A Year in Core: A Retrospective

Both a retrospective and look into the future: We’ll walk through the last year in WordPress core — what’s changed, how some of these changes have been received, and a peek into what’s likely for 4.4, due in early December.

Presented by Mike Schroder at WordCamp LA 2015

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1. Year in Core:
   a retrospective
   WordCamp Los Angeles 2015
   Mike Schroder (DH-Shredder)
   WordPress Platform Lead at DreamHost
   @GetSource - http://www.getsource.net
   

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2. Who Am I?
   • Mike Schroder, a.k.a DH-Shredder,

   a.k.a. @GetSource
   • Third Culture Kid, enjoy Coffee & Sailing
   • WordPress 3.9 Co-Lead and Core Contributor
   • Happy DreamHost Employee
   

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3. Why a retrospective?
   

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5. 2014/9/4 - 2015/9/4
   4 major releases
   7 minor releases
   

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6. This is a quick pace.
   

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7. WordPress 4.0 “Benny”
   September 4, 2014
   Lead by Helen Hou-Sandí.
   275 contributors.
   

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10. WordPress 4.1 “Dinah”
    December 18, 2014
    Lead by John Blackbourn.
    283 contributors.
    

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14. WordPress 4.2 “Powell”
    April 23, 2015
    Lead by Drew Jaynes.
    283 contributors.
    

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18. WordPress 4.3 “Billie”
    August 18, 2015
    Lead by Konstantin Obenland.
    246 contributors.
    

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23. No more comments on
    new Pages!
    

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24. Okay. Let’s take a look
    at the FUTURE!
    

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25. WordPress 4.4
    Early December, 2015
    Lead by Scott Taylor.
    

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26. From here on out,
    nothing is confirmed.
    

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27. Except this — as of last Wednesday,
    5 weeks and 727 commits.
    

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31. REST API Step 1.
    

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32. Term Meta!
    

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33. Comment Overhaul!
    

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34. A year ago, there were
    16 committers.
    http://codex.wordpress.org/Core_Team
    

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35. Now, there are 24.
    http://codex.wordpress.org/Core_Team
    

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36. What are your most or least favorite
    changes during the past year?
    - getsource.net/year-in-core
    - make.wordpress.org/core
    

    Reviews: http://wclax.reviews
    

    Mike Schroder (DH-Shredder)
    WordPress Platform Lead at DreamHost
    @GetSource - http://www.getsource.net
    

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