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WordPress: Getting Under the Hood
Scott Taylor
• Core Committer!
• Sr. Software Engineer, The New York Times!
• @wonderboymusic on Twitter/Instagram/Swarm!
• I like Music, NYC, and Mexican food
How I Started Coding
How I got started with WordPress
My First WordCamp:!WordCamp NYC 2010
WordPress at eMusic• 2 years of transition!
• Java to PHP!
• Monolith to Services!
• Slow development to Fast!
• Introduction to WordPress VIP!
• Memcached, HyperDB, Multisite, Scaling(!), AWS!
• Parallel HTTP Requests
WordCamp San Francisco 2011
WordPress 3.3WordCamp San Francisco After-Party
WordPress 3.4 ….I did nothing :(
WordPress 3.5Recent Rockstar #NailedIt
WordPress 3.6
The New York TimesSr. Software Engineer, Blogs Team
WordPress 3.7• First release with commit!• Fixed a bunch of errors related to Unit Tests!• Maintenance release
WordPress 3.8• MP6 - Matt Mullenweg at the helm!• Bug-fixing, etc
WordPress 3.9
• Audio/Video 2.0!
• MVP versus Features as Plugins!
• Playlists, full-featured theme support!
• TinyMCE previews
WordPress 4.0
How to Contribute
• Have a Purpose!
• Find ways to contribute!
• Be prepared to wait!
• Keep going, please do not stop
Any Questions?WordPress, Contributing, or Life in General!