A look at WordPress in 2016, and a proposal for a future direction for the project functionality and organization, delivered in December 2016 at WordCamp US in Philadelphia. You can watch it on Youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nl6U7UotA-M

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
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FOR
WORDCAMPS
& MEETUPS

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

9. TICKETS SOLD
36,569
= 60 TICKETS

10. ORGANIZERS
750 2,056SPEAKERS
1,036SPONSORS
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11. MEETUP
EVENTS
58COUNTRIES
HOSTING MEETUPS
2,016
38
LAST YEAR
3,193

12. 62,566MEETUP
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13. 1,797IN-PERSON
865LIVE STREAM
1,898IN-PERSON
1,878
LIVE STREAM
2015 2016

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

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

16. FOUNDATION

17. REVENUE
2.8M LAST YEAR
4.3M

18. WORDCAMPS
99.9%

19. 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.

20. EXTENDED
FAMILY

22. • 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

24. • 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.

25. 65HACKERS
CONTRIBUTED

27. • 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.

31. Rosetta Sites Now On O2 Theme

32. wordpress.org/plugins-wp/

33. wordpress.org/plugins-wp/

34. 20ACTIVE PLUGIN USAGE

%

35. 34PLUGIN DOWNLOADS
1.48 BILLION

%

36. INTERNATIONALIZATION

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

38. 780PEOPLE
60,000STRINGS
1DAY
November 12, 2016

39. 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/

40. 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

41. 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

42. 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

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

44. LEARN
JAVASCRIPT
DEEPLY
JAVASCRIPT

45. of WordPress is
JAVASCRIPT
28 PERCENT28 PERCENT
JAVASCRIPT

46. Thanks to:
David Bisset
AND
WordCamp Miami
Organizers

47. First Calypso Pull Request

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

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

50. 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

51. 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

52. 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/

53. WordPress Growth Council

54. HTTPS

55. WORDPRESS SITES
USING HTTPS11.45%

56. WordPress.com is
100 PERCENTswitched to
PHP7

57. CPU LATENCY

59. 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

60. PHP RECOMMENDATIONS

61. CALYPSO

62. 68CALYPSO
%
17MOBILE
%
15WP-ADMIN
%
POSTS IN PAST MONTH

63. 129
Mobile App
58
Mobile Browser
Desktop
685
 18
15
43

52



64.  + =
It’s tough,
but we’re making
it happen.

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

67. YEAR
OF CORE RELEASES

68. CLIFFORD
4.4
Responsive Images

69. CLIFFORD
4.4
WordPress Embeds

70. CLIFFORD
4.4
REST API Infrastructure

71. COLEMAN
4.5
Inline Links

72. COLEMAN
4.5
Different Device Responsive Previews

73. COLEMAN
4.5
Custom Logos

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

75. PEPPER
4.6
In-Browser Content Backup

76. 4.7
VAUGHAN

77. TWENTY SEVENTEEN

78. 100+ CONTRIBUTORS

79. MULTI-SECTION
HOMEPAGE

80. VAUGHAN
4.7YOUR SITE YOUR WAY

81. VAUGHAN
4.7
Starter Content
Edit Shortcuts

82. VAUGHAN
4.7
Better Menu Building
Custom CSS

83. VAUGHAN
4.7
Video Headers

84. VAUGHAN
4.7
PDF Previews

85. VAUGHAN
4.7
User Admin
Languages

86. VAUGHAN
4.7

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

88. REST API

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

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

91. USTWO
https://ustwo.com

92. A LOOK AT THE PAST

93. 14 RELEASES
IN THE PAST 5 YEARS

94. RELEASE LEADS
10

95. AMAZING IMPROVEMENTS
PREDICTABLE
RELEASE CYCLE

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

97. DEFAULT THEME
EVERY YEAR SINCE 2010

98. NEXT?
TRY
WHAT
CAN
WE

99. “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

100. THE COMING YEAR

101. STRUCTURE
NEWTIME
FOR A
FOR
WORDPRESS
RELEASES

102. POWER
UXSIMPLER
FASTER
FOR
DEVELOPERS
AND MORE

103. DESIGN
LEADING THE WAY

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

105. NO
SET RELEASES

106. Performance +
Fixes to existing functionality
CORE

107. 3
MAIN FOCUSES

108. The
API
Measure output, not input

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

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

111. EDITOR IS A GOOD STARTING POINT

112. TAKING A
CORE-FIRST
APPROACH

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

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