This document summarizes an event about WordPress. It introduces two organizers, Giuliano Ambrosio and Maurizio Pelizzone. It provides statistics on WordPress's popularity and features. It outlines WordPress's evolution from a blogging platform to a full content management system and application platform. It discusses potential future directions, including simplifying the interface. Examples are given for different types of WordPress sites. Security tips are also provided. The conclusion is that WordPress is powerful but not a "silver bullet."

2. SEPTEMBER 25,26,27 - SMW TURIN 2012

3. Giuliano Ambrosio
 26 years old
 WordPress Lover
Maurizio Pelizzone
 37 years old
 WordPress Lover
ABOUT US

5. #WPCON2012
WORDPRESS IS 9 YEARS OLD

6. • 56 million WordPress.com sites in the World 1
• 54.6 % content management system market share 2
• More than 21,000 plugins (September 2012 ) 3
• More than 1.600 free themes (September 2012) 4
• + 18 MLN WordPress 3.4 download (June 13, 2012 ) 5
1. http://en.wordpress.com/stats/
2. http://w3techs.com/technologies/overview/content_management/all
3. http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/
4. http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/
5. http://wordpress.org/download/counter/
WORDPRESS’S NUMBERS

7. 29.70%
WordPress
Joomla
54.30% Drupal
6.80% Other
9.20%
CMS’S USAGE FOR WEBSITES
1. http://w3techs.com/technologies/overview/content_management/all

8.  Full standard compliance
 Multiple authors
 Multisite
 User Roles
 Custom post type
 Custom taxonomies
 XML-RPC interface
 Template and Plugin auto-install system
 Automatic update (core, plugins, themes)
 Hierarchic menu generator
 Image editing
 Full IIS Compatibity
MAIN FEATURES

9. 0.7 27 May 2003
1.0 Miles Davis 3 January 2004
1.5 Strayhorn 17 February 2005
2.0 Duke 31 December 2005
2.2 Getz 16 May 2007
2.3 Dexter 24 September 2007
2.5 Brecker 29 March 2008
2.7 Coltrane 11 December 2008
2.8 Baker 10 June 2009
2.9 Carmen 19 December 2009
3.0 Thelonious 17 July 2010
3.1 Reinhardt 23 February 2011
3.2 George Gershwin 4 July 2011
3.3 Sonny Stitt 12 December 2011
3.4 Grant Green 13 June 2012
RELEASE HISTORY

10. • Blog engine
• “WordPress is a state-of-the-art semantic personal
publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web
standards, and usability.”
• “WordPress is web software you can use to create a
beautiful website or blog. We like to say that WordPress
is both free and priceless at the same time”
• Application platform
WORDPRESS EVOLUTION

11. “One of the things I’ve been working on
for the past few months is a radical
simplification of the interface.”
-Matt Mullenweg, Founder of WordPress
• http://paidcontent.org/2012/05/23/simple-wordpress-mobile-matt-mullenweg/
• http://wpcandy.com/reports/matt-mullenweg-on-radically-simplified-wordpress
• http://wplifeguard.com/radical-simplification-to-wordpress-is-in-the-works/
WHAT’S NEXT?

12. USE CASE
EXAMPLES

13. STANDARD BLOG

14. NEWS MAGAZINE

15. REAL ESTATE

16. BOOKMARK SERVICES

17. BOOK SHOP

18. CONTACT MANAGER

19. UNDER CONSTRUCTION PAGE

20. PREMIUM
TEMPLATES

21. ISSUE TRACKING SYSTEM
http://www.appthemes.com/themes/quality-control/

22. ECOMMERCE
http://www.woothemes.com/woocommerce/

23. CLASSIFIED DIRECTORY
http://themeforest.net/item/sofa-opnpress-publishing-platform/146753ref=ayman3011

24. INTRANET
IDEAS

25. PRIVATE MICROBLOGGING

26. DOCUMENT REVISION
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-document-revisions/
https://github.com/benbalter/WP-Document-Revisions

27. PROJECT MANAGEMENT
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/collabpress/
http://collabpress.org/

28. PERSONAL
BRANDING

29. WORDPRESS POWER POLITICS
http://mashable.com/2012/09/17/politics-wordpress/

30. WORDPRESS POWER POLITICS
http://mashable.com/2012/09/17/politics-wordpress/

31. +BRAND REPUTATION

32. +COMUNICATION

33. +TESTING

34. +SKILLS IMPROVEMENT

35. SOCIAL MEDIA

36. SOCIAL MEDIA

37. SOCIAL MEDIA BUTTON

38. SOCIAL MEDIA STREAM

39. https://twitter.com/JuliusDesign/status/250364364685729792
TWITTER STATUS
http://codex.wordpress.org/Embeds

40. TWITTER OEMBED
http://codex.wordpress.org/Embeds

41. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlFiOd5dcUk
YOUTUBE VIDEO
http://codex.wordpress.org/Embeds

42. YOUTUBE OEMBED
http://codex.wordpress.org/Embeds

43. FOR YOUR
DEVELOPER

44.  Update and maintainance
 Use a strong password
 Restrict access to Login page
 File Monitor
 Backup
SECURITY TIPS

45. WordPress is a powerfull
application but it’s not a
«silver bullet».
CONCLUSION

46. ?
QUESTIONS?

47. Thank you!
Giuliano Ambrosio
info@juliusdesign.net
http://juliusdesign.net
Twitter: @JuliusDesign
Maurizio Pelizzone
maurizio@mavida.com
http://maurizio.mavida.com
Twitter: @miziomon