Monthly Meetup - September 2026: WordPress Security in the Age of AI

Introduction Join us for our monthly WordPress Bengaluru meetup, an afternoon of talks, discussion, and networking with the local WordPress community. September takes us to Indiranagar, where BlogVault is hosting. This month's talk is on security, a problem that has changed shape now that AI is involved in both building sites and breaking into them. Bring the questions you have been meaning to ask someone. Speaker & Topic This month, Prem Tiwari, Lead WordPress Engineer, takes the stage with "WordPress Security in the Age of AI". AI has changed how websites get built and managed, and how they get attacked. Prem will go through the risks that have moved for WordPress, the threats worth watching right now, and what holds up against them. If you maintain sites for clients or run your own, that last part is the one to stay for. Prem has spent 12+ years building WordPress for enterprises on WordPress VIP Go, across backend and full stack development, performance optimisation, and engineering leadership. He is an active WordPress Core Contributor, and works on custom plugins and themes, Gutenberg blocks, multisite, and enterprise security. For UK media brands including The Sun, Virgin Radio, TalkTV and TalkSport, he built AI features: content personalisation, intelligent search, and automation workflows running on machine learning APIs. Away from work, badminton. Agenda 3:00 PM: Doors open & networking 3:15 PM: Welcome & community updates 3:30 PM: Main talk: WordPress Security in the Age of AI 4:30 PM: Q&A and open discussion 5:15 PM: Networking & wrap-up 5:30 PM: Event ends Venue Sponsor A big thank you to BlogVault for hosting us in Indiranagar, which is not the first time they have had this community in their office. BlogVault builds WordPress backup, security and site management products, including WP Remote. Please check them out at https://blogvault.net. The venue is at 743, Shri Krishna Temple Rd, opposite HDFC Bank, Indiranagar 1st Stage, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560038. RSVP Free to attend. Seats are limited, so RSVP early to save your spot and help us plan seating. See you there!