A look at WordPress in 2016, and a proposal for a future direction for the project functionality and organization, delivered in December 2016 at WordCamp US in Philadelphia.
You can watch it on Youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nl6U7UotA-M
19. Run educational workshops in underdeveloped countries.2
Promote hackathons to help build websites for non-profits and NGOs.3
Support like-minded non-profits.1 WordCamp Central
becomes its own
public benefit
corporation.
22. • New API to manage the content & layout of emails generated
2.4.4 2.7.2
• Tighter security
• Theme and template changes
• Drag and drop avatar load
• Easier management of user-generated media
23.
24. • Developers - Plugin tables & conventions match WordPress.
bbPress
bbPress 2: A native plugin
• Community - WordPress.org forums were upgraded to
bbPress 2 allowing community access to the open source
code.
27. • GlotPress powers the translation of WordPress, BuddyPress,
bbPress, WordPress plugins, WordPress default themes, and
Rosetta sites.
1 2.2.2
• It’s moved from BackPress to become a WordPress plugin.
• Tighter security, better performance, and upgraded perms list.
39. 2/3 of the world speaks
12 languages
254M
Russian
389M
Spanish
1.39 Billion
Chinese
467M
Arabic
588M
Hindu-Urdu
250M
Bengali
527M
English
193M
Portuguese
123M
Japanese
132M
German118M
French
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2015/04/23/the-worlds-languages-in-7-maps-and-charts/
40. WordPress covers them all
along with all of these
Română
íslenska
Català
Kabyle
한국어
български
Pусский
Français
Svenska
Italiano
Shqiptar
Cymraeg
Malay
Slovenski
Hrvatski
Türk
Esperanto
Español
⽇日本語
Afrikaans
اردو
Deutsch
Српски
ગuજરાતી
मराठी
And many more
41. On Release Day of 4.6
Română
íslenska
Català
Kabyle
한국어
български
Pусский
Français
Svenska
Italiano
Shqiptar
Cymraeg
Malay
Slovenski
Hrvatski
Türk
Esperanto
Español
⽇日本語
Afrikaans
اردو
Deutsch
Српски
ગuજરાતી
मराठी
LANGUAGES
5050
42. Top 10 Plugins are 82% Complete
in Top 12 Languages
Contact Form 7Akismet JetpackWordPress
Importer
All in One
SEO Pack
Google XML
Sitemaps
WooCommerceLimit Login
Attempts
TinyMCE
Advanced
WP Super
Cache
42
31
41
21
12
20
17
12
40
45
50. Inclusive design is for those who
want to make great products for the
greatest number of people.”
“
Inclusive design puts people in the
center at the very start of the process.”
Exclusion happens when we solve
problems using our own biases.””
https://design.blog/2016/10/06/kat-holmes-who-gets-to-play/
“
“
Microsoft Design
Inclusive
design.blog Kat Holmes
51. Detroit’s future requires connecting
the worlds of design, technology and
innovation to neighborhoods.”
“
53% of small businesses in Detroit
operate without a website.
81% of people research a business
online before making a purchase.”
https://design.blog/2016/10/27/hajj-flemings-on-the-100-project-the-plan-to-rebrand-detroit/
“
“
design.blog Hajj Flemings
52. THANKS TO W.C.A.G. STANDARDS AT
EACH RELEASE
ACCESSIBLE
MORE
https://make.wordpress.org/core/handbook/best-practices/
coding-standards/accessibility-coding-standards/
99. “We only learn to walk when we risk
falling down, and this equation holds—
with commensurately more complex
dynamics—our whole lives long.”
- Krista Tippett