Wordcamp Charlotte: WordPress Today and Tomorrow

WordPressToday and Tomorrow

Mark Jaquithmarkjaquith.com

What is WordPress?

“Content Management System”

WordPress=

Web Publishing

+ The Internet

Powerful web publishing

Flexibility

Community

4.7 million blogson WordPress.com

7.4 million blogson WordPress

(self-install)

Over 12 million blogson WordPress

Simplicity

Free andOpen Source

Philosophy

Small, capable core

Vibrant plugin market

Thousandsof plugins

Thousandsof themes

Options = bad

Why I do it

Glenda Watson Hyatt

The near-future:WordPress 2.7

Automatic core upgrade

Plugin installation from within the

admin

Redesigned admin interface

Threaded comments

Paged comments

Reply to comments from

the admin

Direct access to submenus

Keyboard shortcuts for comment moderation

Customizable admin screens

QuickPress (quick posting from the

dashboard)

Sticky posts

WordPress 2.7

Preview

Maturation of process

Frickin’ users with frickin’ lasers

Massive development

effort

18,214 downloads of

2.7 Beta 2

What next?

Different post types

Usability

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