WordPress 5.9 will be the “MVP” of this customization phase, said Mullenweg, to fully realize the goal that began in 2019. The “Collaboration” phase is slated to begin in 2023 and the fourth, “Multilingual Phase” is underway now but with no end date yet specified. Mullenweg broke down the WordPress journey into four phases, starting with “Easier Editing” in 2018, then “Customization” in 2019, which continues today through the unveiling of WordPress 5.9 in early 2022. The CMS pioneer said other cookie-cutter social sites just put everyone in the same box, while WordPress allows designers to get creative in their online expressions. For Mullenweg, it’s all about helping people express themselves on the web. He said Gutenberg was one of the original goals of the software some 18 years ago. Mullenweg left no doubt that Gutenberg remains the primary focus of WordPress at least for the next decade. There’s been a 76 percent growth in language packs for the core software over the last year for a total of more than 13,500, as well as a 28 percent increase in translations totaling around 16,000. Mullenweg dubbed this a great opportunity to grow WordPress while defining it to a new audience through courses. In addition, the site now supports 21 languages. Mullenweg mentioned an important part of WordPress expansion is due to the Polyglots’ work to share WordPress in more languages. World Domination Coming via Language Packs and CoursesĪnother topic covered was the drive to make WordPress available in multiple languages. However, he did caution WP developers to stay humble, pointing out how WordPress may be ten times larger than the number two CMS out there, but this should never be taken for granted. “We actually grew two entire Wixes this year, which is a new unit of measurement,” Mullenweg joked. Mullenweg mentioned how he didn’t like that open source CMS are disappearing from the competition, as Shopify and Wix overtake Drupal and Joomla. The next company behind WP commanded only 3.1 percent of the market.Ĭo-founder Matt Mullenweg spoke before a live audience in New York City, though the majority of developers attended via a livestream on YouTube. Soaring past a 43 percent market share, the open-source phenomenon not only saw a 4 percent increase from the previous year, but WordPress left its competitors in the dust. WordPress State of the Word Recap and What the Future Holdsĭecemby Joe Moody WordPress Still the Leading CMS and GrowingĪt the State of the Word address held on December 14, 2021, the world was reminded that WordPress is still the undisputed champion powering websites.
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