2020 is just around the corner. What innovations should we expect in the coming year? The evolution of Gutenberg is progressing quickly, and in the coming year or two we'll end up with the ability to edit most of the WordPress front-end experience (including menus, widget areas, headers, and footers). Collaboration tools and multilingual support are also in the works in the future. Managed WordPress hosts are going strong and hosting more high-scale websites. The pioneer in the space Pagely is working with some of the leading vendors on the market. WooCommerce is picking up after the funding Automattic took a couple months back. Gutenberg support, additional integrations, new payment gateways, extended features for some of the leading plugins. Modern, WordPress-based applications like Google SiteKit or Pixo Editor are launching for WordPress users. Integrated functionality for 3rd party systems within the WordPress dashboard. WordPress-specific solutions are also on the rise. Platforms like NitroPack.io provide a complete "automagic" experience for rapidly speeding up your website and improving your pagespeed score a lot. Here's what else is coming to WordPress for enterprises and growing businesses online.

1. The Future of
WordPress In 2020
Mario Peshev
CEO @ DevriX
Advisor @ Growth Shuttle
November 28, 2019
INTERPRED WTC Sofia
at Digital Transformation Summit
organized by Enterprise magazine

2. ➔ CEO @ DevriX, Partner at Growth Shuttle
➔ Background in Software Engineering
➔ Business Advisor for $5M - $100M SMEs
➔ WordPress Core Contributor since WP 3.7
➔ Coined “WordPress retainers” and among the first SaaS vendors
About Me
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3. in 2020
WordPress Innovation

4. ➔ WordPress Core Roadmap
➔ eCommerce With WordPress
➔ Managed WordPress hosts
➔ WordPress-Driven Apps
➔ Niche WordPress solutions
➔ Additional Performance Opportunities
➔ Enterprise WordPress Opportunities
The Future Of WP
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5. Roadmap
1. WordPress Core

6. WordPress Core
➔ Mobile support and speed improvements for Gutenberg
➔ Navigation bars, social icons, and more editable with blocks
➔ New blocks and future focus on collaboration and i18n
➔ Diverse focus on small to enterprise-grade businesses
➔ Heavy development for WooCommerce and Jetpack
➔ Integrations, plugins, themes growing further
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7. WordPress
2. eCommerce With

8. WooCommerce Market Usage

9. News on WooCommerce
➔ Blocks for product grids and more for seamless WP experience
➔ New payment gateways, tracking and shipment integrations
➔ Partnership with GoDaddy for global eCommerce experience
➔ Hosted solutions from WordPress dot com
➔ Increased support for large stores, integration with different
platforms and systems
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10. Hosts
3. Managed
WordPress

11. Managed WordPress Hosts
➔ Additional focus on the managed hosting ecosystem in 2020
➔ More hosting vendors providing managed services
➔ Reducing costs down for starting businesses
➔ Specific managed hosts specializing in eCommerce (LiquidWeb
or GoDaddy), memberships, social sites
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12. Driven Apps
4. WordPress

13. WordPress “Apps” In 2020
➔ Simplified building of actual applications on top of WordPress
➔ SaaS, mobile apps, single page applications, etc.
➔ Headless web applications
➔ Pressbooks - a book printing app on WP
➔ Hellobar for opt-ins
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14. WordPress Solutions
5. Niche

15. Custom-Tailored WP Extensions
➔ New niche solutions built specifically for the WordPress
community
➔ Tailored to WordPress users
➔ A better refined workflow for administrators operating directly
into WordPress
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16. Google SiteKit merging Analytics, Search Console, Adwords into one
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17. Pixo supports writers and editors managing images for news and articles right in
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18. Performance Features
6. Additional

19. Performance Improvements
➔ Stronger support for Google AMP
➔ Core optimizations for faster load times
➔ WordPress hosts continuously improving performance
➔ WordPress-tailored services for blazing fast WordPress
experience across the board
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20. NitroPack automagically increases your Pagespeed score
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21. The Enterprise
7. WordPress In

22. Enterprise WordPress Experience
➔ WordPress Core improvements for enterprise projects
➔ Performance and security enhancements for the platform
➔ Additional focus on the enterprise market, both by Automattic
and agencies
➔ Digital Experience Platforms emerging for seamless integration
for enterprise projects
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23. Questions?
That’s all, folks!
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