{"id":3193,"date":"2026-10-05T18:21:21","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T12:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bengaluru.wordcamp.org\/2026\/session\/wordpress-has-entered-the-chat\/"},"modified":"2026-10-05T18:21:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T12:51:21","slug":"wordpress-has-entered-the-chat","status":"publish","type":"wcb_session","link":"https:\/\/bengaluru.wordcamp.org\/2026\/session\/wordpress-has-entered-the-chat\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress Has Entered the Chat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We\u2019ve spent years talking about what WordPress does. But what if we talked about who WordPress is?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This session takes a playful detour into the brand behind the software \u2014 exploring what people associate with WordPress, how they would describe it as a person, what personality it seems to have, and the strange little contradictions that emerge when you start asking those questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s part research, part experiment, and part \u201cwhy have we never thought about WordPress this way before?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Come with an open mind. 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