{"id":1258,"date":"2018-08-27T18:53:08","date_gmt":"2018-08-27T23:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2018.us.wordcamp.org\/?page_id=1258"},"modified":"2018-08-27T18:53:08","modified_gmt":"2018-08-27T23:53:08","slug":"frequently-asked-questions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2018\/frequently-asked-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"Frequently Asked Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Q: WHAT IS WORDCAMP?<\/h2>\n<p>A:\u00a0WordCamp\u00a0is a conference that focuses on everything WordPress.\u00a0WordCamps\u00a0are informal, community-organized events that are put together by WordPress users like you. Everyone from casual users to core developers participate, share ideas, and get to know each other.<\/p>\n<h2>Q: WHEN WAS THE FIRST WORDCAMP?<\/h2>\n<p>A: The first WordCamp was in 2006 in San Francisco. It was organized by Matt Mullenweg. There were about 500 in attendance.<\/p>\n<h2>Q: WHEN WAS THE FIRST WORDCAMP US?<\/h2>\n<p>A: The first WordCamp known as WordCamp US was in 2015 in Philadelphia, PA. However, the first WordCamp for North America was WordCamp San Francisco in 2006.<\/p>\n<h2>Q: WHO IS ON THE ORGANIZING TEAM FOR WORDCAMP US 2018?<\/h2>\n<p>A: <a href=\"https:\/\/2018.us.wordcamp.org\/organizers\/\">See the\u00a0Organizers\u00a0page on our website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Q: ARE SPEAKER SUBMISSIONS UNDER WAY?<\/h2>\n<p>A: Speaker submissions are now closed. All applicants will be notified regarding the status of their talk(s).<\/p>\n<h2>Q: WHEN WILL SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENTS BEGIN?<\/h2>\n<p>A: Speaker announcements will begin once all speaker applicants have been notified of the status of their talk(s). Subscribe to website updates to find out when the speaker announcements are made.<\/p>\n<h2>Q: ARE THERE EVENT SPONSORS?<\/h2>\n<p>A: Yes. Up-to-date sponsor information can be found on our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/2018.us.wordcamp.org\/sponsors\/\">Sponsors page<\/a>. If you&#8217;re interested in supporting WordCamp US 2018, check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/2018.us.wordcamp.org\/call-for-sponsors\/\">Call for Sponsors page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Q: WHEN WILL TICKETS BE AVAILABLE?<\/h2>\n<p>A: Tickets are available now! You can buy them on our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/2018.us.wordcamp.org\/tickets\/\">Tickets page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q: WHAT IS WORDCAMP? A:\u00a0WordCamp\u00a0is a conference that focuses on everything WordPress.\u00a0WordCamps\u00a0are informal, community-organized events that are put together by WordPress users like you. Everyone from casual users to core developers participate, share ideas, and get to know each other. Q: WHEN WAS THE FIRST WORDCAMP? A: The first WordCamp was in 2006 in San [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13378964,"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-1258","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P9rm07-ki","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13378964"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1258"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1258\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3298,"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1258\/revisions\/3298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}