WordPress
Today and Tomorrow
Mark Jaquith
markjaquith.com

What is WordPress?

“Content Management
System”

“Content Management
System”

WordPress
=
Web Publishing

+ The Internet

+

+

+

Powerful web
publishing

Flexibility

Community

4.7 million blogs
on WordPress.com

7.4 million blogs
on WordPress
(self-install)

Over 12 million blogs
on WordPress

Simplicity

Free and
Open Source

Philosophy

Small, capable core

Vibrant
plugin market

Thousands
of plugins

Thousands
of themes

Options = bad

Why I do it

Glenda Watson Hyatt

The near-future:
WordPress 2.7

Automatic
core upgrade

Plugin installation
from within the
admin

Redesigned
admin interface

Threaded
comments

Paged
comments

Reply to
comments from
the admin

Direct access
to submenus

Keyboard shortcuts
for comment
moderation

Customizable
admin screens

QuickPress (quick
posting from the
dashboard)

Sticky posts

WordPress 2.7
Preview

Maturation
of process

Frickin’ users
with frickin’ lasers

Massive
development
effort

18,214
downloads of
2.7 Beta 2

What next?

Media

Different
post types

Usability

Thanks!