LD Events - Conference Network

Multisite WordPress build + custom React booking system

LD Events run multiple large-scale conferences each year, and needed a system that could spin up new event websites quickly, each with its own branding, content, and booking tools.

I built a custom WordPress multisite network where each new event site is generated automatically from a template. When they add a new event, it creates a ready-to-use subsite with all the core pages, menus, and settings preconfigured. From there, the team just uploads the logo, sets the colour scheme, and adds content.

The main site acts as their company hub, using a block-based ACF theme for flexible content editing and client-facing pages.

Each subsite includes a fully bespoke React-based booking system, integrated with Stripe for card payments and Xero for invoicing. The backend includes tools for managing bookings and delegates, exporting data to CSV, importing speaker lists, and even importing legacy event data.

It’s a complex system under the hood, but designed so the LD Events team can manage everything themselves, from creating new events to tracking payments, without touching a line of code.

Built while working as Lead Developer at Gold Pebble. Designs provided by the Gold Pebble team.