{"id":6304,"date":"2026-07-21T09:45:52","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T16:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2026\/?post_type=wcb_speaker&#038;p=6304"},"modified":"2026-07-21T12:40:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T19:40:27","slug":"jonathan-wold","status":"publish","type":"wcb_speaker","link":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2026\/speaker\/jonathan-wold\/","title":{"rendered":"Jonathan Wold"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jonathan Wold loves WordPress and the Open Web. Jonathan thinks about WordPress as an Operating System for empowering creativity and focuses on growing the WordPress ecosystem. 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