Credit: Mashable composite: Pavlo Gonchar / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images; Timmary via Getty Images WordPress.org now requires users to affirm that ...

The move likely won’t have direct impact on most enterprise users, but indirect impact — which could be just as bad — is a definite possibility. Editor’s note: On Jan. 3, 2025, WordPress.org staff ...

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WordPress drama went up another notch on Wednesday after WordPress.org, the open source web-hosting software, banned hosting provider WP Engine from accessing its resources. In a post on WordPress.org ...

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In late September, Automattic CEO and WordPress cofounder Matt Mullenweg started a public dispute with the hosting provider WP Engine, calling the company “a cancer to WordPress.” He accused WP Engine ...

WordPress.org has taken over a popular WP Engine plugin in order “to remove commercial upsells and fix a security problem,” WordPress cofounder and Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg announced today. This ...

This story has been updated throughout with more details as the story has developed. We will continue to do so as the case and dispute are ongoing. The community around WordPress, one of the most ...

After years of nasty back and forth accusations between WordPress hosting provider WP Engine (WPE) and WordPress.org, the open source project that provides the software, on Wednesday WPE sued ...

WordPress announced a reprieve for WP Engine customers. Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg posted on WordPress.org: “I’ve heard from WP Engine customers that they are frustrated that WP Engine hasn’t been ...