ByBrian Krogsgard
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WordPress turned 12 today. Version 0.7 of WordPress was released May 27th, 2003, after Matt Mullenweg and Mike Little forked the stagnated b2.
Matt Mullenweg had cake:
He also talked to Jeff Chandler on WP Tavern to mark the occasion. I haven’t caught the entire interview yet but the topics look like good ones.
Matt Mullenweg shared a fascinating story about how a comment on a blog led to a mathematical breakthrough. 👩🏫 Matt commented, “I’ve always said that comments are the best part of blogging, but this is a particularly cool example.” 💬
Mike Jolley has agreed to terms to sell WP Job Manager to Automattic. Mike is already joining Automattic after the WooThemes acquisition — under his role as WooCommerce lead developer — and the sale of WP Job Manager is in part due to Automattic’s rules for employee side projects.
Matt Mullenweg has just completed the 2015 State of the Word, the annual speech where he highlights the last year of everything WordPress and what we can anticipate in the future.
Chris Hardie considers Friends, Elders, the Matt Factor, and the traits of a resilient community.
WordPress 6.2 is just a few weeks away. It’s time to get testing with Beta 4. Core Performance team has announced the roadmap for this year, including Gutenberg Phase 3 work and more. Do you know the difference between static vs dynamic blocks?
Do the WordPress.com pricing changes represent an opportunity for the WordPress product ecosystem, a blow to democratized publishing, or the beginning of a slow pivot in the service’s identity away from blogging to managed WordPress hosting?
