The Future of WordPress WordCamp Birmingham 2008 Dougal Campbell

Who am I? Persistence of Vision Raytracer (POVRay) MyPhpBlog (now Simplog) WordPress “Developer Emeritus” Plugins HeadMeta Theme Preview Text Filter Suite (Talk Like a Pirate) EasyGravatars SpamValve Dougal Campbell, Web Developer

Persistence of Vision Raytracer (POVRay)

MyPhpBlog (now Simplog)

WordPress “Developer Emeritus”

Plugins

HeadMeta

Theme Preview

Text Filter Suite (Talk Like a Pirate)

EasyGravatars

SpamValve

The Past of WordPress

The Past of WordPress Forked from b2 in 2003 Started by Matt Mullenweg with Mike Little Later joined by Dougal, Alex, Donncha, Michel Initial focus on web standards and UI: XHTML CSS New admin interface 12 Feature releases so far...

Forked from b2 in 2003

Started by Matt Mullenweg with Mike Little

Later joined by Dougal, Alex, Donncha, Michel

Initial focus on web standards and UI:

XHTML

CSS

New admin interface

12 Feature releases so far...

The Past of WordPress: ver 0.70 May 2003 New admin interface XHTML + CSS Link Manager wptexturize filter

May 2003

New admin interface

XHTML + CSS

Link Manager

wptexturize filter

The Past of WordPress: ver 0.71 June 2003 ezSQL Post status (publish, draft, private) Comment status Combined comments, trackbacks, pingbacks OPML links import Clean upgrades Speed optimizations

June 2003

ezSQL

Post status (publish, draft, private)

Comment status

Combined comments, trackbacks, pingbacks

OPML links import

Clean upgrades

Speed optimizations

The Past of WordPress: ver 0.72 October 2003 Password-protected posts Comments RSS Blogger, metaWeblog, and MovableType API Quicktags editor Web-based options configuration Conditional GET support for feeds

October 2003

Password-protected posts

Comments RSS

Blogger, metaWeblog, and MovableType API

Quicktags editor

Web-based options configuration

Conditional GET support for feeds

The Past of WordPress: ver 1.0 January 2004 XFN support Atom 0.3 feeds Improved user management Speedups Movable Type and Textpattern importers Friendly permalinks Multiple categories per post

January 2004

XFN support

Atom 0.3 feeds

Improved user management

Speedups

Movable Type and Textpattern importers

Friendly permalinks

Multiple categories per post

The Past of WordPress: ver 1.2 May 2004 Sub-categories OPML export Password encryption in DB and cookies I18N and L10N Comment moderation & mass comment editing Post preview WordPress in a sub-folder Postmeta “custom fields” “Freedom Zero” migration...

May 2004

Sub-categories

OPML export

Password encryption in DB and cookies

I18N and L10N

Comment moderation & mass comment editing

Post preview

WordPress in a sub-folder

Postmeta “custom fields”

“Freedom Zero” migration...

The Past of WordPress: ver 1.5 February 2005 Comment moderation improvements Comment whitelisting Pages Dashboard New theme system Kubrick as default template

February 2005

Comment moderation improvements

Comment whitelisting

Pages

Dashboard

New theme system

Kubrick as default template

The Past of WordPress: ver 2.0 December 2005 Admin redesign New images uploader Importer framework WYSIWYG editor (TinyMCE) Movable/Collapsible post option boxes Roles/Capabilities Akismet plugin bundled

December 2005

Admin redesign

New images uploader

Importer framework

WYSIWYG editor (TinyMCE)

Movable/Collapsible post option boxes

Roles/Capabilities

Akismet plugin bundled

The Past of WordPress: ver 2.1 January 2007 Search engine privacy option Javascript loader Autosave WXR import/export Custom front page 'home' Pseudo-cron

January 2007

Search engine privacy option

Javascript loader

Autosave

WXR import/export

Custom front page 'home'

Pseudo-cron

The Past of WordPress: ver 2.2 May 2007 “Infinite comment stream” (AJAX) Broken plugin protection WordPress-specific XML-RPC API Transition to jQuery in backend phpMailer introduced Site URL override in wp-config Atom 1.0 feeds (finally) Widgets

May 2007

“Infinite comment stream” (AJAX)

Broken plugin protection

WordPress-specific XML-RPC API

Transition to jQuery in backend

phpMailer introduced

Site URL override in wp-config

Atom 1.0 feeds (finally)

Widgets

The Past of WordPress: ver 2.3 September 2007 Tags/taxonomy system Version update notifications Canonical URLs “Pending” post status Atom Publishing Protocol (APP) Prepared database queries

September 2007

Tags/taxonomy system

Version update notifications

Canonical URLs

“Pending” post status

Atom Publishing Protocol (APP)

Prepared database queries

The Past of WordPress: ver 2.5 March 2008 Redesigned backend Dashboard widgets Pages added to search Tag Management Plugin upgrade manager Galleries Shortcode API Multi-file uploads with progress bar EXIF extraction

March 2008

Redesigned backend

Dashboard widgets

Pages added to search

Tag Management

Plugin upgrade manager

Galleries

Shortcode API

Multi-file uploads with progress bar

EXIF extraction

The Past of WordPress: ver 2.6 July 2008 New “Press This” bookmarklet Bulk plugin management Customizable default Gravatars Theme previews Movable wp-config and wp-content SSL support Google Gears support Post revisions

July 2008

New “Press This” bookmarklet

Bulk plugin management

Customizable default Gravatars

Theme previews

Movable wp-config and wp-content

SSL support

Google Gears support

Post revisions

The Future of WordPress

The Future of WordPress: ver 2.7 November 2008 Another Backend UI Redesign Upgrade API Comment improvements Sticky posts “Quick Edit” inline editing HTTPonly cookies New HTTP request API Confirmed Features

November 2008

Another Backend UI Redesign

Upgrade API

Comment improvements

Sticky posts

“Quick Edit” inline editing

HTTPonly cookies

New HTTP request API

The Future of WordPress: ver 2.7 APP Importer Movable Type TypePad Blogger New default theme Based on Sandbox? Possible Features Confirmed Features “Press This” improvements Settings UI APIs for plugins phpDoc

APP Importer

Movable Type

TypePad

Blogger

New default theme

Based on Sandbox?

“Press This” improvements

Settings UI APIs for plugins

phpDoc

The Future of WordPress: ver 2.8+ Better page management Select page order Hide pages Expand template functions Users Comments Attachments From Trac Tickets

Better page management

Select page order

Hide pages

Expand template functions

Users

Comments

Attachments

The Future of WordPress: ver 2.8+ More CMS features Better widget management a la Widget Logic plugin BuddyPress crossover functionality Intense Debate features trickle in Federated authentication (OpenID?) DiSo (Distributed Social networking) Enhancements geared towards mobile viewing Personal Speculation

More CMS features

Better widget management

a la Widget Logic plugin

BuddyPress crossover functionality

Intense Debate features trickle in

Federated authentication (OpenID?)

DiSo (Distributed Social networking)

Enhancements geared towards mobile viewing

What about WordPress MU? Better out-of-the-box scalability Overcome filesystem limits for blogs.dir HyperDB updates Better splog detection/protection Site admin improvements Version updates

Better out-of-the-box scalability

Overcome filesystem limits for blogs.dir

HyperDB updates

Better splog detection/protection

Site admin improvements

Version updates

The Future of WordPress Thank you!