“The #WordPress theme written in 1.2 will still work in WordPress 5.9. That’s how we are committed to backward compatibility.” @photomatt #StateOfTheWord

“Core #WordPress belongs just as much to you as it does to me or anyone. Regardless of economic or political situations.” @photomatt #StateOfTheWord

“Impact on the future of #WordPress isn’t the size of the company. When a company benefits and puts something back in it ensures WordPress exists.” @photomatt #StateOfTheWord

Contributors to #WordPRess 5.6 in terms of company size. @photomatt #StateOfTheWord

“These trends are now unique to #WordPress. 42 deals is not bad compared to the rest of the tech world.” @photomatt #StateOfTheWord

“Inflows to Stocks… this shows money moving at incredible rate in 2021 in the entire tech space (includes #WordPress but much more broad)… Estimate is 1.6 Trillion.” @photomatt #StateOfTheWord

“Number of deals happening in the tech space. 10k tranactions in first 9 months of 2021 alone. Up 24% over last year. Big acqustitions aren’t unique to #WordPress space.” @photomatt #StateOfTheWord

“#WordPress is decentralized – you can participate from anyone, publish anywhere.” @photomatt #StateOfTheWord

.@photomatt has been working on #WordPress for more than half his life. #StateOfTheWord

Is this @photomatt way of giving the #WordPress community the bird? #StateOfTheWord

Full Site Editor demo showing how to edit a header in a fully responsive way in #WordPress. @photomatt #StateOfTheWord

580 contributors already to #WordPRess 5.9, still a few weeks before release. @photomatt #StateOfTheWord

.@photomatt showing off a video demo of the widget block. Someday I’ll tell my kids of the old way widgets used to be in #WordPress. #StateOfTheWord

#WordPress security: going well. “Security is a process. Anyone says they are secure they are temping fate.” @photomatt #StateOfTheWord

“By every metric #WordPress growth was incredible – because we did have a Covid bump like most did in 2021.” @photomatt #StateOfTheWord

#WordPress powers 43% of the web (via @W3Techs) 11.6% more themes added. 11.63% more downloads in 2021. @photomatt #StateOfTheWord

Diversity in #WordPress: 25 events in 2021 with 135 participants from 66 cities in 16 countries. @photomatt #StateOfTheWord

13.6k+ languages packs in core. 15.9k active translators. #WordPress locals: 71 languages. @photomatt #StateOfTheWord

Openverse – grab images and easily add them to your #WordPress site. “We are expanding our mission – from the code on people’s site to what they are publishing.” 600 million images. @photomatt #StateOfTheWord

Eight new #WordPress core committers for 2020 and 2021. @photomatt #StateOfTheWord

2022 might be a four release year. @photomatt #StateOfTheWord #WordPress

Today was the release date for #WordPress 5.9 oringially. Pushed it a month: “So close but we turned around. Better to be a brave donkey then a dead lion.” @photomatt #StateOfTheWord #WordPress

Don’t forget right after #StateOftheWord @post_status is having a live event to get reactions and share bingo cards. Join me @bethannon @karks88 @palmiak_fp @raemoreywrites and the rest of #WordPress. 7pm ET 👉🏻 twitter.com/i/spaces/1YqGo… To speak, you must use the Twitter app.

#StateOfTheWord in a few minutes. Make sure you have your semi-related #WordPress bingo card. 👇🏻 bingobaker.com/#d3fc511606a43… twitter.com/dimensionmedia…