{"id":29080,"date":"2018-12-11T11:05:35","date_gmt":"2018-12-11T09:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=29080"},"modified":"2018-12-11T11:05:44","modified_gmt":"2018-12-11T09:05:44","slug":"matt-mullenwegs-state-of-the-word-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2018\/12\/11\/matt-mullenwegs-state-of-the-word-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Mullenweg\u2019s State of The Word, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"660\" height=\"372\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aWlfp-1Q19I?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;State of the Word&#8221; is a big thing for anyone who is involved with WordPress.\u00a0 This year&#8217;s &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/ma.tt\/2018\/12\/state-of-the-word-2018\/\">State of the Word<\/a>&#8221; is even more important, following <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2018\/12\/bebo\/\">the release of WordPress 5.0<\/a> and the switch over to Gutenberg editor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If an almost one hour talk is too much for you, then read through the <a href=\"https:\/\/poststatus.com\/state-of-the-word-2018\/\">Post Status summary of the talk<\/a> with all the highlights and useful links.<\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>&#8220;State of the Word&#8221; is a big thing for anyone who is involved with WordPress.\u00a0 This year&#8217;s &#8220;State of the Word&#8221; is even more important, following the release of WordPress 5.0 and the switch over to Gutenberg editor. 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