Shifting the WordPress Mindset

In order to forecast where we as the WordPress community are taking WordPress, we take a retrospective look at WordPress' humble beginnings and the product's evolution up to present day. From there, we discuss and forecast possible future developments.

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1. SHIFTING THE WORDPRESS MINDSET MATT COHEN. WORDCAMP CAPE TOWN 2012. Sunday 30 September 12
2. WEB DEVELOPER WOOTHEMES WORDPRESS ENTHUSIAST (OCCASIONAL) BLOGGER & FULL-TIME LOVER OF MUSIC & GUITARS. WHO AM I? ( WOO! ) Sunday 30 September 12
3. 0.71-GOLD KUBRICK THEME “ADMIN” USERNAME b2/Cafélog WORDPRESS PAST... Sunday 30 September 12
4. WORDPRESS PAST... WORDPRESS 0.71-gold Sunday 30 September 12
5. WORDPRESS PAST... WORDPRESS 1.0.1-miles Sunday 30 September 12
6. WORDPRESS PAST... WORDPRESS 2.0.0 Folks, meet Kubrick Sunday 30 September 12
7. WORDPRESS PAST... WORDPRESS 2.7.0 Oh hi, Kubrick! Sunday 30 September 12
8. WORDPRESS PAST... WORDPRESS 3.0.0 Sunday 30 September 12
9. 3.4.x RELEASE CYCLE ZEN WRITING MODE THEME CUSTOMIZER MANY NEW APIs WORDPRESS PRESENT... Sunday 30 September 12
10. WORDPRESS PRESENT... WORDPRESS 3.4.2 Sunday 30 September 12
11. THEMES WORDPRESS PRESENT... PREMIUM PLUGINS HOSTING Sunday 30 September 12
12. HOSTED SERVICES ( SaaS ) MANAGED WP HOSTING WP FOR BUSINESS WORDPRESS PRESENT... PREMIUM SHOP → DEVELOPER → AGENCY → CUSTOMER → END USER Sunday 30 September 12
13. MOBILE FOCUS INTERNAL OOP* APIs YOUR NEXT GREAT IDEA WORDPRESS (NOT TOO DISTANT) FUTURE... * OBJECT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING Sunday 30 September 12
14. WORDPRESS (NOT TOO DISTANT) FUTURE... WORDPRESS 3.5.0 - beta 1 Sunday 30 September 12
15. IDEA → INNOVATE → UNLEARN → RELEARN. WORDPRESS (NOT TOO DISTANT) FUTURE... Sunday 30 September 12
16. NOT MUCH HAS CHANGED. WE DRIVE WORDPRESS. AND CORE HELPS US TO. THE TAKEAWAY (Yep, this is it)... Sunday 30 September 12
17. THEMES LOOK GREAT, PLUGINS ADD FEATURES, COMMUNITY INNOVATES, & CORE MAKES IT HAPPEN. WORDPRESS CONSTANT... Sunday 30 September 12
18. WHAT WE’VE DONE: THE TAKEAWAY (Yep, this is it)... ADMIN UI WIDGETS API WORDPRESS MENUS THEME CUSTOMIZER PLUGIN/THEME UPDATES SETTINGS API CUSTOM HEADER CUSTOM BACKGROUND POST THUMBNAILS POST TYPES API TAXONOMIES API TRANSIENTS CACHING FEEDS SHORTCODES API PLUGINS API (HOOKS/FILTERS) REVISIONS CUSTOM META BOXES eCOMMERCE FORM CREATION MEDIA MANAGEMENT MULTISITE NETWORKS THEME MOD API ZEN WRITING MODE THE AWESOME WP COMMUNITY & CORE TEAM. * AND MUCH, MUCH MORE... Sunday 30 September 12
19. DEMOCRATIZE PUBLISHING. COMMUNITY-DRIVEN. OPEN-SOURCE. AWESOME. WORDPRESS CONSTANT... Sunday 30 September 12
20. WORDPRESS: What are you going to ship today? CLOSING THOUGHTS... Sunday 30 September 12
21. THANKS! @mattyza http://matty.co.za/ Sunday 30 September 12