The Future of WordPress

A presentation at WordCamp Los Angeles in October 2020 in by Francesca Marano

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The future of WordPress

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Ciao! Sono Francesca Marano

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WordPress 5.3 + 5.4 release coordinator

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How does change happen?

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Tentative schedule 2020-2021

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Coming up next WordPress 5.6 - Mid December 2020

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Security matters

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It can be done!

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Security matters

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Speed matters

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Accessibility matters

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The WP Campus Gutenberg accessibility report

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The WP Campus Gutenberg accessibility report

Gutenberg has significant and pervasive accessibility problems […] severe in nature. Organizations which have high risk profiles should consult legal counsel before using it and may want to choose to use the legacy editor instead.

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The W3C decision

Accessibility above all

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Twenty Twenty-One - The new default theme

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What’s next?

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Gutenberg (WordPress) phases

The editor

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Gutenberg (WordPress) phases

Full Site Editing

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Full site editing - concerns

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Full site editing - concerns

The future of WordPress theme shops

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Full site editing - concerns

What it means for old themes

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Stay in the loop

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Beyond 2020

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Gutenberg (WordPress) phases

Collaboration

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Gutenberg (WordPress) phases

Multilingual

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More than Code

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https://make.wordpress.org

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Five for the Future

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There is more

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Hopes and Dreams

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What you dream? Hope? Wish?

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Marieke van de Rakt

“I would love WordPress to become easier in the future. It is still rather hard for nontechnical people to get started. Also, I think the platform has grown despite its marketing and not because of it. So, in the future of WordPress I would love to have a consistent story, and a consistent strategy”

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The Future is bright

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Contribute selfishly and generously

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Eric S. Reymond, the Cathedral and the Bazaar

“Every good work of software starts by scratching a developer’s itch”

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Let’s continue the conversation