{"id":4656,"date":"2017-06-20T07:38:53","date_gmt":"2017-06-20T07:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordlift.io\/blog\/en\/?post_type=entity&#038;p=4656"},"modified":"2017-06-20T12:55:51","modified_gmt":"2017-06-20T12:55:51","slug":"matt-mullenweg","status":"publish","type":"entity","link":"https:\/\/wordlift.io\/blog\/en\/entity\/matt-mullenweg\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Mullenweg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Matthew Charles &#8220;Matt&#8221; Mullenweg<\/strong> (born January 11, 1984 in Houston, Texas) is an American online social media entrepreneur, web developer and musician living in San Francisco, California.<\/p>\n<p>He is best known for developing the <strong>free and <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"open-sourced\" href=\"https:\/\/wordlift.io\/blog\/en\/entity\/open-source\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0216\/entity\/open_source;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.02wtqd4;http:\/\/yago-knowledge.org\/resource\/Open_source;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Open_source;http:\/\/de.dbpedia.org\/resource\/Open_Source;http:\/\/pt.dbpedia.org\/resource\/C\u00f3digo_aberto;http:\/\/lt.dbpedia.org\/resource\/Atvirasis_kodas;http:\/\/hr.dbpedia.org\/resource\/Otvoreni_kod;http:\/\/lv.dbpedia.org\/resource\/Atv\u0113rtais_pirmkods;http:\/\/uk.dbpedia.org\/resource\/\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0456\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430_\u0432\u0456\u0434\u043a\u0440\u0438\u0442\u043e\u0433\u043e_\u043a\u043e\u0434\u0443;http:\/\/id.dbpedia.org\/resource\/Sumber_terbuka;http:\/\/en.dbpedia.org\/resource\/Open_source;http:\/\/is.dbpedia.org\/resource\/Opinn_hugb\u00fana\u00f0ur;http:\/\/it.dbpedia.org\/resource\/Open_source;http:\/\/es.dbpedia.org\/resource\/C\u00f3digo_abierto;http:\/\/et.dbpedia.org\/resource\/Avatud_l\u00e4htekood;http:\/\/ro.dbpedia.org\/resource\/Surs\u0103_deschis\u0103;http:\/\/nl.dbpedia.org\/resource\/Open_source;http:\/\/no.dbpedia.org\/resource\/\u00c5pen_kildekode;http:\/\/fi.dbpedia.org\/resource\/Avoin_l\u00e4hdekoodi;http:\/\/bg.dbpedia.org\/resource\/\u041e\u0442\u0432\u043e\u0440\u0435\u043d_\u043a\u043e\u0434;http:\/\/fr.dbpedia.org\/resource\/Open_source;http:\/\/sk.dbpedia.org\/resource\/Open_source;http:\/\/sl.dbpedia.org\/resource\/Odprta_koda;http:\/\/ca.dbpedia.org\/resource\/Codi_obert;http:\/\/sq.dbpedia.org\/resource\/Open_source;http:\/\/sr.dbpedia.org\/resource\/\u041e\u0442\u0432\u043e\u0440\u0435\u043d\u0438_\u043a\u043e\u0434;http:\/\/sv.dbpedia.org\/resource\/\u00d6ppen_k\u00e4llkod;http:\/\/da.dbpedia.org\/resource\/Open_source;http:\/\/tr.dbpedia.org\/resource\/A\u00e7\u0131k_kaynak\" >open source<\/a> <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"Content management system\" href=\"https:\/\/wordlift.io\/blog\/en\/entity\/content-management-system\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0216\/entity\/content_management_system;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.0k23c;http:\/\/yago-knowledge.org\/resource\/Content_management_system;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Content_management_system\" >CMS<\/a> named <span><a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\"  href=\"https:\/\/wordlift.io\/blog\/en\/entity\/wordpress\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0216\/entity\/wordpress;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.02vtpl;http:\/\/yago-knowledge.org\/resource\/WordPress;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/WordPress\" >WordPress<\/a><\/span><\/strong>. 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