State of the Word 2017
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1) The document discusses WordPress updates and events from 2017-2018, including the launch of Gutenberg, a new editor focused on blocks. 2) Over 99,000 people attended WordCamps and Meetups in 48 countries in 2017. 3) Gutenberg has been in development for over a year with over 4,000 commits and 100+ contributors, with the goal of simplifying the concept of blocks. Testing and plugin support will be important in its continued rollout.
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State of the Word 2017
- 2. Amanda Giles “Code is Poetry”
- 4. Matt Mullenweg matt.blog • ma.tt • @photomatt #WCUS
- 5. Thank you to our sponsors
- 6. Attribution: dconvertini / Flickr / CC BY-SA 2.0
- 7. Thank you to our organizers
- 14. Avg. monthly attendance across 5 months before and after launch 7,192 9,464 4.8 Events Widget average monthly attendance 31.6%
- 15. FOUNDATION
- 17. Johannesburg Beirut Cape Town Montreal Attribution: Paul Saad, Omar Chatriwala, Giltert Sopakuwa, barnyz / Flickr / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
- 18. Supporting the educational work of the WordPress Foundation is now much easier. wordpressfoundation.org/donate
- 19. 52bugs resolved 46hackers thanked 39reports rewarded skansingTOP REPORTER 9 reports Since May 2017
- 20. .org
- 21. es.wordpress.org
- 22. es.wordpress.org and 26 more languages!
- 24. 1,166 themes with language pack 2,023 plugins with language pack Language Packs
- 25. Top 10 Plugins Contact Form 7 Yoast SEO Akismet Jetpack WordPress Importer WooCommerce All In One SEO Pack Google XML Sitemaps Limit Login Attempts TinyMCE Advanced 15 30 45 60 43 32 36 25 48 46 56 19 21 29
- 26. New in 2018
- 27. A series of automated tests run against every plugin and theme in the directory.
- 28. Growth Council
- 29. First meeting next week Growth Council
- 30. 36.28% WordPress sites using https ! From 14% last year
- 31. A new feature-driven release schedule BIG SHIFT
- 32. Had two great releases.
- 35. Mel ChoyceWeston Ruter 4.8 4.9
- 36. Jeff PaulMel ChoyceWeston Ruter 4.8 4.9
- 47. 4.8 4.9
- 48. No default theme this year Stay on focus
- 49. API: Room to improve here still FOCUS
- 53. Longest-running major feature development we’ve ever had.
- 54. “Gutenberg is an effort to simplify into one elegant concept: blocks.”
- 55. 11 months since kickoff
- 58. Matías Ventura
- 59. How long?
- 60. Estimating another few inches on the Gutenbeard.
- 61. 12 iterations
- 62. …or about 4 months.
- 64. What needs to happen?
- 68. Needs you. GUTENBERGTo test WE WANT YOU! ENLIST NOW! Learn more about testing WordPress: make.wordpress.org/test We Want You! TO TEST Gutenberg Learn more about testing WordPress: make.wordpress.org/test
- 69. wordpress.org/gutenberg • github.com/WordPress/gutenberg Call for testing Contribute to Gutenberg
- 70. Forget 280 characters. Attribution: Scazon / Flickr / CC BY 2.0
- 71. Let’s have 280 blocks. Attribution: Scazon / Flickr / CC BY 2.0
- 73. Very different approach this year, the world didn’t end.
- 75. Will keep “lead hat” on through 2018.
- 76. Gutenberg-based site customization THE NEXT FRONTIER
- 78. Worth doing a new default theme.
- 79. Customization can happen faster than phase 1.
- 81. Most of the hard stuff is out of the way.