Matt Mullenweg: State of the Word 2021 annual keynote address
Channel: WordPress
Date: 2021-12-15

Livestreamed from New York City, State of the Word 2021 is the annual keynote address delivered by the WordPress project’s co-founder, Matt Mullenweg.  Every year, this event allows us to reflect on the project’s progress and the future of open source. This year includes that and more.

Join Matt as he provides a retrospective of 2021, discusses the latest trends he’s seeing, celebrates the community’s amazing wins, and explores the future. You will hear about a range of topics, from WordPress 5.9 and Openverse to Web3 and non-fungible tokens (NFTs).

Learn more at https://wordpress.org/news/2021/11/state-of-the-word-2021/

Chapters:
00:00 Start
01:26 Introduction
05:10 The Year 2021 in Review
05:22 8 New Core Committers
05:48 The Revamped WordPress.org/news Site
06:40 Openverse
08:08 The WordPress Pattern Directory
09:39 Polyglots Updates
10:25 New Projects in GlotPress
11:06 Diversity in WordPress
12:09 Learn.WordPress.org news
13:48 Distribution of WordPress and Latest Market Share
16:37 Security Processes in WordPress
18:10 Updates, Changes, and Improvements
19:08 Managing Widgets with Blocks
20:18 Query Block
21:06 Duotone
22:40 Contributors to WordPress Releases in 2022
25:24 WordPress 5.9
26:14 Block Themes and Twenty Twenty Two
27:12 Block Styles
27:48 Block Pattern Improvements
28:12 Looking toward the Future
29:35 Web 3, The Decentralized Web, and WordPress
32:52 Acquisitions in 2022
33:40 WordPress Acquisitions in Context with Macroeconomic Trends
36:48 Company Size and Influence in WordPress
38:15 The Spirit of Participation
40:18 Five Minutes for Five for the Future
47:28 Democratizing Publishing through WordPress
49:49 The Four Phases of Gutenberg
52:33 Contribute to WordPress
57:16 In-person WordCamps are back: WordCamp Sevilla 2021
58:04 WordCamp US 2022 Host City is Revealed
1:00:02 Thank you!