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We Need to Talk About WooCommerce. Now.

There’s plenty of WooCommerce content out there.

But few places where experienced builders share what’s working, what’s breaking, and what’s next.

Checkout Summit was created for exactly that—honest, in-person Woo conversations.

But one thing became clear: this content needed a wider audience.

So I made a call: bring every talk online.

That’s how Checkout Summit {Reloaded} was born.

Let’s talk about the future of Woo on May 7-8!

Rodolfo Melogli, Checkout Summit Founder

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What to Expect from {Reloaded}

Two focused half-days of WooCommerce content, live talks from top experts, and actionable strategies you can immediately apply. Engage in real conversations, get your questions answered, and discover ideas, tools, and insights that will help you build, scale, and improve your business.

Learning

Walk away with practical insights from people building, scaling, and shipping in WooCommerce every day.

Speakers

Inspiration

See how others are solving problems, making decisions, and pushing the ecosystem forward.

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Community

Experience the energy of a live event from anywhere in the world. Interact, ask, and connect.

Attendees

✓ 1 Track

✓ 20+ Talks

✓ Live Chat

✓ Games

{Reloaded} Speakers & Schedule

Our hand-picked WooCommerce experts will share practical, actionable insights in live sessions. Special guest talks add fresh perspectives and real-world lessons, giving you even more ideas, tools, and inspiration to apply immediately.

James Kemp

Core Product Manager

WooCommerce

WooCommerce Unfiltered: Inside the Decisions Shaping the Platform

Katie Keith

Founder

Barn2

#ShopifyDiary 365: A Year Building Shopify Apps (And What WooCommerce Can Learn)

Josh Kohlbach

Founder

Rymera

Plugins Don’t Scale. Systems Do. Lessons from Building a Multi-Brand WooCommerce Plugin Portfolio

Cathy Chen

Product Manager

Wise

Wise on WooCommerce: How We Built a Global Payments Experience

Patrick Rauland

Sr. Ecommerce Engineer

Xero Shoes

An Apples-to-Apples Look at WooCommerce vs. Shopify After a Large-Scale Migration

Nik McLaughlin

Product Manager

SkyVerge

The Path from WooCommerce Plugin to MCP: Building for the Next Era of WooCommerce with the Abilities API

Jessica Risch

Founder

Woosa

Scaling WooCommerce: Breaking the Small-Business Myth to Build High-Performing Stores

Rémi Corson

CTO

SEOPress

SEO After AI: Scaling WooCommerce for Crawlers, Performance, and Reality

Karolína Vyskočilová

Founder

Kybernaut

Tools Fade. Your Expertise Doesn’t. A WooCommerce Developer’s Guide to AI That Lasts.

Maciek Palmowski

Security Community Manager

Patchstack

WooCommerce Hosts Promise “Advanced Security”. But Do They Deliver? We Tested 20+ Providers Using Real Exploits

Matt Cohen

CTO

mattyza

What I’ve Learned from Reviewing Over 1,000 WooCommerce Extensions

Andrea Cardinali

CEO

Performize

“Hey Woo, What Do Numbers Say?”—Transforming WooCommerce Into a Data-Driven Analyst Using MCP

Matthias Reinholz

Strategic Partnerships

Automattic

Goodbye plugins—building features for WooCommerce reliably with AI

Bryce Adams

Founder

Metorik

WooCommerce Data, AI, and What’s Next—A Live Chat

Luigi Pulcini

Senior Developer

Barn2

Unlocking the Potential of WooCommerce Checkout URLs

Scott Stapley

CEO & Co-Founder

BigScoots

Engineering WooCommerce at the Infrastructure Site and Edge for Optimal Performance and Scalability

Colm Troy

Co-Founder

CommerceGurus

Engineering WooCommerce at the Infrastructure Site and Edge for Optimal Performance and Scalability

Anne-Mieke Bovelett

A11Y Strategist

AnneBovelett.eu

Accessibility in WooCommerce—The revenue leak hiding in plain sight on every product page

This is just a first look at what we have planned. Sessions and times may shift slightly as we finalize the lineup, but it gives you a sense of the flow, the topics, and the amazing speakers you’ll experience. Check back in a few days for the final agenda so you can plan your {Reloaded} days to get the most out of every session.

Thu, May 7, 2026 — Event Day 1

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3 PM UK time (UTC+1)	Day 1 Opening Remarks
3.15 PM UK time (UTC+1)	Talk 1 (James Kemp \| WooCommerce Unfiltered: Inside the Decisions Shaping the Platform)
3.40 PM UK time (UTC+1)	— Fireside chat: Anne-Mieke Bovelett \| Accessibility in WooCommerce—The revenue leak hiding in plain sight on every product page
3.55 PM UK time (UTC+1)	Talk 2 (Karolína Vyskočilová \| Tools Fade. Your Expertise Doesn’t. A WooCommerce Developer’s Guide to AI That Lasts)
4.20 PM UK time (UTC+1)	— Fireside chat: Donata Stroink-Skillrud \| What WooCommerce Builders Need to Know About Privacy
4.35 PM UK time (UTC+1)	Talk 3 (Jessica Risch \| Scaling WooCommerce: Breaking the Small-Business Myth to Build High-Performing Stores)
5 PM UK time (UTC+1)	— Fireside chat: Matthias Reinholz \| Goodbye plugins—building features for WooCommerce reliably with AI
5.15 PM UK time (UTC+1)	Talk 4 (Nik McLaughlin \| The Path from WooCommerce Plugin to MCP: Building for the Next Era of WooCommerce with the Abilities API)
5.40 PM UK time (UTC+1)	— Fireside chat: Aleksandar Vucenovic \| AI as the Third Support Engineer: Real Lessons From a WooCommerce Plugin Business
5.55 PM UK time (UTC+1)	Talk 5 (Andrea Cardinali \| “Hey Woo, What Do Numbers Say?”—Transforming WooCommerce Into a Data-Driven Analyst Using MCP)
6.20 PM UK time (UTC+1)	— Game time! Quiz prizes sponsored by 20i, Business Bloomer, and Checkout Summit 🙂
6.35 PM UK time (UTC+1)	Talk 6 (Patrick Rauland \| An Apples-to-Apples Look at WooCommerce vs. Shopify After a Large-Scale Migration)
7 PM UK time (UTC+1)	Day 1 Closing Remarks

Fri, May 8, 2026 — Event Day 2

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8 AM UK time (UTC+1)	Day 2 Opening Remarks
8.15 AM UK time (UTC+1)	Talk 1 (Josh Kohlbach \| Plugins Don’t Scale. Systems Do. Lessons from Building a Multi-Brand WooCommerce Plugin Portfolio)
8.40 AM UK time (UTC+1)	— Fireside chat: Bryce Adams \| WooCommerce Data, AI, and What’s Next—A Live Chat
8.55 AM UK time (UTC+1)	Talk 2 (Katie Keith \| ShopifyDiary 365: A Year Building Shopify Apps (And What WooCommerce Can Learn))
9.20 AM UK time (UTC+1)	— Fireside chat: Robert Abela \| WooCommerce Security Beyond Plugins: Fixing the Human Risks That Get Stores Hacked
9.35 AM UK time (UTC+1)	Talk 3 (Rémi Corson \| SEO After AI: Scaling WooCommerce for Crawlers, Performance, and Reality)
10 AM UK time (UTC+1)	— Fireside chat: Luigi Pulcini \| Unlocking the Potential of WooCommerce Checkout URLs
10.15 AM UK time (UTC+1)	Talk 4 (Cathy Chen \| Wise on WooCommerce: How We Built a Global Payments Experience)
10.40 AM UK time (UTC+1)	— Fireside chat: Nikki Brown \| A new agentic way to sell plugins and agents to WooCommerce users
10.55 AM UK time (UTC+1)	Talk 5 (Maciek Palmowski \| WooCommerce Hosts Promise “Advanced Security”. But Do They Deliver? We Tested 20+ Providers Using Real Exploits)
11.20 AM UK time (UTC+1)	— Fireside chat: Scott Stapley & Colm Troy \| Engineering WooCommerce at the Infrastructure Site and Edge for Optimal Performance and Scalability
11.35 AM UK time (UTC+1)	Talk 6 (Matt Cohen \| What I’ve Learned from Reviewing Over 1,000 WooCommerce Extensions)
12 PM UK time (UTC+1)	Day 2 Closing Remarks

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What Happens During {Reloaded}

Checkout Summit {Reloaded} brings all 12 talks live to your screen over two half-days. While it won’t replace the in-person connections, this online edition ensures you don’t miss a single insight. Every session is delivered live, interactive, and designed to give you practical takeaways you can implement immediately.