State of the Word 2016

1. WORD STATEOF THE PHILADELPHIA PENNSYLVANIA 2016 WITH MATT MULLENWEG #wcus @photomatt

2. Attribution: King of Hearts / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY-SA-3.0

3. thank youSPONSORS

4. thank youORGANIZERS

5. Attribution: Thomas Hawk | Creative Commons Lic.

6. YEAR GOODIT’S BEEN A FOR WORDCAMPS & MEETUPS

7. TOTAL WORDCAMPS 41COUNTRIES HOSTING WORDCAMPS 89 34 LAST YEAR 115

8. TICKETS SOLD 36,569 = 60 TICKETS

9. ORGANIZERS 750 2,056SPEAKERS 1,036SPONSORS                                                                                                                                                   

10. MEETUP EVENTS 58COUNTRIES HOSTING MEETUPS 2,016 38 LAST YEAR 3,193

11. 62,566MEETUP ATTENDEES                                                                                                                               = 50 ATTENDEES  

12. 1,797IN-PERSON 865LIVE STREAM 1,898IN-PERSON 1,878 LIVE STREAM 2015 2016

13. v v Closing in on 2,177IN-PERSON (WCUS 2016 -279) 1,407LIVE STREAM (WCUS 2016 +471)

14. VIDEOS PUBLISHED youtube.com/wordpress 26.7% 

15. FOUNDATION

16. REVENUE 2.8M LAST YEAR 4.3M

17. WORDCAMPS 99.9%

18. Run educational workshops in underdeveloped countries.2 Promote hackathons to help build websites for non-profits and NGOs.3 Support like-minded non-profits.1 WordCamp Central becomes its own public benefit corporation.

19. EXTENDED FAMILY

20. • New API to manage the content & layout of emails generated 2.4.4  2.7.2 • Tighter security • Theme and template changes • Drag and drop avatar load • Easier management of user-generated media

21. • Developers - Plugin tables & conventions match WordPress. bbPress  bbPress 2: A native plugin • Community - WordPress.org forums were upgraded to bbPress 2 allowing community access to the open source code.

22. 65HACKERS CONTRIBUTED

23. • GlotPress powers the translation of WordPress, BuddyPress, bbPress, WordPress plugins, WordPress default themes, and Rosetta sites. 1  2.2.2 • It’s moved from BackPress to become a WordPress plugin. • Tighter security, better performance, and upgraded perms list.

24. Rosetta Sites Now On O2 Theme

25. wordpress.org/plugins-wp/

26. wordpress.org/plugins-wp/

27. 20ACTIVE PLUGIN USAGE  %

28. 34PLUGIN DOWNLOADS 1.48 BILLION  %

29. INTERNATIONALIZATION

30. TRANSLATION CONTRIBUTORS 5,000 17,000 APRIL 2015 NOVEMBER 2016

31. 780PEOPLE 60,000STRINGS 1DAY November 12, 2016

32. 2/3 of the world speaks 12 languages 254M Russian 389M Spanish 1.39 Billion Chinese 467M Arabic 588M Hindu-Urdu 250M Bengali 527M English 193M Portuguese 123M Japanese 132M German118M French https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2015/04/23/the-worlds-languages-in-7-maps-and-charts/

33. WordPress covers them all along with all of these Română íslenska Català Kabyle 한국어 български Pусский Français Svenska Italiano Shqiptar Cymraeg Malay Slovenski Hrvatski Türk Esperanto Español ⽇日本語 Afrikaans ‫اردو‬ Deutsch Српски ગuજરાતી मराठी And many more

34. On Release Day of 4.6 Română íslenska Català Kabyle 한국어 български Pусский Français Svenska Italiano Shqiptar Cymraeg Malay Slovenski Hrvatski Türk Esperanto Español ⽇日本語 Afrikaans ‫اردو‬ Deutsch Српски ગuજરાતી मराठी LANGUAGES 5050

35. Top 10 Plugins are 82% Complete in Top 12 Languages Contact Form 7Akismet JetpackWordPress Importer All in One SEO Pack Google XML Sitemaps WooCommerceLimit Login Attempts TinyMCE Advanced WP Super Cache 42 31 41 21 12 20 17 12 40 45

36. PLUGINS WITH LANGUAGE PACKS 314 1,598 LAST YEAR THEMES WITH LANGUAGE PACKS 641 1,224 LAST YEAR

37. LEARN JAVASCRIPT DEEPLY JAVASCRIPT

38. of WordPress is JAVASCRIPT 28 PERCENT28 PERCENT JAVASCRIPT

39. Thanks to: David Bisset AND WordCamp Miami Organizers

40. First Calypso Pull Request

41. This is for the evolution of WordPress to go from -based to a true application.  

42. Designers, technologists, thought leaders writing about design, inclusion, +/- tech. Established August 8, 2016 design.blog 40

43. Inclusive design is for those who want to make great products for the greatest number of people.” “ Inclusive design puts people in the center at the very start of the process.” Exclusion happens when we solve problems using our own biases.”” https://design.blog/2016/10/06/kat-holmes-who-gets-to-play/ “ “ Microsoft Design Inclusive design.blog Kat Holmes

44. Detroit’s future requires connecting the worlds of design, technology and innovation to neighborhoods.” “ 53% of small businesses in Detroit operate without a website. 81% of people research a business online before making a purchase.” https://design.blog/2016/10/27/hajj-ﬂemings-on-the-100-project-the-plan-to-rebrand-detroit/ “ “ design.blog Hajj Flemings

45. THANKS TO W.C.A.G. STANDARDS AT EACH RELEASE ACCESSIBLE MORE https://make.wordpress.org/core/handbook/best-practices/ coding-standards/accessibility-coding-standards/

46. WordPress Growth Council

47. HTTPS

48. WORDPRESS SITES USING HTTPS11.45%

49. WordPress.com is 100 PERCENTswitched to PHP7

50. CPU LATENCY

51. V PHP USAGE BY VERSION 7.1 - <1% 7.0 - 4% 5.2 - 6.4% 5.5 - 16.9% 5.3 - 17.7% 5.4 - 27% 5.6 - 28% PHP USAGE

52. PHP RECOMMENDATIONS

53. CALYPSO

54. 68CALYPSO % 17MOBILE % 15WP-ADMIN % POSTS IN PAST MONTH

55. 129 Mobile App 58 Mobile Browser Desktop 685  18 15 43  52  

56.  + = It’s tough, but we’re making it happen.

57. Calypso is now aware. It’s open to plugins with over 1M active sites. 

58. YEAR OF CORE RELEASES

59. CLIFFORD 4.4 Responsive Images

60. CLIFFORD 4.4 WordPress Embeds

61. CLIFFORD 4.4 REST API Infrastructure

62. COLEMAN 4.5 Inline Links

63. COLEMAN 4.5 Different Device Responsive Previews

64. COLEMAN 4.5 Custom Logos

65. PEPPER 4.6 Inline Plugin & Theme Updates, Installs, & Deletions

66. PEPPER 4.6 In-Browser Content Backup

67. 4.7 VAUGHAN

68. TWENTY SEVENTEEN

69. 100+ CONTRIBUTORS

70. MULTI-SECTION HOMEPAGE

71. VAUGHAN 4.7YOUR SITE YOUR WAY

72. VAUGHAN 4.7 Starter Content Edit Shortcuts

73. VAUGHAN 4.7 Better Menu Building Custom CSS

74. VAUGHAN 4.7 Video Headers

75. VAUGHAN 4.7 PDF Previews

76. VAUGHAN 4.7 User Admin Languages

77. VAUGHAN 4.7

78. Jeff Paul Aaron Jorbin and 475+ contributors SPECIAL THANKS TO

79. REST API

80. GUGGENHEIM https://www.guggenheim.org/

81. VOCATIV http://www.vocativ.com/

82. USTWO https://ustwo.com

83. A LOOK AT THE PAST

84. 14 RELEASES IN THE PAST 5 YEARS

85. RELEASE LEADS 10

86. AMAZING IMPROVEMENTS PREDICTABLE RELEASE CYCLE

87. IN THE PAST 5 YEARS 13.1 27.2 % % MARKET SHARE GROWTH

88. DEFAULT THEME EVERY YEAR SINCE 2010

89. NEXT? TRY WHAT CAN WE

90. “We only learn to walk when we risk falling down, and this equation holds— with commensurately more complex dynamics—our whole lives long.” - Krista Tippett

91. THE COMING YEAR

92. STRUCTURE NEWTIME FOR A FOR WORDPRESS RELEASES

93. POWER UXSIMPLER FASTER FOR DEVELOPERS AND MORE

94. DESIGN LEADING THE WAY

95. I’m putting back on the “product lead” hat for 2017

96. NO SET RELEASES

97. Performance + Fixes to existing functionality CORE

98. 3 MAIN FOCUSES

99. The API Measure output, not input

100. The EDITOR Block-based, unify widgets, and interface for short codes.

101. The CUSTOMIZER Instant & uses same interface and UI affordances as editor.

102. EDITOR IS A GOOD STARTING POINT

103. TAKING A CORE-FIRST APPROACH

104. Time to get back in touch with our POETIC SIDE

105. Q A &matt.blog | ma.tt | @photomatt