{"id":6953,"date":"2012-02-16T21:19:15","date_gmt":"2012-02-16T21:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/wordpress\/"},"modified":"2017-01-25T16:28:44","modified_gmt":"2017-01-25T16:28:44","slug":"wordpress","status":"publish","type":"definition","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/13541\/wordpress-wp","title":{"rendered":"WordPress"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span id=\"what_does_wordpress_mean\">What Does WordPress Mean?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>WordPress is an open-source and free Web publishing application, content management system (CMS) and blogging tool built by a community of developers and contributors. 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