Comments on: Ask WordPress Questions to Matt Mullenweg at WordCamp Portland

By: Elvix

Elvix — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:59:36 +0000

OK, my question seems to be continually evolving.

How does one get approval for a shortcode for Wordpress.com?

As the gatekeepers, you have tremendous responsibility to customers, but is there a possibility for an official “trusted partner” program?

The GPL-friendly biz model of Polldaddy, Akismet is hobbled if the WP.com community is completely inaccessible.

By: Devin

Devin — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 03:23:46 +0000

Many of the sites I develop use WordPress more like a CMS than a blog platform. Are there any plans to expand WordPress in this area?

Specifically, it would be great to have the ability to define additional fields required for registration or to be able to create pre-defined custom fields with various input options (radio, check, select). I know there are plug-ins that do this and the functions are fairly easy to write, but it seems like these options might be used more if they were built in.

Would adding more CMS features take away from the simplicity of WordPress? Or is this something only developers would take advantage of? At any rate, I would appreciate your thoughts on this. Excited to have you in Portland.

By: Kelly Guimont

Kelly Guimont — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:21:30 +0000

This may be a silly question, but I have a LOT better luck finding themes on other sites and better plugin information other places too. Is the bar for getting something listed on wordpress.org really that high or are people just not listing there for some other reason?

By: Elvix

Elvix — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 05:26:43 +0000

Just an addendum, I don’t want to get mired in the same old GPL arguments, that’s well-worn territory. But maybe we can push beyond that to talk about how developers are making money through plugins and what models are evolving, how WP users and bloggers are evolving to accept paid models (PollDaddy, etc.).

By: Elvix

Elvix — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 05:59:10 +0000

Question: Why no plugin marketplace? Wordpress has done essentially nothing to help developers charge for their plugins and other WP enhancements.

Marketplaces work elsewhere, and though there’s certainly challenges, it would be nice if Wordpress took the lead here.

By: Vin Thomas

Vin Thomas — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:09:02 +0000

What a great addition to the lineup. I am even more excited for Wordcamp Portland now.

By: Amber Case

Amber Case — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:57:10 +0000

This is truly epic! Will he be speaking on day one or day two?

By: katmarkert

katmarkert — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:33:34 +0000

yeehaw!

I adore Matt….he’s so chill and down to earth on stage. Can’t wait for WCPDX!