{"id":10868,"date":"2015-11-25T09:00:11","date_gmt":"2015-11-25T15:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/?p=10868"},"modified":"2015-11-25T15:17:47","modified_gmt":"2015-11-25T21:17:47","slug":"wp-engine-customer-spotlight-mark-cuda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/case-studies\/wp-engine-customer-spotlight-mark-cuda\/","title":{"rendered":"Why WP Engine? Q&#038;A With WordPress Expert Mark Cuda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mark Cuda has been involved in WordPress since 2007. 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