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!