{"id":7817,"date":"2023-04-13T11:47:29","date_gmt":"2023-04-13T18:47:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simplecert.net\/help\/?p=7817"},"modified":"2025-02-21T12:51:57","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T20:51:57","slug":"what-is-a-credit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simplecert.net\/help\/what-is-a-credit\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a Credit?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7817\" class=\"elementor elementor-7817\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4716228 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4716228\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c7960ce\" data-id=\"c7960ce\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e4b860 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7e4b860\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Credits are the currency of SimpleCert and are used to save a personalized certificate. 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