{"id":3484,"date":"2024-02-04T18:10:33","date_gmt":"2024-02-05T00:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpaccessibility.day\/2024\/?post_type=wpcsp_speaker&#038;p=3484"},"modified":"2024-03-08T09:29:23","modified_gmt":"2024-03-08T15:29:23","slug":"ricky-blacker","status":"publish","type":"wpcsp_speaker","link":"https:\/\/wpaccessibility.day\/2024\/people\/ricky-blacker\/","title":{"rendered":"Ricky Blacker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ricky is a self taught web professional who found and fell in love with WordPress, and the community behind it while looking for a CMS platform to build websites for clients.<\/p>\n<p>He originally started his own web design business after being made redundant from a factory job in 2013, but now works for WP Engine as a Senior Partner Enablement Manager and WordPress Evangelist.<\/p>\n<p>He is a Co-Organizer for the Brisbane and Sunshine Coast WordPress Meetup Groups, and has spoken at WordCamps in Australia, and internationally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ricky is a self taught web professional who found and fell in love with WordPress, and the community behind it while looking for a CMS platform to build websites for clients. He originally started his own web design business after being made redundant from a factory job in 2013, but now works for WP Engine [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3672,"menu_order":0,"template":"","speaker_level":[17],"class_list":["post-3484","wpcsp_speaker","type-wpcsp_speaker","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","wpcsp_speaker_level-organizers"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ricky Blacker - WordPress Accessibility Day 2024 Archive<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/wpaccessibility.day\/2024\/people\/ricky-blacker\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ricky Blacker - WordPress Accessibility Day 2024 Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ricky is a self taught web professional who found and fell in love with WordPress, and the community behind it while looking for a CMS platform to build websites for clients. He originally started his own web design business after being made redundant from a factory job in 2013, but now works for WP Engine [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/wpaccessibility.day\/2024\/people\/ricky-blacker\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"WordPress Accessibility Day 2024 Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-03-08T15:29:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/wpaccessibility.day\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/02\/Ricky-Blacker-Headshot-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"355\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"355\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wpaccessibility.day\\\/2024\\\/people\\\/ricky-blacker\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wpaccessibility.day\\\/2024\\\/people\\\/ricky-blacker\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ricky Blacker - WordPress Accessibility Day 2024 Archive\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wpaccessibility.day\\\/2024\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wpaccessibility.day\\\/2024\\\/people\\\/ricky-blacker\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wpaccessibility.day\\\/2024\\\/people\\\/ricky-blacker\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wpaccessibility.day\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/6\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/Ricky-Blacker-Headshot-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-02-05T00:10:33+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-03-08T15:29:23+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wpaccessibility.day\\\/2024\\\/people\\\/ricky-blacker\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/wpaccessibility.day\\\/2024\\\/people\\\/ricky-blacker\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wpaccessibility.day\\\/2024\\\/people\\\/ricky-blacker\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wpaccessibility.day\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/6\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/Ricky-Blacker-Headshot-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wpaccessibility.day\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/6\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/Ricky-Blacker-Headshot-1.jpg\",\"width\":355,\"height\":355},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wpaccessibility.day\\\/2024\\\/people\\\/ricky-blacker\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wpaccessibility.day\\\/2024\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Ricky Blacker\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wpaccessibility.day\\\/2024\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wpaccessibility.day\\\/2024\\\/\",\"name\":\"WordPress Accessibility Day 2024 Archive\",\"description\":\"September 27-28, 2024\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wpaccessibility.day\\\/2024\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Ricky Blacker - WordPress Accessibility Day 2024 Archive","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/wpaccessibility.day\/2024\/people\/ricky-blacker\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Ricky Blacker - WordPress Accessibility Day 2024 Archive","og_description":"Ricky is a self taught web professional who found and fell in love with WordPress, and the community behind it while looking for a CMS platform to build websites for clients. He originally started his own web design business after being made redundant from a factory job in 2013, but now works for WP Engine [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/wpaccessibility.day\/2024\/people\/ricky-blacker\/","og_site_name":"WordPress Accessibility Day 2024 Archive","article_modified_time":"2024-03-08T15:29:23+00:00","og_image":[{"width":355,"height":355,"url":"https:\/\/wpaccessibility.day\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/02\/Ricky-Blacker-Headshot-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/wpaccessibility.day\/2024\/people\/ricky-blacker\/","url":"https:\/\/wpaccessibility.day\/2024\/people\/ricky-blacker\/","name":"Ricky Blacker - WordPress Accessibility Day 2024 Archive","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/wpaccessibility.day\/2024\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/wpaccessibility.day\/2024\/people\/ricky-blacker\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/wpaccessibility.day\/2024\/people\/ricky-blacker\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/wpaccessibility.day\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/02\/Ricky-Blacker-Headshot-1.jpg","datePublished":"2024-02-05T00:10:33+00:00","dateModified":"2024-03-08T15:29:23+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/wpaccessibility.day\/2024\/people\/ricky-blacker\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/wpaccessibility.day\/2024\/people\/ricky-blacker\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/wpaccessibility.day\/2024\/people\/ricky-blacker\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/wpaccessibility.day\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/02\/Ricky-Blacker-Headshot-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/wpaccessibility.day\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/02\/Ricky-Blacker-Headshot-1.jpg","width":355,"height":355},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/wpaccessibility.day\/2024\/people\/ricky-blacker\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/wpaccessibility.day\/2024\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Ricky Blacker"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/wpaccessibility.day\/2024\/#website","url":"https:\/\/wpaccessibility.day\/2024\/","name":"WordPress Accessibility Day 2024 Archive","description":"September 27-28, 2024","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/wpaccessibility.day\/2024\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpaccessibility.day\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/people\/3484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpaccessibility.day\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/people"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpaccessibility.day\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wpcsp_speaker"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wpaccessibility.day\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/people\/3484\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3551,"href":"https:\/\/wpaccessibility.day\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/people\/3484\/revisions\/3551"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpaccessibility.day\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpaccessibility.day\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wpcsp_speaker_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpaccessibility.day\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speaker_level?post=3484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}