How to Watch State of the Word 2022

State of the Word 2022: The Yearly Recap from Matt Mullenweg, New York City, with dark blue image of Matt Mullenweg in background.

For WordPress users, designers, and developers, the annual State of the Word keynote address by WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg is a not-to-be-missed event.

State of the Word is when Mullenweg:

  • Highlights WordPress accomplishments over the past year
  • Discusses what WordPress users can expect in the future
  • Answers questions from WordPress users

This year’s State of the Word is a hybrid event, with an in-person audience in New York City as well as livestream.

(I’ve been a fan of the State of the Word events for years, watching in person at the WordCamp US 2015 and 2016 conferences in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.)

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Takeaways from State of the Word 2021

Matt Mullenweg at the podium, dressed in a suit, with a Mac laptop with WordPress sticker on it.

The annual State of the Word keynote address took on a different look in 2021.

Held in New York City on December 14, 2021, the annual talk was a combination live event with small audience of WordPress community members (around 30 people) along with livestream.

In his two-hour talk, Matt Mullenweg, co-founder of WordPress, discussed WordPress accomplishments, open source, and answered questions from the WordPress community.

Here are my notes.

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