At yesterday’s WordCamp San Francisco 2013 conference, Matt Mullenweg delivered the annual State of The Word address, focusing on WordPress updates in the past year as well as future plans. In addition, Matt shared the results of the annual survey, completed by 30,000 WordPress users and developers.
Check out the video, my takeaways, and the social conversation. Sorry, there’s no transcript or captions for the video (Update: As of July 29, transcripts are in the works).
Takeaways from The State of the Word
In 2012:
- 18.9% of the web runs WordPress, up 2.2%
- 1026 unique WordCamp speakers
- 1.4 million views of WordCamp videos on WordPress.tv
- 10th anniversary celebration on May 27
- 3.5 version was released as well as Twenty Twelve theme
- 46+ million downloads of WordPress
- 336 new themes added to the repository, 2.3X as many as 2011
- 15 updates to the mobile apps
There are over 26,000 plugins in the plugin repository.
Survey Results
- Over 30,000 responses from 178 countries
- Most favorite things about WordPress: community and ease of use
- Plugins are the least favorite things about WordPress
- 12% are using WordPress from a desktop application
Future Plans for WordPress
- Development for versions 3.7 and 3.8 begin simultaneously July 28
- Version 3.7 to be released in early October 2013
- Platform update
- Led by Andrew Nacin and Jon Cave
- Focused on security and stability
- Version 3.8 to be released in December 2013
- Matt is heading up the 3.8 development effort
- MP6 and Twenty Fourteen theme will be in version 3.8
- Twenty Fourteen will be a magazine style theme
Other News
Of the 55,000 blogs created last week on WordPress.com, only 4% are active. New developer resource developer.wordpress.org has launched.
Social Conversation
Excited and nervous about going on stage for the State of the Word. You can tune into the livestream here: http://t.co/YRMLLat6a8 #wcsf
— Matt Mullenweg (@photomatt) July 27, 2013
Young @photomatt and little older @photomatt. #wcsf pic.twitter.com/ESJDgYz4f3
— David Bisset (@dimensionmedia) July 27, 2013
"8th WordCamp San Francisco." @photomatt BTW, here are my photos from the first ever WordCamp in 2006! http://t.co/Ny3cenaDEX #WCSF
— Bradley Allen (@BradleySA) July 27, 2013
Whoa. 1026 unique speakers at WordCamps in the past 12 months, says @photomatt. #wcsf
— Deborah Edwards-Onoro (@redcrew) July 27, 2013
It's the little things: "None of us would have ever predicted a WordPress Piñata." @photomatt #wcsf
— Austin Gunter (@austingunter) July 27, 2013
.@photomatt on plugin review system, "I've seen a lot of those one stars turn into five stars." #WCSF
— Bradley Allen (@BradleySA) July 27, 2013
.@photomatt on plugin review system, "I've seen a lot of those one stars turn into five stars." #WCSF
— Bradley Allen (@BradleySA) July 27, 2013
"336 new themes added to the theme directory in the past 12 months." @photomatt #WCSF
— Bradley Allen (@BradleySA) July 27, 2013
Whoa. 46+ million WordPress downloads says @photomatt #wcsf pic.twitter.com/G1ZsxbLVGM
— Carol Stephen (@Carol_Stephen) July 27, 2013
Who's Using WordPress On What: 98% Web, 31% iPad/iPhone, 30% Android, %18 Android Tablet, 12% Desktop App @photomatt #wcsf
— David Bisset (@dimensionmedia) July 27, 2013
Very nice! "@WordCampSF: No ratings for plugins without reviews now — if you give it one star, explain why! #wcsf #sotw"
— Seth Shoultes (@sethshoultes) July 27, 2013
RT @wordcampsf: 30K responses to the #WordPress survey from 170+ countries. Your favorite things? Community and ease of use. #wcsf #sotw
— Deborah Edwards-Onoro (@redcrew) July 27, 2013
RT @wordcampsf: 30K responses to the #WordPress survey from 170+ countries. Your favorite things? Community and ease of use. #wcsf #sotw
— Deborah Edwards-Onoro (@redcrew) July 27, 2013
Story on phantom buzz study @photomatt mentioned: http://t.co/SFcYUWbaaw #wcsf #sotw
— Deborah Edwards-Onoro (@redcrew) July 27, 2013
Interesting how @photomatt is spending so much time on mobile. Goes to show how important it is for the future of WordPress. #wcsf
— Brian Krogsgard (@Krogsgard) July 27, 2013
“On post formats, we had to do it to know that it wasn’t what we wanted — it didn’t represent the original goal of simplifying.” #wcsf #sotw
— WordCamp SF (@WordCampSF) July 27, 2013
All finished with the State of the Word, went great thanks to @isaackeyet for help with planning, writing, and the visuals.
— Matt Mullenweg (@photomatt) July 27, 2013
Impressed and inspired with the State of the Word excited about the direction of WordPress and forthcoming releases #wcsf #sotw
— James Appleyard (@refugeek) July 27, 2013
