{"id":18667,"date":"2013-06-24T12:00:31","date_gmt":"2013-06-24T17:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2013.chicago.wordcamp.org\/?p=18667"},"modified":"2013-10-14T21:58:55","modified_gmt":"2013-10-15T02:58:55","slug":"sponsor-guest-post-wp-engine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chicago.wordcamp.org\/2013\/sponsor-guest-post-wp-engine\/","title":{"rendered":"Sponsor Guest Post:  WP Engine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/2013.chicago.wordcamp.org\/files\/2013\/04\/WPE_Logo_Color_X-par.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-181\" alt=\"sponsor-wpengine\" src=\"https:\/\/2013.chicago.wordcamp.org\/files\/2013\/04\/WPE_Logo_Color_X-par.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"76\" \/><\/a><em>[Editor\u2019s note: We are very lucky to have WP Engine as a sponsor of WordCamp Chicago 2013 and want to thank them for their support.]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Hey Chicago!<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re looking forward to seeing you all for WordCamp soon! Participating and attending WordCamps is one of the best parts about being part of WP Engine, and we can\u2019t wait to meet all of you. Whether you\u2019re brand new to WordPress, or have committed code to WordPress Core, whether you\u2019re a blogger or run a large organization that uses WordPress, WordCamp Chicago is going to be awesome for you!<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpengine.com\">WP Engine<\/a> is proud to sponsor this WordCamp. In case you don\u2019t know who we are and what we do, you can read on for a summary of our services. OR, you can talk to Tomas Puig or Mike Van Winkle, the awesome folks we\u2019re sending.<\/p>\n<p>Tomas is a veteran of the agency world, and is leading all of WP Engine\u2019s marketing efforts. But, he has a background as a developer, and brings a lot of technical expertise along with his marketing chops.<\/p>\n<p>Mike, or \u201cWink\u201d as we call him sometimes, is a senior developer at WP Engine, who ran his own WordPress consulting business before joining the company to help build many of the features in the User Portal. He\u2019s going to be around to answer your questions and talk shop all weekend.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s WP Engine you ask? Well, WP Engine is the premium provider of managed WordPress hosting. We have some of the fastest, most scalable WordPress hosting on the planet. In fact, most sites see a 2x-4x speed increase when they migrate to WP Engine from any other host. But best of all is our support staff. At WP Engine, you have the largest staff of WordPress experts helping you troubleshoot your plugins and themes.<\/p>\n<p>We want to make sure you can focus on building something amazing with WordPress, not stress about whether your server will go down in the middle of the night!<\/p>\n<p>If you want to learn more, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpengine.com\">wpengine.com<\/a> and poke around on the site to see how we can help you host your WordPress sites!<\/p>\n<p>See you at WordCamp!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Editor\u2019s note: We are very lucky to have WP Engine as a sponsor of WordCamp Chicago 2013 and want to thank them for their support.] Hey Chicago! We\u2019re looking forward to seeing you all for WordCamp soon! 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