On the follow up question and answer page Matt Mullenweg answered the question about the WordPress user experience being split between page builder users and Gutenberg users. Here is his answer.

Here is the 2023 State of the Word. Some interesting topics. It was helpful seeing the plan for the custom field implementation. I hadn’t been clear on that. It was also nice to see the performance improvements. It seemed like a lot of things were touched on briefly but not too much covered in depth.

This is a great discussion between Jonathan Jernigan and Jamie Marsland. Topics include the Site Editor, block themes and classic themes, page builders, planning for the future, and more.

A very frank and interesting discussion between Syed Balkhi and Spencer Forman about Awesome Motive and how WordPress org is run.

The WP 2023 Awards have been released. Congrats to the winners!

For developers / entrepreneurs on a startup journey the “Build it in Public” approach is gaining a lot of attention. This article by group member Scott Murcott from Freemius has a good overview of what this might entail, the benefits, and some considerations.

WordPress has a number of great free plugins in the plugin directory. For the past few years at this time I’ve taken a few minutes to write a review on the plugin page to express my thanks for the plugins I use and rely on. This year I gave a review for Independent Analytics, which I’ve used on a couple of sites.

If you have a few minutes, I’m sure the plugin authors would appreciate a review.

This is a very interesting discussion about WordPress pricing and how to maximize profits.

This is an interesting discussion between Matt Mullenweg and Spencer Forman discussing Matt’s role and the future of WordPress. It is an interesting back and forth. They seem to have shared values but different perspectives on things. In some cases it seemed like they were talking past each other. Unlike some interviews with Matt, Spence was asking some tough questions and Matt was giving his view on them.