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  • "It’s scary when you hear “end of life” but in practice every major web host continues to back port security and support. Including @automattic." @photomatt Also: Apparently theres a backport of PHP 7.4 that fixes bugs #WordPress community (in Github?) #SoTW #StateOfTheWord

  • “In #opensource: with many eyes all bugs are shallow." @photomatt #SoTW #StateOfTheWord

  • .@allie_nimmons asks @photomatt: “What do you think is the biggest challenge #WordPress is facing right now?” #SoTW #StateOfTheWord

  • #Openverse is a completely open API – if @Drupal or @TryGhost want to use it, it’s open to them.” @photomatt #SoTW #StateOfTheWord

  • “The #WordPress photo directory: auto credit and presenting more stats… sounds like things that could be possible, we should do that.” “Our library needs to get bigger for people to use it more. Also maybe possibly adding faces, people.” @photomatt #SoTW #StateOfTheWord

  • “One of the fun and best things about #opensource is that my code is running across a million websites.” @photomatt #SoTW #StateOfTheWord

  • .@michelleames asks photomatt: “#WordPress photo directory has 5k+ photos… where do we go from here? How can we better market it?” #SoTW #StateOfTheWord

  • BTW developer.wordpress.org/playground/ looks to be a live demo of the “100% #WordPreess in the browser” technology. #SoTW #StateOfTheWord

  • I don’t think New Yorek will be habitable in 100 years but here’s hoping @photomatt 😆 #SoTW #StateOfTheWord

  • #WordPress “Playground" could be great for learning, faster support or trying out plugins. #SoTW #StateOfTheWord

  • More info on #WordPress “PlayGround”. developer.wordpress.org/playground Virtual machine using web assembly creates the site 100% in the browser, not on a server. @photomatt #SoTW #StateOfTheWord

  • #WordPress “Playground” could be great for learning, faster support or trying out plugins. #SoTW #StateOfTheWord

  • More info on #WordPress “PlayGround”. developer.wordpress.org/playground Virtual machine using web assembly creates the site 100% in the browser, not on a server. @photomatt #SoTW #StateOfTheWord

  • #WordPress “Playground”: Everything in the browser, able to create a new theme, modifications in seconds. In the future “Imagine a guideded experience where you can edit code and see the results instantly.” @photomatt #SoTW #StateOfTheWord

  • .@photomatt says “#ChatGPT sounds confienent but can be completely inaccurate.” Sounds perfect for the #WordPress community (my quote, not Matts). #SoTW #StateOfTheWord

  • #ChatGPT favors @photomatt and #WordPress? Let the conspiracy begin. #SoTW #StateOfTheWord

  • .@photomatt mentiond #ChatGPT. Take a drink. #SoTW #StateOfTheWord

  • New taxonomy for #WordPRess plugin and theme directory to “self-identity for what kind of project they are” (“solo single player plugin” vs “commnity plugin – not upsells, free”) @photomatt #SoTW #StateOfTheWord

  • Phase 4 is multilingual and still “years away”. @photomatt #SoTW #StateOfTheWord

  • Phase 3 of #Gutenberg: Significant improvements to post provisions UI in #WordPress. You can more easily see the history of how pages evolved over time. @photomatt #SoTW #StateOfTheWord

  • Phase 3 of #Gutenberg: Making #WordPress “multi-player”. Real time collab like Google Docs. Share a draft of a theme or webpage with a special invite, allowing “commenting”. @photomatt #SoTW #StateOfTheWord

  • New taxonomies “kaunching this month” in the #WordPress plugin (and theme?) directories according to @photomatt. “We love them all”. #SoTW #StateOfTheWord

  • “Commerical Plugins” will now apparently be a taxonomy or tagged as such in the #WordPress plugin and theme directory.” @photomatt #SoTW #StateOfTheWord

  • Canonical pugins are so important “will be blessed” and examples would be #Gutenberg, importers for #WordPress – will get “core security” support. @photomatt #SoTW #StateOfTheWord

  • New taxonomy for #WordPRess plugin and theme directory to “self-identity for what kind of project they are” (“solo single player plugin” vs “commnity plugin – not upsells, free”) @photomatt #SoTW #StateOfTheWord

  • “#WordPress community is fractical – there’s often like subcommunities (like @Yoast or @WooCommerce).” @photomatt #SoTW #StateOfTheWord

  • RT @jeffpaul: Congrats to the new @WordPress core committers! 🎉🎉🎉🎉 #SotW #WordPress #StateOfTheWord

  • “From the bottom of my heart and the top of my lungs, thank you to the #WordPress community." @photomatt #SoTW #StateOfTheWord

  • “From the bottom of my heart and the top of my lungs, thank you to the #WordPress community.” @photomatt #SoTW #StateOfTheWord

  • 1399 release contributors for #WordPress in 2022. 652 first time contributors. 424 contributred from 2021 that came back. 322 took a break in 2021 and came back in 2022. @photomatt #SoTW #StateOfTheWord