WORD STATE OF THE PHILADELPHIA PENNSYLVANIA 2016 WITH MATT MULLENWEG #wcus @photomatt
WORD
STATEOF THE
PHILADELPHIA PENNSYLVANIA
2016
WITH MATT MULLENWEG #wcus @photomatt
Attribution: King of Hearts / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY-SA-3.0
thank youSPONSORS
thank youORGANIZERS
Attribution: Thomas Hawk | Creative Commons Lic.
YEARGOODIT’S
BEEN A
FOR WORDCAMPS & MEETUPS
TOTAL WORDCAMPS
41 COUNTRIES HOSTING WORDCAMPS
89
34
LAST YEAR
115
TICKETS SOLD36,569
= 60 TICKETS
ORGANIZERS750 2,056
SPEAKERS1,036SPONSORS
MEETUP EVENTS
58 COUNTRIES HOSTING MEETUPS
2,016
38
LAST YEAR
3,193
62,566 MEETUP ATTENDEES
= 50 ATTENDEES
1,797IN-PERSON
865LIVE STREAM
1,898IN-PERSON
1,878LIVE STREAM
2015 2016
v
v
Closing in on
2,177IN-PERSON (WCUS 2016 -279)
1,407LIVE STREAM (WCUS 2016 +471)
VIDEOS PUBLISHED
youtube.com/wordpress26.7 %
FOUNDATION
REVENUE2.8M LAST YEAR
4.3M
WORDCAMPS
99.9%
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.
EXTENDED
FAMILY
• 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
• 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.
65 HACKERS CONTRIBUTED
• 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.
Rosetta Sites Now On O2 Theme
wordpress.org/plugins-wp/
wordpress.org/plugins-wp/
20ACTIVE PLUGIN USAGE
%
34PLUGIN DOWNLOADS
1.48 BILLION
%
INTERNATIONALIZATION
TRANSLATION CONTRIBUTORS
5,000
17,000
APRIL 2015
NOVEMBER 2016
780PEOPLE
60,000STRINGS
1DAY
November 12, 2016
2/3 of the world speaks 12 languages
254MRussian
389MSpanish
1.39 BillionChinese
467MArabic
588MHindu-Urdu
250MBengali
527MEnglish
193MPortuguese
123MJapanese
132MGerman118M
French
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2015/04/23/the-worlds-languages-in-7-maps-and-charts/
WordPress covers them all along with all of these
RomânăíslenskaCatalàKabyle한국어
българскиPусскийFrançaisSvenskaItaliano
ShqiptarCymraegMalay SlovenskiHrvatski
TürkEsperantoEspañol ⽇日本語
Afrikaans
اردوDeutschСрпскиગuજરાતી
मराठी
And many more
On Release Day of 4.6
RomânăíslenskaCatalàKabyle한국어
българскиPусскийFrançaisSvenskaItaliano
ShqiptarCymraegMalay SlovenskiHrvatski
TürkEsperantoEspañol ⽇日本語
Afrikaans
اردوDeutschСрпскиગuજરાતી
मराठी
LANGUAGES
5050
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
2112
20 1712
4045
PLUGINS WITH LANGUAGE PACKS
314
1,598LAST YEAR
THEMES WITH LANGUAGE PACKS
641
1,224LAST YEAR
LEARN
JAVASCRIPTDEEPLY
JAVASCRIPT
of WordPress is
JAVASCRIPT
28 PERCENT28 PERCENT
JAVASCRIPT
Thanks to: David Bisset
AND WordCamp Miami
Organizers
First Calypso Pull Request
This is for the evolution of WordPress
to go from -based to a true application.
Designers, technologists, thought leaders writing about design, inclusion, +/- tech. Established August 8, 2016
design.blog 40
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 DesignInclusive
design.blog Kat Holmes
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/
“
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design.blog Hajj Flemings
THANKS TO W.C.A.G. STANDARDS AT EACH RELEASE
ACCESSIBLEMORE
https://make.wordpress.org/core/handbook/best-practices/ coding-standards/accessibility-coding-standards/
WordPress Growth Council
HTTPS
WORDPRESS SITES USING HTTPS11.45%
WordPress.com is
100 PERCENTswitched to
PHP7
CPU LATENCY
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
PHP RECOMMENDATIONS
CALYPSO
68CALYPSO
% 17MOBILE
% 15WP-ADMIN
%
POSTS IN PAST MONTH
129 Mobile App
58 Mobile Browser
Desktop
685
18
15
43
52
+ = It’s tough, but we’re making it happen.
Calypso is now aware.
It’s open to plugins with over 1M active sites.
YEAROF CORE RELEASES
CLIFFORD
4.4Responsive Images
CLIFFORD
4.4
WordPress Embeds
CLIFFORD
4.4REST API Infrastructure
COLEMAN
4.5
Inline Links
COLEMAN
4.5
Different Device Responsive Previews
COLEMAN
4.5
Custom Logos
PEPPER
4.6
Inline Plugin & Theme Updates, Installs, & Deletions
PEPPER
4.6
In-Browser Content Backup
4.7VAUGHAN
TWENTY SEVENTEEN
100+ CONTRIBUTORS
MULTI-SECTION HOMEPAGE
VAUGHAN
4.7YOUR SITE YOUR WAY
VAUGHAN
4.7Starter Content
Edit Shortcuts
VAUGHAN
4.7Better Menu Building
Custom CSS
VAUGHAN
4.7Video Headers
VAUGHAN
4.7PDF Previews
VAUGHAN
4.7User Admin Languages
VAUGHAN
4.7
Jeff Paul Aaron Jorbin
and 475+ contributors
SPECIAL THANKS TO
REST API
GUGGENHEIMhttps://www.guggenheim.org/
VOCATIVhttp://www.vocativ.com/
USTWOhttps://ustwo.com
A LOOK AT THE PAST
14 RELEASES IN THE PAST 5 YEARS
RELEASE LEADS10
AMAZING IMPROVEMENTS
PREDICTABLERELEASE CYCLE
IN THE PAST 5 YEARS
13.1 27.2% %
MARKET SHARE GROWTH
DEFAULT THEMEEVERY YEAR SINCE 2010
NEXT?TRY
WHAT CAN
WE
“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
THE COMING YEAR
STRUCTURENEWTIME
FOR A
FOR WORDPRESS RELEASES
POWERUXSIMPLER
FASTER
FOR DEVELOPERS
AND MORE
DESIGNLEADING THE WAY
I’m putting back on the “product lead” hat for 2017
NOSET RELEASES
Performance + Fixes to existing functionality
CORE
3MAIN FOCUSES
The API Measure output, not input
The EDITOR Block-based, unify widgets, and interface for short codes.
The CUSTOMIZER Instant & uses same interface and UI affordances as editor.
EDITOR IS A GOOD STARTING POINT
TAKING A
CORE-FIRSTAPPROACH
Time to get back in touch with our
POETIC SIDE
Q A&matt.blog | ma.tt | @photomatt