Wordcamp Asia 2026: Dates, Venue, and What’s New
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WordCamp Asia is back on 9–11 April 2026 at the Jio World Convention Centre (JWCC), Mumbai. The dates are officially confirmed as well. Contributor Day sits on 9 April, followed by two conference days on 10 and 11 April. That is straight from the organizers.
If you have not seen JWCC yet, it is a serious venue: three exhibition halls, two convention halls, a ballroom, and 25+ meeting rooms across 1,03,012 m² of space. That footprint is big enough to hold parallel tracks, a calm sponsor hall, and real room for hallway chats. Also, another famous Wordcamp Event is going to take place in Surat, on 16th Nov 2025, Sunday.
Why the buzz this year? Two reasons. First, the WordPress pie is still large. More than 43% of all websites run on WordPress, according to W3Techs. Second, the Asia event has been growing. The first flagship in Bangkok drew ~1,300 attendees in 2023, and Taipei crossed 1,800 in 2024. That arc points to a bigger, more diverse crowd in Mumbai.
New this cycle, the team opened a “Call for Contributor Stories” and an open thread to shape Contributor Day. You can propose problems to solve or processes to improve, before the doors even open. That is a small shift with a big impact because it moves work from ad-hoc tables to focused sprints.
JWCC’s layout means sponsor booths do not choke traffic. The odds of real conversations go up when the floor is not cramped. The 2025 team also tested ideas like Career Corner and Social Corner in Manila. If those show up again, expect easier hiring chats and casual meetups in one place.
Asia’s flagship already pulls in speakers and teams across time zones. Taipei 2024 hosted people from every continent and 70+ countries according to some reports. Mumbai sits on a hub of direct flights and a deep developer base, so cross-border meetings should be even easier.
With the hall count and breakout rooms at JWCC, the program can run multiple tracks without the rush. If you have ever missed a talk because two good sessions overlapped, you know why this matters. The venue spec tells you capacity is not the bottleneck.
Before Mumbai, keep an eye on Surat. WordCamp Surat 2025 runs on 16 November 2025 at SSASIT College in South Gujarat, as the first city WordCamp in that region. It is a single day, 8:00 AM to 5:30 PM, aimed at creators, agencies, product teams, and students who want one dense pass through talks, workshops, and local WordPress stories without a heavy price tag.
The format leans close to the classic community promise: practical sessions, sponsor presence tuned to conversations instead of noise, and strong local flavor through organizers who already drive meetups and learning circles in the city.
For anyone considering WordCamp Asia 2026, Surat works as a test run: ship a short talk, test a booth script, refine a hallway pitch, and see how your offer lands with an audience that mixes fresh builders and seasoned agencies in one compact setup.
Manila 2025 tested formats that reduce “aimless wandering” and increase useful encounters. If the Mumbai team adopts similar ideas, plan a simple one-page offer and a short demo you can run in two minutes. It sounds small, yet it beats long decks in a noisy hall.
Contributor Day is your chance to pair with maintainers without email lag. Since the organizers are asking for story ideas up front, submit one narrow pain, like “speed up issue triage for component X.” If your idea lands, you’ll spend a day solving, not circling.
Bring a plan for three kinds of content: a short recap post, two customer stories, and one partner story. With attendees coming from dozens of countries, you can collect quotes that travel well. Taipei made that clear.
If Career Corner returns, keep your CV to a single page and prepare a 30-second task. Even if the corner does not appear, booths are hiring. Many teams time new roles around flagships.
Here is the part I was most curious about. A lot of tech events repeat themselves. WordCamp Asia 2026 adds a lever that feels different: co-designing Contributor Day in public. The team published calls for ideas and stories well ahead of time. That opens the door for sponsored maintainers, agency contributors, and first-timers to align on one or two high-value sprints before they meet. It sounds obvious only after someone does it.
The second angle is capacity. JWCC’s meeting rooms and lounges make it easier to schedule “birds of a feather” sessions without squeezing them into corridors. A quick way to use that: propose a 30-minute roundtable tied to your niche, cap it at eight people, and post the invite in the event channels a day early. The best hallway track is the one you plan.
Finally, the Asia rotation is working. Bangkok set the base, Taipei scaled, Manila added new attendee services, and Mumbai continues the arc with a venue built for large congresses. That steady improvement is not hype. It is visible across official posts and recaps.
You might be thinking, “Will this year be different enough to justify the trip?” From what we can tell, yes. The organizers are opening the work early, the venue can handle the crowd, and the region keeps raising the bar. If you bring one clear goal and keep your schedule light enough to meet people, WordCamp Asia 2026 should pay for itself with new partners, cleaner processes, or both.
