WordPress enthusiasts tuned in last week for the State of the Word address to celebrate the project’s yearly accomplishments and explore what 2023 holds. But that\u2019s not the only exciting update from the past month. New proposals and ideas are already emerging with an eye on the year ahead\u2014let\u2019s dive into them!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg<\/a> delivered the annual State of the Word address on December 15, 2022<\/strong>, before a live audience in New York City. Most attendees joined the event via livestream or one of the 33 watch parties held across 11 countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Josepha Haden Chomphosy<\/a>, Executive Director of WordPress, kicked off this year’s event with an introduction to the Four Freedoms of open source<\/strong> and the importance of WordPress in ensuring \u201ca free, open and interconnected web for the future.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Similar to past State of the Word events, Matt reflected on the project\u2019s achievements over the past year, including Gutenberg\u2019s adoption beyond WordPress, the steady progress in advancing the site editing experience, and the return to in-person events. <\/em>In addition, he took the opportunity to remind everyone of the 2023 Community Summit<\/a> and the 20th anniversary of WordPress<\/a> coming up next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ahead of 2023<\/strong>, Matt announced new taxonomies<\/a> in the WordPress.org theme and plugin directories to help users identify the extensions that best fit their needs and plans for Phase 3 of Gutenberg\u2014Collaboration\u2014among other notable updates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n People who watched the State of the Word enjoyed a demo of WordPress Playground<\/a>, an experimental project to explore, experiment, and build apps with a WordPress instance that runs entirely in the browser.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Missed the event? Read the recap<\/a> or watch the State of the Word recording<\/a> and Q&A session<\/a> on WordPress.tv.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n The annual WordPress survey helps project leadership and those who build WordPress understand more about the contributor experience, how the software is used, and by whom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This year\u2019s survey will remain open through the end of 2022<\/strong> and is available in English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian, and Spanish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Take the 2022 WordPress Survey<\/a> to help make an impact on the project.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Two new versions of Gutenberg have shipped in the last month:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Follow the \u201cWhat\u2019s new in Gutenberg<\/a>\u201d posts to stay on top of the latest enhancements.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Curious about why WordPress has so many releases? Tune in to Episode 44 of WP Briefing<\/a> to learn about the role of major and minor releases in the project.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n The Community Team is calling on WordPress contributor teams to suggest topics for the 2023 Community Summit<\/a> by January 16, 2023.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n WordCamp Europe 2023 is calling for sponsors<\/a> and speakers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Have a story we should include in the next issue of The Month in WordPress? 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