December 3, 2025 — State of the Word is the annual keynote address celebrating the progress of the open source WordPress project and offering a glimpse into its future. This year’s event takes place on December 2, 2025, at 8:00 PM UTC from San Francisco. From local stories to global growth, WordPress leadership highlighted the platform’s strengths, roadmap milestones, and vibrant community.

Watch with us as WordPress enthusiasts and newcomers from around the world came together for this unforgettable annual celebration.

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September 3, 2025 — A group presentation from the Core AI team on what we’re building. Progress since the team formation, next steps, implementation examples, and an open Q&A. Read more about the formation of the WordPress AI team. Presented byJames LePageFelix ArntzJeffrey PaulMatías Ventura

May 1, 2025 — In this session Matías will be talking about how does WordPress move forwards while remaining true to its essence? In order to simplify the user experience, it is important to understand what are the core ideas and primitives that articulate the software. We’ll take a look through the Gutenberg roadmap and imagine a WordPress of the future that is both intuitive and powerful.

February 13, 2025 — State of the Word is the annual keynote address celebrating the progress of the open source WordPress project and offering a glimpse into its future. This year, the event takes place on December 16, 2024, at 9:00 UTC from Tokyo Node Hall in Japan. From local stories in Japan to global growth, WordPress leadership will highlight the platform’s strengths, roadmap wins, and vibrant community. Don’t miss this unforgettable annual celebration.

December 11, 2023

December 11, 2023 — State of the Word es la cita anual en la que el cofundador de WordPress, Matt Mullenweg, destaca los avances del proyecto de código abierto y comparte su visión sobre el futuro de la plataforma.

Por primera vez, State of the Word se celebra fuera de Estados Unidos, reuniendo a la comunidad en una ciudad que desempeña un papel fundamental en el proyecto de WordPress: ¡Madrid, España!

Acompaña a Matt en esta retrospectiva de 2023 para descubrir las últimas novedades tecnológicas de WordPress y lo que está por llegar en este proyecto de código abierto.

https://wordpress.org/state-of-the-word/

October 1, 2023 — Join the WordPress Executive Director, Josepha Haden Chomphosy, and Automattic’s Product Architect, Matías Ventura, in a review of 2023 accomplishments and learnings in the Project, followed by a Q&A with co-founder and Project leader Matt Mullenweg, in which he will share his reflections on 20 years of open source innovation and disruption.

September 13, 2022 — Moderated by @greenshady, the walk-through began with a planned feature review by @matveb that included the TT3 default theme, a refined template experience, fluid typography, and locking tools, amongst other features. Following the demos, the participating release squad members @davidbaumwald, @jeffpaul, @ndiego, @richtabor, @mikachan, and @desrosj spoke about the scope of their respective team’s release work. Closing out the event, the panelists fielded questions from the 80+ live attendees.

Speakers: David Baumwald, Jeff Paul, Jonathan Desrosiers, Justin Tadlock, Matías Ventura, Nicholas Diego, Sarah Norris

Thank you to the panelists, the WordPress 6.1 release squad, and contributors, @dansoschin, @priethor, and @jpantani for making this a successful walk-through.

October 14, 2021 — Review of proposed features for the upcoming 5.9 release.

June 9, 2021 — A narrated demo of current and new features coming to the WordPress block editor (codename: Gutenberg). Created by Matías Ventura and Beatriz Fialho; narrated by Beatriz Fialho.