The State of the Word address brings together what the WordPress community has done in the past year, and a vision for our future.

1. State of the Word 2014
Matt Mullenweg
@photomatt
ma.tt
WordCamp SF 2014

2. 81 WordCamps in 2014

3. PREAMBLE
Previously in
San Francisco

14. WordCamp US
Name, Location, Date: TBD

15. ACT I
The Survey

16. 33,378
responses
179
countries

17. 23%
USA
77%
ITL
+6%
MORE INTERNATIONAL

18. 2014: the first year
non-english downloads
surpassed english downloads.

19. How do you use WordPress in your development?
93%
Mostly as a CMS
89%
87%
2012 2013 2014

20. How do you use WordPress in your development?
Mostly as a blog / Mostly as an application framework
32%
26%
20%
5% 6%
2012 2013 2014
Blog
App Framework

21. 17%
Can you truthfully say
I make my living from WordPress
20%
25%
7,539
PEOPLE
2012 2013 2014

22. THE GOOD
1. Easy
2. Plugin
3. Community
THE FRUSTRATING
2012 2013 2014
1. Plugins
2. Themes
3. Updates

23. between 532,730 and 1,108,885 sites
1,218
How many currently active WordPress sites
2,742
have you built?
3,830
3,640 3,538 3,495
687
1 2-5 6-10 11-20 21-50 51-200 200+

24. 91%
OF THE SITES
TOOK LESS THAN
4-5 WEEKS TO MAKE

25. ACT II
Since The Last Time

26. 3.6
“Oscar”
Aug 1, 2013
3.7
“Basie”
Oct 24, 2013
3.8
“Parker”
Dec 12, 2013
3.9
“Smith”
Apr 16, 2014
4.0
“Benny”
Sep 4, 2014
5 Major WordPress Releases
+7 minor releases
Since WordCamp SF 2013

27. 3.6
Post Locking TwentyThirteen
theme
Revisions UI

28. 
3.7
******
Auto updates Better global
support
Password
recommendations

29. Color schemes TwentyFourteen
Theme
New theme
browser
MP6 redesign Responsive
3.8

30. drag & drop
images
Better
previews
WYSIWYG
image editor
3.9

31. New plugin
browser
Improved
editor
New Media
Library
Rich
embeds
4.0

32. WordPress Release Leads
Aaron Campbell Mark Jaquith
Jon Cave Helen Hou-Sandí Dion Hulse
Andrew Nacin
Mike Schroder

33. Rachel
Baker
Ryan
McCue
Eric
Lewis
Janneke
van Dorpe
Takashi
Irie
Mel
Choyce
Weston
Ruter
Kim
Parsell

34. New Committers
Boone Gorges
Konstantin Kovshenin
Gary Pendergast
Aaron Jorbin Jeremy Felt

35. bergius, Bernhard Kau, Bernhard Riedl, bigdawggi, bilalcoder, Billy Schneider, binarymoon, bmb, Bob Gregor, bobbingwide, bolo1988, Boone Gorges, Brad Touesnard, bradparbs, bradthomas127, Brady Vercher, Bram Duvigneau, Brandon Dove, Brandon Kraft,
brasofilo, bravokeyl, Brian Hogg, Brian Layman, Brian Richards, Brian Zeligson, Bryan Petty, Calin Don, Callum Macdonald, Camden Segal, cannona, Carl Danley, Caroline Moore, Caspie, cgaffga, Charles Frees-Melvin, Charles Fulton, CharlesClarkson,
Charleston Software Associates, cheeserolls, Chelsea Otakan, Chip Bennett, Chirag Swadia, Chouby, ChriCo, Chris Jean, Chris Marslender, Chris Olbekson, Chris Rudzki, Chris Scott, Chris Wallace, chriseverson, chrisguitarguy, chrisl27, Christian Axelsson,
Christian Sciberras, Christopher Cochran, Christopher Finke, Christopher Spires, ciantic, Clifton Griffin, Clinton Montague, Coen Jacobs, Colin Robinson, Comparativa de Bancos, Connor Jennings, Cor van Noorloos, Corey McKrill, Corphi, cramdesign,
crazycoders, cyonite, Cătălin Dogaru, Daan Kortenbach, Daisuke Takahashi, Dan, Dan Bernardic, Dan Griffiths, Dan Rivera, Daniel Bachhuber, Daniel Convissor, Daniel Dudzic, Daniel Dvorkin, Daniel Frużyński, Daniel Hüsken, Daniel Jalkut, daniloercoli,
Danny de Haan, Darin Kotter, dartiss, Daryl Koopersmith, Daryl L. L. Houston, datafeedr, Dave Kellam, Dave Ross, Dave Whitley, DaveE, David A. Kennedy, David Anderson, David Favor, David Herrera, David Laietta, David Marichal, David Naber, David
Trower, David Williamson, DavidTheMachine, DeBAAT, deltafactory, Denis de Bernardy, designsimply, Dion Hulse, DjZoNe, Dominik Schilling, Donncha O Caoimh, doublesharp, Doug, Doug Wollison, Dovy Paukstys, dpash, Drew Jaynes, Drew Strojny,
DrProtocols, Dustin Filippini, Dustyn Doyle, dvarga, dziudek, dzver, eatingrules, Eddie Hurtig, Eddie Moya, edik, Eduardo Reveles, Edward Caissie, Edwin Siebel, ehg, elfin, Elio Rivero, elyobo, Emil Uzelac, enej, Enrique Chavez, erayalakese, Eric Binnion, Lewis, Eric Mann, Erica Varlese, Erick Hitter, Evan Anderson, Evan Herman, Evan Solomon, Fab1en, fadingdust, Fahmi Adib, faishal, Faison, fboender, feedmeastraycat, Foofy, foxinni, Frank Klein, Frankie Jarrett, Franz Josef Kaiser, Gabriel Koen, Gabriel
Luethje, garhdez, Gary Cao, Gary Jones, Gary Pendergast, garza, gauravmittal1995, Gavrisimo, Gaya Kessler, Geert De Deckere, genkisan, Gennady Kovshenin, George Mamadashvili, George Stephanis, Gijs Jorissen, gnarf, gnarf37, goldenapples, Graham
Armfield, Grant Mangham, Gregory Cornelius, Gregory Karpinsky, Gustave F. Gerhardt, Gustavo Bordoni, Gustavo Bordoni, hakre, hanni, hardy101, harrym, hbanken, hebbet, Helen Hou-Sandi, helenyhou, helgatheviking, Hinnerk Altenburg, hirozed, Hugh
Lashbrooke, Hugo Baeta, hypertextranch, Ian Dunn, Ian Stewart, ikailo, iljoja, imath, ippetkov, Mika Epstein, Isaac Keyet, issuu, itinerant, j-idris, J.D. Grimes, Jack Lenox, Jack Reichert, Jacob Dubail, Jake Goldman, jakub.tyrcha, James Collins, James Michael
DuPont, jameslee, jammitch, janhenckens, JanHenkG, Janneke, janrenn, Japh, Jared Wenerd, JarretC, Jason Lemahieu, javert03, JayCC, Jaza613, jcakec, Jeff Bowen, Jeff Chandler, Jeff Sebring, Jeff Stieler, Jen, Jeremy Buller, Jeremy Felt, Jeremy Herve, Jeremy
Herve, Jeremy Pry, Jeroen Schmit, Jerry Bates, Jesin A, Jesper Johansen, Jesper van Engelen, Jesper van Engelen, Jesse Pollak, jgadbois, jhned, jim912, jndetlefsen, jnielsendotnet, Joan Artés, Joe Dolson, Joe Hoyle, joelhardi, Joen Asmussen, Joey Kudish, John
Beales, John Blackbourn, John Fish, John James Jacoby, John P. Bloch, John Regan, John Zanussi, Jon Bishop, Jon Cave, Jon Lynch, Jonas Bolinder, Jonathan Brinley, Jonathan Christopher, Jonathan D. Johnson, Jonathan Desrosiers, jonnyauk, joost de keijzer,
Joost de Valk, Jordi Cabot, Jorge Bernal, Jose Castaneda, Joseph Scott, Josh Betz, Josh Eaton, Josh Harrison, Josh Pollock, Josh Visick, Joshua Abenazer, JOTAKI Taisuke, jrbeilke, jrf, jstraitiff, Juan C., Julio Potier, Junko Nukaga, Justas Butkus, Justin de Vesine,
Justin Kopepasah, Justin Sainton, Justin Sternberg, Justin Tadlock, K.Adam White, Kailey Lampert, Kaito, kapeels, Kaspars, Kat Hagan, Kelly Dwan, keoshi, Keruspe, Ketwaroo, Kevin Langley, Kevin Worthington, kevinB, Kim Parsell, Kirk Wight, klihelp, Knut
Sparhell, Konstantin Dankov, Konstantin Kovshenin, Konstantin Obenland, Kristopher Lagraff, krogsgard, Krzysiek Dróżdż, Kurt Payne, Kyrylo, Lance Willett, Larysa Mykhas, ldebrouwer, Lee Willis, leogermani, lessbloat, lesteph, Lew Ayotte, linuxologos,
785 contributors
lite3, littlethingsstudio, lpointet, lritter, Luc Princen, Lucas Karpiuk, Luke Carbis, Luke Gedeon, Luke Woodward, Lutz Schröer, mailnew2ster, Mako, Manny Fleurmond, Mantas Malcius, Manuel Schmalstieg, Maor Chasen, Marcel Brinkkemper, Marcin,
Marco, Marco Cimmino, Marco Galasso, MarcusPope, Mario Peshev, Marius, Mark Barnes, Mark Jaquith, Mark McWilliams, Mark-k, Marko Heijnen, MartyThornley, Marventus, Matías Ventura, Matt Miklic, Matt Banks, Matt Danner, Matt Martz, Matt
Mullenweg, Matt Wiebe, Matthew Boynes, Matthew Denton, Matthew Eppelsheimer, Matthew Haines-Young, MatthewRuddy, mattonomics, mattyrob, Max Cutler, mcadwell, meekyhwang, megane9988, Mel Choyce, meloniq, Mert Yazicioglu, mgibbs189,
micahwave, Michael, Michael Adams, Michael Arestad, Michael Beckwith, Michael Cain, Michael Fields, Michael Pick, michalzuber, Michel - xiligroup dev, Michelle Langston, Miguel Fonseca, Mike Auteri, Mike Bijon, Mike Burns, Mike Glendinning, Mike
Hansen, Mike Jolley, Mike Little, Mike Manger, Mike Nelson, Mike Schinkel, Mike Schroder, Mike Toppa, mikecorkum, Mikey Arce, Milan Dinić, MinHyeong Lim, Michael Yoshitaka Erlewine, mi_cat, Mohammad Jangda, mohanjith, Morgan Estes, Morten
Rand-Hendriksen, moto hachi, mpvanwinkle77, Mr Papa, mrmist, mtdesign, Mustafa Uysal, MuViMoTV, m_i_n, n7 Studios, nabil_kadimi, najamelan, Namibia, Naoko Takano, Naomi C. Bush, Nashwan Doaqan, NateJacobs, nathanrice, nd987, Neil Pie,
nendeb55, Niall Kennedy, Nick Daugherty, Nick Halsey, Nick Momrik, Nicole Arnold, Nikhil Vimal, Nikolay Bachiyski, Nils Schönwald, ninio, ninnypants, Ninos, Nivi Jah, noahsilverstein, Nowell VanHoesen, ntm, nullvariable, Nuno Morgadinho,
nvartolomei, odyssey, Oleg Butuzov, olivM, Omer Korner, op12no2, OriginalEXE, Paolo Belcastro, ParadisePorridge, Parham, Pascal Birchler, Patrick Hesselberg, Patrick Rauland, patricknami, Paul Bearne, Paul Biron, Paul Clark, Paul de Wouters, Paul Gibbs,
Schreiber, Paul Wilde, pavelevap, Pete Mall, Pete Schuster, Peter Westwood, peterjaap, Philip Arthur Moore, Philip John, Phill Brown, picklepete, Piet, Piotr Soluch, Pippin Williamson, Pollett, Prasath Nadarajah, prettyboymp, programmin, Ptah Dunbar,
purzlbaum, r-a-y, Raam Dev, Rachel Baker, Rachel Carden, Radices, Ram Ratan Maurya, Rami Yushuvaev, ramonchiara, Rasheed Bydousi, RayBernard, rboren, RC Lations, redpixelstudios, reidburke, Remkus de Vries, Rescuework Support, retlehs, Reuben
Gunday, rfair404, Rhys Wynne, Ricardo Correia, Ricardo Moraleida, Richard, Richard Sweeney, Richard Tape, Rick Radko, Ricky Lee Whittemore, rlerdorf, rob1n, Robert Chapin, Robert Dall, Robert Wetzlmayr, PHP-Programmierer, RobertHarm, robmiller,
Rodrigo Primo, Rohan Rawat, Roland Fischl, romaimperator, Ron Rennick, Rouven Hurling, rovo89, rpattillo, rstern, Ruud Laan, Ryan Boren, Ryan Duff, Ryan Hellyer, Ryan Imel, Ryan Koehler, Ryan Markel, Ryan McCue, Safirul Alredha, Sal Ferrarello, Sam
Brodie, Sam Margulies, Samuel Wood, sanchothefat, Sandeep, sara cannon, Sathish Nagarajan, Satish Gandham, sboisvert, scholesmafia, Scott Evans, Scott Basgaard, Scott Kingsley Clark, Scott Lee, Scott Reilly, Scott Taylor, Scott Gonzalez, ScreenfeedFr,
scribu, scruffian, sdasse, Sean Butze, Sean Hayes, Sean Nessworthy, Seisuke Kuraishi, Sennza Pty Ltd, Sergej Müller, Sergey Biryukov, Sergey.S.Betke, shahpranaf, shanebp, Sharon Austin, shaunandrews, ShinichiN, Simon Hampel, Simon Prosser, Simon
Wheatley, simonp303, Siobhan, Siobhan Bamber, sirbrillig, slene, Slobodan Manic, solarissmoke, sonjanyc, Spencer Finnell, Spencer Piontkowski, sphoid, SriniG, Stas Sușcov, Stephane Daury, Stephanie Leary, stephcook22, Stephen Edgar, Stephen Harris,
Stephen Harris, Sterling Hamilton, Steve Bruner, Steven Jones, Steven Word, storkontheroof, strangerstudios, sumindmitriy, Sumit Singh, Sunny Ratilal, suspended, sweetie089, swekitsune, t4k1s, Takashi Irie, Takayuki Miyauchi, Takuma Morikawa,

36. WordPress 4.1
John Blackbourn

37. 23% OF THE WEB RUNS WORDPRESS
17.4% 18.9%
23.2%
2012 2013 2014
Source: W3Techs

38. +26.5%
+6,458
plugins
approved
last 12 months
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34,061 PLUGINS TOTAL

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1,000,000
TOTAL COMMITS
in the Plugin SVN Repository
Almost 22% of all plugin commits occurred this past year
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41. 
+36%
+684
themes
approved
last 12 months
2,781 THEMES TOTAL

42. Android
iOS
+2 updates
+5 updates

44. ACT III
The Next Year

45. Over 100 meetup & WC organizers here
21 different countries represented
105 meetup groups active

46. Internationalization

47. LOCALE AS A WIDER CONCEPT
   
Language Timezone Date Formats

48.  
Language Packs
Coming to more plugins and themes
Early 2015

49. And Finally…

50.  
Fully Localized
Theme Directory
Fully Localized
Plugin Directory
In dashboard from 4.1 In dashboard from 4.1

51. Better Stats
For Plugins and Theme Authors

52. 25%
4%1%2%
28% 13%
9%
5%
4%
4%
4%
3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 4.0

53. Working With Hosts

55. GitHub Pull Requests
Accepting the requests before the end of the year

56. Slack
Introducing a new way to communicate

58. chat.wordpress.org

59. 5%
Five for the future
Companies supporting open-source with 5% of their time

60. Committing 5% of the time to WordPress

61. REST API Effort
An upcoming modern API for WordPress

63. WordPress.com REST API
An API for millions of WordPress.com users

65. REST API Convergence
Harmonize both in a v2 or v3

66. Responsive & Mobile
Adaptive design

68. Democratize
Publishing

69. Thank you!

70. Q & A
Matt Mullenweg @photomatt #WCSF #WCSF14