January 4, 2023 — In the State of the Word 2022 annual keynote address, WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg reflects on WordPress in 2022 and aspirations for the coming year.

January 4, 2023 — Hear the State of the Word 2022 question-and-answer session with WordPress co-founder, Matt Mullenweg.

December 15, 2021 — Livestreamed from New York City, State of the Word is the annual keynote address delivered by the WordPress project’s co-founder, Matt Mullenweg.

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. Expect to 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/

December 15, 2021 — Matt Mullenweg takes questions from the audience after the State of the Word 2021. Livestreamed from New York City, State of the Word is the annual keynote address delivered by the WordPress project’s co-founder, Matt Mullenweg.

The questions included discussions about Gutenberg and its split licensing, bringing the next generation to WordPress, Virtual Reality, and supporting small web publishers, to name a few.

December 17, 2020 — In this first-of-its-kind, distributed State of the Word, Matt shares his thoughts on how WordPress has weathered 2020, and what the future holds for WordPress.

December 17, 2020 — In this first-of-its-kind, distributed State of the Word Q&A, Matt and other WordPressers answer questions asked by WordPress enthusiasts around the world.

November 3, 2019 — WordCamp US 2019 will again feature the State of the Word by WordPress co-founder, Matt Mullenweg. In the State of the Word, Matt will share his thoughts on where WordPress has been, where it’s going, and take questions from the audience.

November 3, 2019 — WordCamp US 2019 will again feature the State of the Word by WordPress co-founder, Matt Mullenweg. In the State of the Word, Matt will share his thoughts on where WordPress has been, where it’s going, and take questions from the audience.

December 27, 2018 — State of the Word

WordCamp US 2018

December 4, 2017 — The State of the Word is the annual keynote address at WordCamp US, presented by the co-founder of WordPress, Matt Mullenweg. In this year’s address, Matt summarizes the highlights of 2017 — including the 4.8 and 4.9 releases — and previews what we can look forward to in 2018 ( spoiler: it’s Gutenberg 🙂 ).

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