Matt Mullenweg: State of the Word 2023
Channel: WordPress
Date: 11/12/2023

State of the Word is the annual keynote address delivered by the WordPress project’s co-founder, Matt Mullenweg, celebrating the progress of the open source project and offering a glimpse into its future.

For the first time, State of the Word ventures beyond North America, bringing the WordPress community to a new and vibrant city that plays a vital role in the WordPress project — Madrid, Spain!

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Chapters:
0:00 - Introduction
3:04 - Welcome
5:49 - Celebrating 2023
6:01 - 20 Years of WordPress
6:57 - WordCamps in 2023
8:54 - Meetup Survey
9:23 - WP.org Page Redesign
11:24 - Openverse
12:16 - Playground
15:42 - TwentyTwenty-Four
17:25 - New Contributors
17:41 - Gutenberg Updates
20:18 - Collaboration & Workflows
21:20 - Patterns
22:10 - 2023 Styles Theme
24:33 - Phase 2 Wrap Up
26:29 - Create Block Theme
27:00 - Infinite Permutations
27:09 - Editor
27:52 - Patterns
24:39 - Custom Fields
25:41 - Performance
27:44 - Interactivity APIs
28:56 - Admin Design
31:00 - "Learn AI Deeply"
34:24 - WordPress in 2024
38:48 - Plugins Team and Community Team
39:19 - WCUS 2024