Moving Forward with a Mature Platform - WCEU

by John Blackbourn

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Moving Forward with a Mature Platform John Blackbourn @johnbillion

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Since 1995 Since 2003

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Well Established Proven Stable

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Old Bloated Boring A pile of…

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Responsive Images via srcset

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Usage of srcset since WordPress 4.4 Usage in Google Chrome. Data from Google, March 2016.

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Responsive Images REST API HTTPS HTTP/2

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Responsive Images REST API HTTPS HTTP/2

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What is WordPress? “WordPress is web software you can use to create a beautiful website, blog, or app.” wordpress.org

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What is WordPress’ Mission? “To democratize publishing through Open Source, GPL software.” wordpressfoundation.org

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Localisation

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wptranslationday.org April 24th 2016

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Local WordCamps and Meetups

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Localised WordPress.org

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Accessibility

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Accessibility All new or updated code released into WordPress core and bundled themes must conform with WCAG at level AA.

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Developer Relations

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“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?

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Developer Relations

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WordPress core code maintains compatibility with a version of PHP that’s 9 years old because it’s still in use on 7% of all WordPress sites

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Developer Relations

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Developer Contribution Process

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Developer Contribution Process

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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

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Project Direction

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What is WordPress? “WordPress is web software you can use to create a beautiful website, blog, or app.” wordpress.org

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