The Past, Present, and Future of WooCommerce

A brief overview of trends and future plans for WooCommerce as a platform delivered as the keynote for the WooSesh 2018 virtual conference

Transcript

1. Todd Wilkens Head of WooCommerce @Automattic
2. The Past, Present, and Future of WooCommerce WooSesh 2018
3. The Past and Present Part 1
4. What’s been going on the past year for WooCommerce? • Our team • Highlights • Marketplace
5. Team of 115+
6. Highlights for Merchants GDPR
7. Highlights for Merchants Simplified Inventory Management
8. Highlights for Developers • Webhooks CRUD • Custom Product Tables • Developer Tools
9. WooCommerce Marketplace We Re-opened the WooCommerce Marketplace. In the last year, hundreds of developers have signed up, and we've launched exciting products like WooCommerce Multicurrency and Multilingual Press.
10. WooCommerce + Gutenberg The Products Block was released earlier this year. The plugin is active on more than 40,000 sites and has had more than 100,000 downloads.
11. The Future Part 2
12. Where is WooCommerce going in the future? • New Analytics • New UX and Architecture for WooCommerce Core • Mobile • Gutenberg • Performance and Scaling
13. Improved Analytics in WooCommerce Core • Better UX • Better performance • Extensible
14. New Analytics
15. New UX and architecture for WooCommerce Core • Transition to React-based Javascript for much of the store management front-end • Explicit focus on developer tools for extensibility • Guardrails and Guidelines
17. Better mobile experience • Native apps • Mobile Web
19. • Android and iOS store management apps are in open Beta right now. • All new design and dev in core is starting with Mobile/Responsive first • Exploring how best to use PWA and AMP
20. More with Gutenberg • Dedicated Gutenberg blocks squad • More blocks • More work on Gutenberg framework and wp.data
21. Performance and Scaling Partnering with hosts for more in-depth knowledge and targeted improvements
22. Aviva Pinchas Product Lead for the WooCommerce Marketplace Kelly Hoffman Design Director for WooCommerce
23. Thank You! WooSesh 2018