Group photos

WordCamp Sofia attendees & Organizers + Volunteers. The last photo is missing some of the volunteers who had to leave earlier.

With the Contributor Day also over, I think I can go back to posting cat photos and book reviews.

WordCamp Sofia 2026

That was it, most of the WordCamp is over. Tomorrow is the Contributor Day, when we traditionally gather together to do small contributor tasks. For me, that’s usually translations and validation.

2 halls, 19 speakers, 300+ attendees who showed up (the exact number will remain unknown). Over 100 people stayed for the closing remarks. We had the latest check-in in the recorded history (under my watch), after 17:00. Food was good, coffee was good, snacks were plentiful. It was a lot more a web-in-the-AI-era conference than a WordPress one but this is what the speakers wanted to talk about. The team was strong and positive, true pleasure to work with.

A large amount of volunteer work was done by 3 teenagers from different schools, whose parents were organizers or speakers. I’m very thankful to have had the chance to work with them. Bright young people.

On top of being the lead of the Volunteers team, I was also responsible for a large pile of tote bags, that were Jetpack’s swag. I managed to get all of the tote bags picked up. I couldn’t do the same with our Jetpack stickers. Tote bags good, stickers – boo.

The venue for WordCamp Sofia 2026

WordCamp Sofia is next week, October 24th. The main hall is 6. The entrance is from the back and confused everyone last year, especially given that in the early morning, almost all other doors will be closed.

This is NDK’s front, main entrance. Our event is not that big to use it 🙂

And this is where we are going to be:

The main entry will be the door where the cyclist is.

Going from the front to the back is easier on the west side, as the east looks like this:

The alley is fine, just a hundred meters longer because of the architectural choices to make all these underpasses everywhere.

In case you’re still wondering if you should come, this is the tickets page. We still have tickets. Welcome!