Only 10 percent of the world’s population speaks English, and it’s the native language for only half of those. But English represents more than two-thirds of all WordPress installs.
WordPress has undergone major code, infrastructure, and community efforts to improve its global reach in the last few years, culminating in a major shift in WordPress 4.0. This talk looks to tell the story of how the WordPress contributors, making decisions in line with our unique philosophies, were able to implement these new features, in terms of both technical and community challenges. We’re not done yet, and there’s more for the community to strive for, which will involve translators, plugin and theme developers, and core contributors.
Working toward a globally diverse userbase is not only key to growing the ecosystem and community, but to further advance our mission of democratizing publishing.