State of the Word 2013

THE

STATE OF THE

Word 2013

Matt Mullenweg

ma.tt@photomatt

8th

WORDCAMP SAN FRANCISCO

Image Credits: Scott Beale (Laughing Squid)

72This Year Alone

314WordCamps To Date

1,026People have spoken WordCamps in the last 12 months

1,400,000Videos from WordCamps have been watched over

1.4 Million times total on WordPress.tv

WordCamp Video Views

Images courtesy of their respective owners, pulled from #wp10 Twitter hash tag and anniversary write-ups

Year In Review

10,945 Posts and CommentsMore than 2X the year before

WordPress’ History The Book

46+ Million

46,355,774 downloads in the last 12 months

WordPress Downloads

#WCSF

2.3XAs many as last year

336Themes Added

Themes added to the theme directory in the last 12 months

#WCSF

6,758Plugins Added

9,334Plugins Requested

#WCSF

App Updates

Number of major app updates in the last 12 months

#WCSF

iOS Android Windows Phone

63 6

Recent

Rockstars

Konstantin x2

Konstantin Kovshenin @kovshenin

Konstantin Obenland @obenland

Mike Schroder @dh-shredder

Adam Silverstein @roundearth

Scott Taylor @wonderboymusic

Drew Jaynes @drewapicture

Dave Martin @lessbloat

Joen Asmussen @joen

31,260Survey Responses 2013

2012: 27,000

#WCSF

Answers from 178 countries

2012: 158

#WCSF

What devices do you use to access WordPress?

WebiPad

iPhone

Android

Android Tablet

Desktop

98% 31% 30% 18% 12%

What do you use WordPress for?

What do you use WordPress for?

2012 2013

CMS 68% 69%

Blog/CMS 25% 20%

Blog 7% 6%

App Platform - 7%

Have you heard of WordPress?

WordPress Awareness Survey by WPEngine

YES – 29.3%

1500 demographic-independent responses, +/- 2.9% accuracy based on sample size

#WCSF

18.9%WordPress powered 16.7% of the web at last WCSF

+2.2% points since last year

#WCSF

Habits & Loops

Nir Eyal

NirandFar.com

Presentation on WordPress.tv: http://wp.me/pllYY-3no

http://wp.me/pllYY-3no

“Phantom Buzz”The false sensation of feeling your cell phone vibrate in your pocket when you're suffering from textpectation or expecting a call from that certain girl (that will never actually call you back). !– UrbanDictionary.com

(A.)T.A.R.I.

Action

RewardInvestment

Trigger

External

Internal

Internal & External Triggers

Rarity / Validity

Happiness

Someone replied to your

comment!

YOU INHERITED LOTSA

$$$$!!!1!!1! send

There’s a new post on Random

Blog XYZ

Investment making it your own

A WordPress Loop

Write

Check StatsSubscribers++

Get Inspired

Constraints Breed

Creativity

Apps for both existing and new users

Manage

Produce

Consume

A better first experience

3XMore sign ups through Mobile Apps

WordPress is an App

APP PLATFORM

BLOG CMSNO!

BLOG

CMS

APP PLATFORM

BLOG C M S

PLATFORM

WordPress

CMS

BlogE-Commerce

Platform-focused ReleaseOctober

Stability & Security

Language Packs Auto-Updates for Minor Releases

Password Enhancements

Reduce Trac Components

New Developer Resource

developer.wordpress.org

The MP6 Story

The MP6 Story (Continued)

Creating the Team

Matt Mullenweg: got a minute? Matt Thomas: hey there, sure Matt Thomas: I'm working on finding those slideshow photos now, btw Matt Mullenweg: how's the rest of your week looking? Matt Thomas: Not bad, I'm planning to work on hiring for the rest of the day. then wherever i'm needed on comments in the reader. Need me for anything? Matt Mullenweg: would you be up for taking a pass through core?

1. Clear Leadership

2. Core Endorsement

3. Process over outcome

4. Skype

5. Informed Feedback

6. Open for anyone passionate

Did it work?

The Power of the Plugin

UsageIS OXYGEN

IDEASFOR

Smaller Teams Quicker Iterations Fewer Bottlenecks Temporary Hooks

Core Contributor Loop

Patch it!

Review & Feedback

Inclusion

Idea

Usage/Experience

Coming up in 3.8

Twenty Fourteen ready before 2014!

Of 50,000 blogs created ...only 4% active a week later.

UI Explorations by Joen Asmussen & Mel Choyce

Get Involved

Women in WordPress

36 More WordCamps this Year

Find one near you: central.wordcamp.org

Dev Day

&Q A#WCSF

State of the Word 2013

Technology

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