Matt Mullenweg just delivered the 2013 State of the Word, his annual update about WordPress.
He started off discussing the history of WCSF, and the first WordCamp San Francisco 8 years ago. It was pretty low tech at first, and organizers have learned a great deal since then. There have in fact been 314 WordCamp’s to date and 72 already this year. At the WordCamps this year, there have been 1,026 speakers. And there have been 1.4 million views of WordPress.tv this year, where most presentation recordings are hosted.
Significant events
December 2012 marked the release of WordPress 3.5, or Elvin. The release included a completely new media interface, the release of the twenty twelve theme, and making the admin “crisp” on retina devices.
Matt highlights lots of questions and rumors about 3.6’s release, but notes that it will be released “soon”. However, for the first time, Matt has highlighted WordPress 3.6 with a world premier. My in-audience recording of the 3.6 “Oscar” video is here:
http://youtu.be/KQGRW8dBghQ
WordPress 3.6 looks amazing.
Update: the entire State of the Word and Q & A with Matt that followed is now available on WordPress TV. Also, Japh Thomson has done a Storify with some extra information and pictures you will enjoy.
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