{"id":1715,"date":"2025-12-02T05:24:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T05:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icelandconsulateghana.com\/matt-sotw-eve\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T05:24:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T05:24:13","slug":"matt-sotw-eve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icelandconsulateghana.com\/is\/matt-sotw-eve\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt: SoTW Eve"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-150732\" height=\"196\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ma.tt\/files\/2025\/12\/sotw_2025_banner-landing_finalone-scaled-1-1024x333.png?resize=604%2C196&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1\" width=\"604\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/state-of-the-word\/\">State of the Word<\/a> is tomorrow, and it\u2019s so fun to see SF abuzz with WordPress open source energy. 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