If Matt Could Start Over ![rw-book-cover]() 🔗 **Source:** [If Matt Could Start Over](https://wptavern.com/if-matt-could-start-over) > [!note]+ Document Notes > --- > tags: [wordpress, dublin, ireland, summit, wp-tavern-archive, wp-tavern-2010] > author: Jeff Chandler > source: WP Tavern > reference: https://wptavern.com/if-matt-could-start-over > date created: 2026-04-17 13:18 > --- > # If Matt Could Start Over > ## 📝 Summary > - Matt Mullenweg spoke at the Web Summit in Dublin, Ireland about how he would approach WordPress differently if starting in 2010. > - The software landscape and social media integration have become more important factors that would influence WordPress development priorities. > - Mullenweg emphasized that WordPress's strength lies in users owning their content on their own domains, independent of social platforms. > - WordPress remains relevant because it prioritizes community feedback and user-driven innovation in its development roadmap. > ## 💬 Comments (0) > No comments. > --- > Having said that, Mullenweg believes that if he had to do it all again starting in 2010 he would do it differently. > > > “The trajectory (of WordPress) would look very different because the software world is different now. The blog market is more saturated and social tools are a lot more important so, yeah, maybe it would look different and maybe one of the first features I’d build in would be a Facebook integration or something like that, whereas five or six years ago this wasn’t even on anybody’s mind.” > > *Source – SiliconRepublic [There’s life in the old blog yet](http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15127/new-media/theres-life-in-the-old-blog-yet)* Overall, a great writeup of Matts keynote presentation at the Web summit that was recently held in Dublin, Ireland. Blogging is not dead and it won’t die for a considerable amount of time, if ever. I think Matt hits the nail on the head. > “Ultimately, it is on their own domain, which is something they own and control in perpetuity no matter what Facebook, Google or Twitter does. That is always going to valuable.” > > I also found this part of the article quite interesting. I’m sure some of you might disagree but I think in the bigger picture, what Matt says is true. > As an open-source platform Mullenweg says that WordPress’ innovation is driven by staying close to the community and listening to people. > > > “Sometimes they’ll tell us if they are really passionate about a feature or functionality and we start to think about the best way to do that. It’s something I think about a lot – we are mostly driven by the same things our users ask for.” > > > Category: [WordPress](https://wptavern.com/category/wordpressorg)Tags: [dublin](https://wptavern.com/tag/dublin), [ireland](https://wptavern.com/tag/ireland), [summit](https://wptavern.com/tag/summit), [wordpress](https://wptavern.com/tag/wordpress), If Matt Could Start Over, Jeff Chandler, 01kpe76d8nbppptsjrzzgszaza.