#wpengine
Search Engine Journal: Mullenweg Considers Delaying WordPress Releases Through 2027. “A leaked WordPress Slack chat shows that Matt Mullenweg is considering limiting future WordPress releases to just one per year from now through 2027 and insists that the only way to get Automattic to contribute more is to pressure WP Engine to drop their lawsuit. One WordPress developer who read that message […]
If this is true then only @wordpressdotcom would receive updates while the rest of the #WordPress community withers.
@photomatt Considers Delaying WordPress Releases Through 2027 https://www.searchenginejournal.com/mullenweg-considers-delaying-wordpress-releases-through-2027/541821/
I am not a lawyer or time traveler, but from Matt’s odd statements, it appears that #WPEngine may actually win their lawsuit against #Automattic.
Matt on the other hand is “cutting off his nose to spite his face” with these measures, which is baffling honestly.
For example, it would appear most/all #WordPress site RSS feeds hosted on #WPEngine are recently inaccessible to a simple PHP script or curl command; I get 403 even when rotating network locations and providing a reasonable-looking user agent.
Search Engine Journal: Mullenweg Rebuffs Plea To Restore Automattic’s WordPress Core Contributions. “A WordPress developer pleaded with Matt Mullenweg at WordCamp Asia 2025, asking him to restore Automattic’s contributions to the WordPress core. Mullenweg apologized and said it’s not up to him; it’s up to WP Engine to drop their lawsuit, and he encouraged the community to put pressure […]
Search Engine Journal: Mullenweg & Automattic Sued in Class Action Filing Over WordPress Dispute. “A new lawsuit seeking class action status alleges that WordPress co-creator Matt Mullenweg and Automattic engaged in unfair business practices to harm managed WordPress web host WP Engine (WPE) and its customers.”
I've got to say that @photomatt has a point here:
"#WPEngine’s historically slim contributions underscore the imbalance that must be addressed for the health of WordPress. We believe in fairness and shared responsibility, and we hope this move encourages greater participation across all organizations that benefit from #WordPress."
https://automattic.com/2025/01/09/aligning-automattics-sponsored-contributions-to-wordpress/
I’ve been watching this drama unfold for months but hadn’t bothered to try and understand the deeper story. Nor take a position. This is only one article but it was a good one. And helpful.
As crazy as Matt has acted, I understand his passion. I’m inclined to side with the guy who’s spent his life building the open source thing. Even with his possibly conflict of interest, for-profit side hustle. I can’t find any reason to give a damn about, or defend WP Engine.
Open to your thoughts.
Ty @ernie and @vmstan
for getting it in my timeline.
#wordpress #wpengine #MattVsWPEngine #PHPlonMusk
https://writing.exchange/@ernie/113925866975683760
Search Engine Journal: Mullenweg Says Lawsuits Could End WordPress. “Matt Mullenweg commented that the conflict he initiated could eventually lead to the closure of WordPress.org. He claimed that the only way to end the conflict was for WP Engine to drop their lawsuit, which would have the effect of enabling Mullenweg to resume his campaign to drive WP Engine out of business.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/30/search-engine-journal-mullenweg-says-lawsuits-could-end-wordpress/
To all my WordPress peeps - what do you think of Matt Mullenweg's recent hissy fits and what it means for the future of the platform. Are you gonna keep using it? Would you recommend something else? He is looking like he wants to be a TechBro. #WordPress #WP #Automatic #WPEngine #CMS #OSS
A WordPress developer has filed a legal motion to intervene in the ongoing case between WP Engine and Automattic, calling for a Governance Oversight Board #WordPress #Automattic #WPEngine #OpenSource #WebDevelopment #MattMullenweg #Web #CMS OpenSource
most people and website will be unaffected as #wpeVSmatt #MattVsWPEngine quarrel is between #AutoMattic and #Wpengine.
In doubt I suggest to download the package from https://wordpress.org/download/ and the sources from https://wordpress.org/download/source/ using #git
Michale Willman asks to intervene in #WPEngine v #Automattic suit as a plaintiff, citing failure of Automattic to comply with injunction and attacks by #Mullenweg against Wilman https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.437474/gov.uscourts.cand.437474.70.0.pdf
Matt Mullenweg Says WPE Lawsuit Could End WordPress… Um Nope!
In a post from Search Engine Journal, Roger Montti reports that Matt Mullenweg, the co-founder of the WordPress open source content management system, says that the lawsuit with WP Engine could end WordPress.
Honestly this has me fuming. Because WordPress is so much more than just Matt. It has a huge community of supporters and developers that won’t let this happen.
What could happen, and should happen, is that WordPress gets forked and that version taken over by the community-at-large.
Matt could shut down WordPress.org and everything and the community would find a way to keep the core software running.
To me, this crowing from Matt is a play for sympathy for something HE started and is now probably feeling he’s gotten in too deep.
The growing consensus, from what I see online, is that Matt has lost the PR battle and is now on the defensive. I’m not sure what he can do to reverse course. But honestly he won’t, he’ll just keep digging himself into a hole.
Am I overly concerned that the WordPress software that powers 40%+ of the Websites on the web going away totally? No.
I am worried about what my clients and future clients think about using the software.
Matt is hurting much more than just himself here.
It’s unforgivable.
#Business #Challenges
WordPress is in trouble · “Things have gone off the rails.” https://ilo.im/161tij
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#WordPress #Automattic #WpEngine #Community #Development #WebDev #Backend #CMS
#Automattic cuts back on #WordPress development hours, pointing to lawsuits from #WPEngine as the reason.
https://gadgetbond.com/automattic-cuts-wordpress-contribution-hours/
@jbz so I guess #Mullenweg wants #WPengine et. al. to "#ForkOff!" and build a better #WordPress without him...
- Pretty shure they'll gladly do so and let him be a king without subjects in the shallow husk of #Automattic's remnants.
#NeoPress / #NewPress / #LibrePress #fork of WordPress, when?
Search Engine Journal: Automattic Turns Against WordPress Community Itself. “Automattic announced it is minimizing support for the WordPress.org CMS project, using words and phrases that present the withdrawal of support as a positive change to make WordPress stronger, while casting blame on WP Engine for its decision to minimize contributions.”
https://m.slashdot.org/story/437439 #AutoMattic after the problems with #wpengine will strongly slow their efferts into #wordpressorg
I guess this will hamper #WordPress development a lot and we may see "hostile" forks and fragmentation.