Every WordCamp I’ve organized has asked more of me than I expected. The logistics, the coordination, the late nights before the event — none of it is easy. And I keep coming back. Here’s why.
Where it started
I attended my first WordCamp in Nepal years ago as someone who was already working in WordPress but hadn’t found a community around it yet. The experience of being in a room with people who cared about the same things — who were generous with their knowledge and genuinely glad you were there — changed something for me.
I started contributing to WordPress.org in 2014. Organizing WordCamps felt like the natural extension of that: taking what I’d been given and helping build the thing that gave it.
What organizing actually does
When you run a WordCamp, you’re not just putting on an event. You’re creating a space where someone who’s just starting out can sit next to someone who’s been building on WordPress for fifteen years. Where a designer from Pokhara and a developer from Kathmandu find that they’re solving the same problems.
That connection is underrated. Some of the most useful things I’ve learned in my career didn’t come from documentation or courses — they came from conversations at WordCamps.
The Nepali dimension
Running events like these in Nepal carries a particular meaning. We’re part of a global open-source project, but the language, the context, the specific challenges of growing a digital career here — those things need local space to breathe.
When I help organize WordCamp Nepal, I’m also helping create a record: that this community exists here, that it’s serious and welcoming and worth investing in.
What it gives back
Organizing is exhausting and it’s one of the most rewarding things I do. Every time I see someone make a connection at an event, or speak for the first time, or leave with a clearer sense of what’s possible — I remember why I keep showing up.
The WordPress community built part of my career. Helping build it feels like the right use of what I’ve been given.
Sweta Shrestha
SEO & digital marketing specialist and long-time WordPress contributor based in Kathmandu, Nepal. Ten years in theme quality, now helping brands get found.