{"id":4284,"date":"2016-08-24T09:40:42","date_gmt":"2016-08-24T13:40:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2016.us.wordcamp.org\/?page_id=4284"},"modified":"2016-11-22T20:45:25","modified_gmt":"2016-11-23T01:45:25","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2016\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/central.wordcamp.org\/\">WordCamps<\/a> are low-cost events, usually held on a weekend, where WordPress enthusiasts and more gather to learn to get the most out of WordPress. Community-organized, they offer something for\u00a0everyone, from blogging newbies to professional developers, from marketing professionals to experienced\u00a0designers, from tech enthusiasts to leading technologists. Most importantly, they provide a welcoming, engaging and safe space for WordPress users to get to know one another.<\/p>\n<p>WordCamp San Francisco was the first-ever <a href=\"http:\/\/central.wordcamp.org\/wordcamps\/san-francisco-2006\/\">WordCamp<\/a>, organized by WordPress co-founder <a href=\"http:\/\/ma.tt\/\">Matt Mullenweg<\/a> in 2006. Over time, it grew\u00a0into the official annual WordPress conference with over 30 speakers and 1500+ attendees converging from all over the world. Along with sessions by leaders in the WordPress community, it featured\u00a0<em>The State of the Word<\/em> address, where Matt talks about upcoming WordPress developments and answers questions from the audience.<\/p>\n<p>In 2015, WordCamp US was announced, with Philadelphia, PA as the host city. Philadelphia will host the conference for two years, before it moves onto another city in the USA.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/tickets\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9411\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2016.us.wordcamp.org\/files\/2016\/08\/buy-tickets.jpg?resize=184%2C40&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"buy-tickets\" width=\"184\" height=\"40\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WordCamps are low-cost events, usually held on a weekend, where WordPress enthusiasts and more gather to learn to get the most out of WordPress. Community-organized, they offer something for\u00a0everyone, from blogging newbies to professional developers, from marketing professionals to experienced\u00a0designers, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2016\/about\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"assistive-text\">About<\/span>  <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11759639,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4284","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11759639"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4284"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4284\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9412,"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4284\/revisions\/9412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}