WordPress.org denies service to WP Engine, potentially putting sites at risk

stapp · Sep 26, 2024

WordPress on Wednesday escalated its conflict with WP Engine, a hosting provider, by blocking the latter's servers from accessing WordPress.org resources – and therefore from potentially vital software updates.
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https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/26/wordpressorg_denies_service_to_wp/

ronjor · Oct 3, 2024

WP Engine sues WordPress co-creator Mullenweg and Automattic, alleging abuse of power

Ivan Mehta October 2, 2024
Web hosting provider WP Engine has filed a lawsuit against Automattic, and WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg, accusing them of extortion and abuse of power. The lawsuit comes after nearly two weeks of tussling between Mullenweg, who is also CEO of Automattic, and WP Engine over trademark infringement and contributions to the open-source WordPress project.
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ronjor · Oct 5, 2024

Why WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg has gone ‘nuclear’ against tech investing giant Silver Lake

Ari Levy@levynews Published Sat, Oct 5 2024
WordPress, best known as a leading content management system, has hundreds of millions of sites currently using its templates, tools and plugins. But the WordPress universe is a complicated mishmash of open-source products, nonprofits, for-profit companies, trademarks and licenses.
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