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WPCampus 2021 Online
Don't forget about WPCampus, that starts on the 21th of September. WPCampus is a free online conference for web accessibility and WordPress in higher education.
WordPress Opens Applications for In-Person WordCamps
WordPress is restarting its in-person WordCamp program after more than six weeks of discussion on a proposal for how the WordPress community can return to hosting events. Applications are now open for in-person WordCamps, provided they meet the Community Team’s updated guidelines for organizing WordCamps during the pandemic.
What Will the Future of WordPress Searches Look Like After COVID-19?
WordPress’ CMS market share is up 1.7% year-on-year to 65.2%. This is outpacing Shopify and Wix, which grew a total of 1.3% and 0.2% respectively, year-on-year.
Beyond CMS share, though, how has this growth and the impact of COVID-19 changes translated to searches for WordPress? We’ve heard murmurings of a WordPress slowdown, so have set out to investigate.