2023 seemed to go by so quickly, but then I always feel that way at the end of the year. But somehow with ChatGPT and AI, it has left me in more of a daze than usual!
So let’s pause and take a look at what went on in the WordPress world in 2023 –
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Major WordPress Investments & Acquisitions in 2023
- Awesome Motive took over WP101 in February, 2023
- Unlimited WP took over WPLift.com in February, 2023
- Awesome Motive took over Thrive Themes in March, 2023
- Awesome Motive took over Duplicator in May, 2023
- group.one took over RankMath in May, 2023
- Themeum took over Kirki Customizer Framework in May, 2023
- Barn2 took over WooCommerce Product Tabs in July, 2023
- group.one took over Inpsyde’s BackWPup, Adminimize, and Search & Replace plugins in August, 2023
- Awesome Motive took over Envira Gallery and Imagely in October, 2023
- Brainstorm Force invests in LatePoint in November, 2023
Major WordPress Releases in 2023
- WordPress 6.2 (Dolphy) on March 29, 2023
- WordPress 6.3 (Lionel) on August 8, 2023
- WordPress 6.4 (Shirley) on November 7, 2023
In Other News
- WordCamp Dhaka was cancelled – October, 2023
- WooCommerce re-branded as Woo – October, 2023
- WPTavern paused, awaits a new writer – November, 2023
- Advanced Custom Fields was ranked at first place at the WPWeekly 2023 Awards (user voted)
- WordPress.org’s Photo library grew from 5470 photos to 12,201 photos
WordCamps Held in 2023
- WordCamp Zaragoza, Spain 20 January–22 January, 2023
- WordCamp Birmingham 4 February–5 February, 2023
- WordCamp Cebu 2023 11 February, 2023
- WordCamp Asia 2023 17 February–19 February, 2023
- WordCamp Chiclana 2023 3 March–4 March, 2023
- WordCamp Entebbe 2023 10 March–11 March, 2023
- WordCamp Torrelodones 2023 11 March–12 March, 2023
- WordCamp Phoenix, Arizona 24 March–25 March, 2023
- WordCamp Kerala 2023 25 March, 2023
- WordCamp Switzerland 31 March–1 April, 2023
- WordCamp Bogotá, Colombia 31 March–1 April, 2023
- WordCamp Torino 14 April–15 April, 2023
- WordCamp Vienna 15 April–16 April, 2023
- WordCamp Paris 21 April, 2023
- WordCamp Sofia, Bulgaria 22 April–23 April, 2023
- WordCamp Barcelona 5 May–6 May, 2023
- WordCamp Buffalo, NY 6 May, 2023
- WordCamp Gliwice, Poland 12 May–14 May, 2023
- WordCamp Sylhet, Bangladesh 19 May–20 May, 2023
- WordCamp Lisboa 19 May–20 May, 2023
- WordCamp Apatin 27 May–28 May, 2023
- WordCamp Europe 2023 8 June–10 June, 2023
- WordCamp Cartagena, España 10 June–11 June, 2023
- WordCamp Montclair, NJ 24 June, 2023
- WordCamp Leipzig, Germany 1 July, 2023
- WordCamp Iloilo City, Iloilo, Philippines 8 July, 2023
- WordCamp Bengaluru, Karnataka, India 29 July, 2023
- WordCamp Kampala 5 August–6 August, 2023
- WordCamp Nairobi, Kenya 16 August–17 August, 2023
- Community Summit 2023, National Harbor, DC 22 August–23 August, 2023
- WordCamp US 24 August–26 August, 2023
- WordCamp Denmark 26 August–27 August, 2023
- WordCamp Jinja 2023 Uganda 4 September–5 September, 2023
- WordCamp Netherlands 7 September–8 September, 2023
- WordCamp Kathmandu 2023 8 September–9 September, 2023
- WordCamp Malaysia 8 September–9 September, 2023
- WordCamp Finland 14 September–15 September, 2023
- WordCamp Pontevedra, Pontevedra, Spain 16 September–17 September, 2023
- WordCamp Whitley Bay 18 September, 2023
- WordCamp Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 23 September, 2023
- Rome Community Day 2023 29 September, 2023
- WordCamp Rochester, NY 30 September, 2023
- WordCamp Gdynia, Poland 30 September, 2023
- WordCamp Biarritz, France 6 October, 2023
- Community Building Workshop Japan 6 October, 2023
- WordCamp Masaka 2023 6 October–7 October, 2023
- WordCamp Bhopal 2023 7 October–8 October, 2023
- WordCamp Skopje 14 October, 2023
- WordCamp Taiwan 2023 14 October, 2023
- WordCamp Atlanta 2023 14 October–15 October, 2023
- WordCamp Germany 19 October–21 October, 2023
- WordCamp Sevilla 2023 20 October–22 October, 2023
- WordCamp Tokyo 2023 21 October, 2023
- WordCamp Wrocław 21 October, 2023
- WordCamp Tegal, Jawa Tengah, Indonesia 22 October, 2023
- WordCamp Managua, Nicaragua 28 October, 2023
- WordCamp Mumbai 2023 28 October–29 October, 2023
- WordCamp San José, Costa Rica 4 November–5 November, 2023
- WordCamp Madrid 4 November–5 November, 2023
- WordCamp Montreal, Quebec, Canada 8 November, 2023
- WordCamp Valencia, España 10 November–11 November, 2023
- WordCamp Manila, Philippines 11 November, 2023
- WordCamp Hong Kong 18 November, 2023
- WordCamp Verona 17 November–18 November, 2023
- WordCamp Islamabad, Federal Govt, Pakistan 25 November–26 November, 2023
- WordCamp Udaipur, Rajasthan, India 2 December, 2023
- WordCamp Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan 9 December–10 December, 2023
- WordCamp Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India 9 December, 2023
What did I miss?