Sponsors

#WCTO Sponsors

This is the 10th Anniversary of WordCamp Toronto

Every year, the sponsors make #WCTO possible by providing funding, joining in the activities, and being terrific WordPress community members. This page is just one for us to say thank you for all their help and support.

 

Diamond

WP Engine

WP Engine

 

WP Engine powers amazing digital experiences for websites and applications built on WordPress. The company’s premium managed hosting platform provides the performance, reliability and security required by the biggest brands in the world, while remaining affordable and intuitive for smaller businesses and individuals. Companies of all sizes rely on WP Engine’s award-winning customer service team to quickly solve technical problems, and create a world-class customer experience. Founded in 2010, WP Engine is headquartered in Austin, Texas and has offices in San Francisco, California; San Antonio, Texas; London, England and Limerick, Ireland.

BoldGrid

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!

www.boldgrid.com

WooCommerce

WooCommerce

37% of all online stores are powered by WooCommerce. Built on WordPress, WooCommerce is a fully customizable, open source eCommerce solution.

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

Transform how you work with your WordPress sites and rest easy knowing they’re always firing on all cylinders. Jetpack connects your site to the global services, community, and support provided by WordPress.com so you can focus on the stuff that matters.

Jetpack automatically shields your site from the unwanted attention of spammers, hackers, and malware, while real-time sync and backup means you don’t have to worry about data loss. Straightforward traffic-building tools help you attract the attention of readers and search engines. Pages and videos are delivered at high speed from a global, ad-free content delivery network.

Jetpack sends new content directly to your subscribers’ inboxes and shows readers related content, helping you increase page views per visitor and boost ad revenue. Whenever you need it, you can rely on priority support from our global team of WordPress experts to ensure a friction-free experience for your visitors — and for you.

Make your site work for you. Get your Jetpack today at Jetpack.com

Bluehost

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.

Platinum

SiteGround

SiteGround

SiteGround, with over 12 years in the business, provides managed WordPress hosting that does not miss a thing! Their servers, available in 5 different data centers across the world, 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 domain name registration, email service, control panel and 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 Toronto, they want to further contribute to the amazing WordPress community.

GreenGeeks

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.

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

Hover

Hover

With hundreds of domain extensions, no heavy-handed upselling and best-in-class support, Hover makes it easy to spend less time on your domains and more time on your big idea.

GoDaddy

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.

A2 Hosting

A2 Hosting

Since 2003, A2 Hosting has specialized in linux-based, developer-friendly hosting. We cater to the WordPress community by offering robust servers and hosting accounts at an affordable cost. We back up our hosting with 24/7 support available by phone, ticket, or live chat.

A2 is active in the WordPress community – we dedicate a percentage of our development time to WordPress as part of the Five for the Future initiative, and we are active in many WordCamps.

KidsCamp

Carbon60 – KidsCamp Featured Sponsor

Carbon60 – KidsCamp Featured Sponsor

Businesses choose WordPress to drive engaging digital experiences because of its world-class publishing platform. Large and medium sized organizations choose Carbon60 to deliver ultimate availability, reliability, and security at enterprise scale to bring their WordPress websites to life.

Carbon60 is a boutique partner that provides deep 24/7 customer support. We become an extension of our customers’ technology teams, taking pride in ultimately making them successful. Our white-glove approach is ideal for customers across verticals including financial services, healthcare and public sector. We also work with agencies who need a WordPress hosting delivery partner they can rely on. Founded in 1999, Carbon60 serves the Canadian market as well as US and Europe with a technical team driven by a strong customer experience culture.

Gold

WPML

WPML
WPML turns WordPress websites multilingual. It works with caching, SEO and E-Commerce plugins, and allows the building of complete multilingual sites. WPML powers simple blogs as well as corporate and enterprise sites.

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/.

DreamHost

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

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.

Silver

Radix

Radix

Radix offers rich and memorable internet addresses that will host the next big idea, initiative, community, enterprise, killer app or viral sensation.

Radix has successfully launched 9 new domain extensions including .ONLINE, .TECH, .STORE, .SPACE, .FUN, .SITE, .PRESS, .HOST & .WEBSITE

Learn more at www.radix.website

Trew Knowledge Inc.

Trew Knowledge Inc.

Trew Knowledge is an award winning full service digital marketing agency, creating scalable digital solutions for the modern world. As a featured partner to WordPress.com VIP, Trew Knowledge delivers enterprise website solutions for some of the world’s largest leading brands and publishers.

With a strong team of WordPress Developers, UX/UI Designers, and placing Strategy at the core of what we do; Trew Knowledge delivers custom themes, plugins, e-commerce solutions, third-party system integrations, code reviews, and security audits.

In addition to our web development capabilities, Trew Knowledge is also a Premier Solution Partner to Gigya, the leader in Customer Identity & Access Management (cIAM). With the Gigya platform, organizations are able to connect with their audience and collect first party permission based data, turning unknown users into known and loyal engaged customers while providing customer insights with a complete 360 view of their users. Trew Knowledge is licensed to provide the technology, provide the full suite integration of Gigya’s platform and sustain the solution through strategic ongoing consultation at enterprise scale.

To learn more about how Trew Knowledge can help serve your business, or explore the capabilities of Gigya, visit www.trewknowledge.com

Bronze

WP Expert

WP Expert

Founded in 2011, WP Expert is a web agency based in Ottawa that builds your online presence using WordPress, a content management system driving more than 28% of all worldwide websites. We offer professional services for entrepreneurs from a simple online website to a much more multilingual e-commerce online store. We also provide all the support you need and offer a full suite of translation and editing services in English and French. https://wpexpert.ca

 

David Gilbert Voice Over

David Gilbert Voice Over

What can I help you with today?

As a professional voice over artist, I specialize in helping businesses and organizations with all of their voice over or narration needs.

Are you producing video/audio content for your customers or prospects? Corporate videos or trade show content? How about internal training or compliance modules or videos for your employees? Have a phone system that needs an update or on-hold messaging?

Or maybe you just build websites for clients and would like to offer an additional service to your best customers on an affiliate or referral basis?

Let me know how I can help! Visit www.davidgilbertvoiceover.com for more info. I’d be happy to provide you with a custom demo for any upcoming project at no charge.

wpTestDrive

wpTestDrive

Based on the simple idea of wanting to know how well a WordPress product performs BEFORE you pay for it, wpTestDrive allows WordPress users to quickly demo WordPress themes and plugins for free, BEFORE laying out cash.

WordPress now runs over 74.6 million websites – that’s 28.4% of all websites on the internet (source: W3Techs). Most of those users rely on themes and plugins to help them achieve the right website look and functionality. If those themes and plugins don’t work as expected, or conflict with each other some way, it can create frustration.

wpTestDrive Prevents Conflicts

wpTestDrive keeps conflicts from happening on your live site. Rather than being disappointed when a theme or plugin they purchased doesn’t perform as expected, users can take it for a one-click, admin-level, free TestDrive.

Currently, discovering how a WordPress product LOOKS is easy – that’s what a “Preview” is for. But without wpTestDrive, it’s difficult to evaluate and compare themes and plugins to see if they have the specific functionality a user needs.

wpTestDrive gives users an opportunity to “try-before-they-buy” to ensure a WordPress product PERFORMS as advertised

Users can make sure a theme isn’t missing vital features they want. wpTestDrive goes “beyond the Preview’ – it allows users to fully test themes and plugins with admin-level access before investing. It’s fast, easy, and free to set up, it takes less than 60 seconds to launch.

wpTestDrive Themes

Right now, there are over 60 themes currently available for wpTestDrive with new additions monthly. Theme developers include WordPress favourites like

  • Elegant Themes
  • StudioPress
  • Proteus Themes
  • ThemeIsle
  • aThemes
  • Create And Code
  • BrothersTheme

wpTestDrive Plugins

There are more than 10 popular plugins available for wpTestDrive including

  • Beaver Builder
  • Gravity Forms
  • Pretty Link Pro
  • Advanced Custom Fields Pro
  • Bloom
  • Divi Builder
  • Monarch, and
  • ET Shortcodes

Users can demo WordPress themes and plugins for up to 10 days. They get full access to a private playground with admin-level access. TestDrives stay active for 10 days for registered members or 24 hours for GuestDrives.

Finally, users can see how a WordPress product looks AND performs before purchase.

 

WPUP Inc.

WPUP Inc.

NexToronto Consulting Inc.

NexToronto Consulting Inc.

NexToronto specializes in WordPress Development, SEO and Internet Marketing. We provide a fully integrated approach for clients ranging from small businesses to large corporations establish & build a strong online presence.

We are absolutely WordPress junkies and have worked with the world’s favorite content management system for over 10 years. Our websites range from corporate websites, online communities, e-commerce stores and blogs across many different niches & industries.

We are dedicated to helping businesses grow and gain the competitive edge in their market place, reach their ideal customers and most importantly get a return on their investment.

We offer the following services:

  • -Website Consulting
  • -WordPress Development
  • -Site Fix & Maintenance
  • -WordPress Training
  • -Affiliate Marketing
  • -Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
  • -Social Media Marketing
  • -Content Marketing
  • -Pay-Per-Click Advertising (Google AdWords, Facebook Advertising) -e-commerce solutions
  • -and more!

Visit NexToronto WordPress Development & Internet Marketing online at www.nextoronto.com or give us a call at 416.893.3231.

Circus

Circus

Founded in 2004, circus started as an agency specializing in retail advertising, circus has matured into an integrated marketing communications firm servicing b2c and b2b clients.

We have deliberately sought out the best talent in strategic thinking, design, digital and social media. Whether we are developing a brand strategy or creating a marketing plan, our team delivers powerful ideas, outstanding design and a user experience that generates results.

Our clients include start-ups and national household names. We offer personal service and the agility to meet any deadline. We are collaborators. We collaborate with our clients and each other to create work that is meaningful and successful.

We are here to help you Outperform.

https://WeAreCircus.ca

Silver Maple Web

Silver Maple Web

Do you need help with code?

Are you a site owner, or designer who does most of the design and construction of WordPress sites but has a hard time with PHP, JavaScript or CSS? Contact Silver Maple Web for assistance with:

  • Custom WordPress plugins and themes
  • Custom JavaScript or CSS
  • Modifications to existing plugins and themes
  • Child themes
  • MySQL database coding

Do you need a theme that is distinctive and fast?

We code themes starting with the underscores.me theme. We can make it totally match your design, or provide you with a simple design that runs fast and doesn’t look like all the other sites out there.

What else do we do?

  • WordPress sites for small businesses
  • WooCommerce based e-commerce sites
  • WooCommerce customization

Who Are We?

We are a web development company located in London Ontario. We have been working with the web since 1996 and with WordPress since 2011. We specialize in PHP, Ruby, JavaScript and CSS programming and web design using various platforms with an emphasis on WordPress.

We sponsor the London Ontario WordPress group on meetup.com that meets on the last Tuesday of the month.

Search Boost Marketing

Search Boost Marketing

Search Boost Marketing

Search Boost Marketing is a online marketing agency based in Oakville, Ontario. We build websites using WordPress, one of the most seo friendly web design platforms in use today. We build business websites and focus on local rankings for businesses across the greater Toronto area. http://www.searchboostmarketing.com/

TrentaHost Inc.

TrentaHost Inc.

TrentaHost INC. is a webhosting provider specializing in DDOS Protection. Established in 2011 – TrentaHost INC. provides a wide range of DDoS Protected services such as Web Hosting, Virtual Private Servers, SSL’s & Dedicated Servers.

Created with two goals in mind, TrentaHost INC. has flourished it’s growth over the years providing services out of 3 datacenter locations; and once provided service out of 7 locations across the globe. The first goal is to provide all small business owners peace of mind and protection from competitors who use illegal modes and methods to take down services to better themselves – our complex system and combination of upstream filtration and hardware firewalls achieve this through a FREE 20Gbit DDoS Protection offered on all services.

The second goal is to provide all customers with today’s leading edge technology for the fraction of the cost, all while not compromising security, scalability and performance.

WordPress is a leading web design tool used by the majority of small business owners on the market. TrentaHost INC. is proud to help our new and upcoming businesses with a space to host their website and install WordPress with a click of a button. Our webhosting servers that house the majority of our customer’s WordPress websites operate on state of the art SSD’s, Litespeed, CloudLinux, Regular Backups, FREE SSL & 20Gbps of DDOS Protection.

Join the millions of users using WordPress and choose TrentaHost INC.  as your next hosting service provider.

The Canadian Heroes Foundation

The Canadian Heroes Foundation

The Canadian Heroes Foundation is a Registered Not for Profit organization and is about creating awareness and support for our Front Line Responders, our Fallen Heroes and their families. It is also a tribute to those who have served in the Past, Present and Future.

Kobayashi Online

Crowdlinker

Crowdlinker

Crowdlinker is a full-service digital agency, specializing in the design and development of web and mobile applications, as well as SEO and Digital Marketing. Our clients include large startups such as League and Top Hat, as well as established companies such as Woodbine Entertainment Group and DHX Media. We are experts in WordPress Development with Flexible Layouts and cross-platform mobile development using React Native.

Uncanny Owl

Uncanny Owl

At Uncanny Owl, we build eLearning plugins and platforms powered by WordPress.   Our add-ons and customizations power over 7,000 WordPress eLearning sites and we recently launched Uncanny LP, the first hosted learning platform built with LearnDash.  We are the only vendor to bring advanced LMS (Learning Management System) capabilities like SCORM and Tin Can support inside WordPress, helping make WordPress a more flexible and lower-cost alternative to traditional LMS solutions.  Our products and consulting services have helped hundreds of companies monetize their expertise by selling and delivering courses to audiences online.  That’s why we’re the first choice when organizations need complex and unique features for their WordPress eLearning sites.

Interested in sponsoring WordCamp this year?

Check out our Call for Sponsors post for details on how you can help make this year’s WordCamp the best it can be!

WordCamp Toronto 2017 is over. Check out the next edition!