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Moving Forward with a Mature Platform - WCTRN

Moving Forward with a Mature Platform - WCTRN

My talk from WordCamp Torino 2016.

WordPress is over twelve years old now. How does the software and the project as a whole continue to move forward, maintain relevance, push boundaries, and assert influence when it has to compete with much leaner, cooler, and more modern alternatives?

Video: https://wordpress.tv/2016/04/15/john-blackbourn-moving-forward-with-a-mature-platform/

#wordpress #wordcamp #wtrn #php

John Blackbourn

April 02, 2016
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  1. What is WordPress? “WordPress is web software you can use

    to create a beautiful website, blog, or app.” wordpress.org
  2. Accessibility All new or updated code released into WordPress core

    and bundled themes must conform with WCAG at level AA.
  3. “The reason Drupal has been successful is because we always

    made big, forward-looking changes.” Dries Buytaert Why the big architectural changes in Drupal 8?
  4. WordPress core code maintains compatibility with a version of PHP

    that’s 9 years old because it’s still in use on 5% of all WordPress sites
  5. Feature Plugins Projects “Most will start as ideas that need

    exploration to be more fully formed or fleshed out before implementation.” make.wordpress.org/core
  6. What is WordPress? “WordPress is web software you can use

    to create a beautiful website, blog, or app.” wordpress.org