Today is the 19th anniversary since WordPress’ first release, which is especially exciting for a number of reasons:
- The community put together an awesome site celebrating the occasion at wp19.day.
- We just had an awesome 6.0 “Arturo” release.
- Next week June 2-4 WordCamp Europe returns in-person in Porto, Portugal, and I’ll be there and so excited to connect with the community! Tickets are still available.
- Nineteen seems like an in-between number, but actually it’s very salient for me because now WordPress is the same age I was when the first release came out.
- Which means I’ve now been working on WordPress half my life!
Cheers and here’s to many more years together. 
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Yay Matt!!!!
Congratulations!!!
Congratulations
Wow!! So cool! Congrats!!
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No:thing 2 say JJJ
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I like the fact that “Arturo” was released on #TowelDay
Cheers.
Hmmm, now …
19 is a prime number and (the year) 22 a beautiful mirror
the next prime would be:
23 that means, you will B … free? (just kidding, that was 4 the rhyme)
=> 42 48 <= fate?
4 me the year opened a gate
eternal 4s 2
bring IT forth
and
Learned to B
Grateful 4 2day,
sometimes even Grateful 4 2 days and also sometimes to
B A Great Fool
42 days & more
Happy B-day WordStress!
Grrrrrrrr eat, WordPress swallowed my poetry
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again
when WordPress is
23 you’re
– 42 – Do I need to say more?
then next prime
29 – another rhyme?
…. you’re – 48 –
could mayBe open a gate
eternal 4s 2
bring it forth
and
Learn to B
Grateful 4 2day, (no matt:er what)
sometimes even grateful 4 2 days and also sometimes to
B A Great Fool
42 days & more
oKay
No more WordStress 4 2day
Happy birthday WordPress
See you at WCEU, Matt!
Cheers to many more years of success, productivity, and happiness.
Congrats!
Congratulations! I’m curious as to why you haven’t yet converted ma.tt over to the new Twenty Twenty Two FSE theme? I’ve converted one of my sites, and I have to say, FSE is still quite rough around the edges. However, it’s exciting to see it progress. It definitely has a learning curve, but it’s all so worth it! I’ve spent a couple of days trying to pin down a workflow while learning the new site editor, templates; global styles; etc. I can say this, once you learn FSE, you won’t want to develop sites any other way. It’s going to be a huge game changer…
It’s on my todo! Just haven’t gotten to it yet.