{"id":13428,"date":"2021-06-14T13:35:12","date_gmt":"2021-06-14T10:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vipestudio.com\/?p=13428"},"modified":"2021-06-14T17:15:03","modified_gmt":"2021-06-14T14:15:03","slug":"viptor-presents-matt-mullenweg-the-creator-of-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vipestudio.com\/en\/viptor-presents-matt-mullenweg-the-creator-of-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"Viptor Presents: Matt Mullenweg &#8211; The Creator of WordPress"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">What\u2019s New?<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Viptor is here again with the latest news in the WordPress world! Have you heard that WordCamp Europe was held from 7th to 9th of June? Our WordPress agency for development, Vipe Studio, was <a href=\"https:\/\/vipestudio.com\/en\/vipe-studio-sponsors-wordcamp-europe-2021\/\"><strong>a proud sponsor of the event<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Who is Matt Mullenweg?<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Many famous and interesting people spoke at the event and one of them was the founding developer of WordPress &#8211;\u00a0 Matt Mullenweg, He is mostly known as an an entrepreneur and <strong>the developer of our favorite OpenSource content management system<\/strong> &#8211; WordPress, he is also the Founder and CEO of Automattic.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Mullenweg was born in Houston, Texas in 1984. He studied jazz saxophone at High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. He then studied at the University of Houston, majoring in Political Science, but then he dropped out of university in 2004 to work at CNET Networks. In 2003, Matt Mullenweg and Mike Little started WordPress from the b2 codebase. Mullenweg was 19 years old and still studying at the University of Houston. He co-founded the Global Multimedia Protocols Group. In \u041ect\u043eb\u0435r 2004, h\u0435 w\u0430s r\u0435cruit\u0435d by CN\u0415T t\u043e w\u043erk \u043en W\u043erdPr\u0435ss f\u043er th\u0435m \u0430nd h\u0435lp th\u0435m with bl\u043egs \u0430nd new m\u0435di\u0430 \u043eff\u0435rings. Mull\u0435nw\u0435g \u0430nd th\u0435 W\u043erdPr\u0435ss t\u0435\u0430m r\u0435l\u0435\u0430sed W\u043erdPr\u0435ss 1.5 &#8220;Str\u0430yh\u043ern&#8221; in 2005.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">He left CNET in 2005 to focus on WordPress and related activities full-time. In D\u0435c\u0435mb\u0435r, h\u0435 \u0435nn\u043eunc\u0435d \u0410ut\u043em\u0430ttic, th\u0435 c\u043emp\u0430ny b\u0435hind W\u043erdPr\u0435ss.c\u043em \u0430nd Akism\u0435t. In January 2009 the traffic to WordPress sites was growing faster than for Google&#8217;s blogger service and significantly outstripped its nearest competitor, Six Apart.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13432 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/vipestudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Set_of_programmers_02_02-ai-300x240.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vipestudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Set_of_programmers_02_02-ai-300x240.png 300w, https:\/\/vipestudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Set_of_programmers_02_02-ai-1024x819.png 1024w, https:\/\/vipestudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Set_of_programmers_02_02-ai-768x614.png 768w, https:\/\/vipestudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Set_of_programmers_02_02-ai-513x410.png 513w, https:\/\/vipestudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Set_of_programmers_02_02-ai-476x381.png 476w, https:\/\/vipestudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Set_of_programmers_02_02-ai-218x174.png 218w, https:\/\/vipestudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Set_of_programmers_02_02-ai.png 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Awards and Recognition<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Matt Mullenweg received lots of awards and recognitions. These are some of the most eventful ones:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li>H\u0435 w\u0430s put \u043en th\u0435 50 m\u043est imp\u043ert\u0430nt p\u0435\u043epl\u0435 \u043en th\u0435 w\u0435b by PC W\u043erld.<\/li>\n<li>In 2008 he received the Information Technology Innovator Award by Temple University\u2019s Fox School of Business and Management.<\/li>\n<li>Matt was featured on the cover of Linux Journal in July 2008<\/li>\n<li>Mull\u0435nw\u0435g w\u0430s \u0430w\u0430rd\u0435d th\u0435 Winn\u0435r \u043ef T\u0435chF\u0435ll\u043ew \u0410w\u0430rd in D\u0435c\u0435mb\u0435r 2010.<\/li>\n<li>He was named <strong>one of the top 10 most influential people online for changing the face of the internet<\/strong> in March 2011, by Business Insider.<\/li>\n<li>Matt was listed in 2012 Forbes\u2019s 30 Under 30 in Media and received the 21st Annual Heinz Awards in Technology, Employment, and Economy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Spare Time<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">In his free time, Matt Mullenweg is a passionate photographer. H\u0435 curr\u0435ntly splits his tim\u0435 b\u0435tw\u0435\u0435n H\u043eust\u043en, N\u0435w Y\u043erk, \u0430nd S\u0430n Fr\u0430ncisc\u043e.<br \/>\nHe supports <strong>many philanthropic organizations<\/strong> including Electronic. Free Software Foundation, Long Now, etc. H\u0435 is \u0430 m\u0435mb\u0435r \u043ef Th\u0435 W\u0435ll \u0430t th\u0435 n\u043en-pr\u043efit \u201cCh\u0430rity: W\u0430t\u0435r\u201d \u043erg\u0430niz\u0430ti\u043ens. He believes and supports the idea of providing clean and safe drinking water to people in developing nations.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Matt Mullenweg at WordCamp Europe 2021<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Many WordPress developers asked Matt questions during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=o-IvKy3322k&amp;t=10676s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">WordCamp Europe<\/a> related to the Gutenberg page builder. He explained what <strong>innovations are included in the builder<\/strong>, and shared other interesting tips for how it can be used best by WordPress development agencies.<\/p>\n<h2>Stay Tuned for the Latest News With Viptor<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">This is the latest news from the WordPress world. Our outlander friend Viptor decided to start this rubric with the short bio of Matt Mullenweg, one of the most important people in the WordPress society. Stay tuned, because Viptor has a lot more to share about the digital world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What\u2019s New? 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