Recap of WordPress in 2015, and what to look forward to in 2016

Welcome to the Post Status Draft podcast, which you can find on iTunes, Stitcher, and via RSS for your favorite podcatcher. Post Status Draft is hosted by Joe Hoyle -- the CTO of Human Made -- and Brian Krogsgard.

In this episode of Draft, Joe and Brian discuss the biggest stories of 2015 and look forward to predict where the WordPress world will go in 2016.

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Stories of 2015

• Changes in lead developers
• A move to active installs
• Forced plugin updates become a thing
• Comments / The Trojan Emoji
• Hunting vulnerabilities in WordPress core
• WordPress zero day vulnerability patched
• Acquisition(s)
• #wpdrama, Thesis edition
• Rest API everywhere
• JavaScript

What to expect in 2016

• REST API put to the test / endpoints to core
• Remkus de Vries's "Learning JavaScript In WordPress, Deeply"
• JavaScript for WP
• A Day of Rest
• More companies growing up (getting bigger, acquisitions)
• More hosted service
• MOAR JAVASCRIPT
• Theming will change
• Auto updates become more prevalent