausted but inspired, I saw WordCamp Asia for what it truly was—not just a technical conference, but the heart of WordPress beating through its diverse, welcoming, and endlessly creative community.

Also, apparently [I have a knack for Kendama](https://x.com/wittwitsan/status/1893194723994558871).

See you next year in [Mumbai](https://asia.wordcamp.org/2026/).

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