State of the Word is the annual keynote address delivered by the WordPress project’s co-founder, Matt Mullenweg, celebrating the progress of the open source project and offering a glimpse into its future.

For the first time, State of the Word ventures beyond North America, bringing the WordPress community to a new and vibrant city that plays a vital role in the WordPress project — Madrid, Spain!

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Chapters:
0:00 – Introduction
3:04 – Welcome
5:49 – Celebrating 2023
6:01 – 20 Years of WordPress
6:57 – WordCamps in 2023
8:54 – Meetup Survey
9:23 – WP.org Page Redesign
11:24 – Openverse
12:16 – Playground
15:42 – TwentyTwenty-Four
17:25 – New Contributors
17:41 – Gutenberg Updates
20:18 – Collaboration & Workflows
21:20 – Patterns
22:10 – 2023 Styles Theme
24:33 – Phase 2 Wrap Up
26:29 – Create Block Theme
27:00 – Infinite Permutations
27:09 – Editor
27:52 – Patterns
24:39 – Custom Fields
25:41 – Performance
27:44 – Interactivity APIs
28:56 – Admin Design
31:00 – “Learn AI Deeply”
34:24 – WordPress in 2024
38:48 – Plugins Team and Community Team
39:19 – WCUS 2024