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Linux Foundation steps in with neutral solution to WordPress crisis

"Please stop fighting, you pesky WP children"

Editor's take: The fight between WordPress and WP Engine could bring the entire WP community to an unprecedented breakup. It's why the Linux Foundation is trying to avoid the worst-case scenario with an alternative platform for distributing and sharing WP-related content.

Full story By Alfonso Maruccia, June 9, 2025, 8:16 AM

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Matt Mullenweg doubles down on leadership amid WordPress controversy

A hot potato: In a recent interview, Matt Mullenweg commented on the future of Automattic. Facing calls for him to step down, he said he would not resign. Mullenweg even doubled down, saying that when he retires, he will find a successor who shares his values and would run the company as he would.

Full story By Cal Jeffrey, March 4, 2025, 4:50 PM

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Judge orders WordPress parent company to stop blocking WP Engine

Fight over WordPress licensing profits intensifies

By Daniel Sims, December 11, 2024, 5:13 PM

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The ongoing feud between Wordpress and WP Engine is threatening open-source principles and good name

Matt Mullenweg cannot "own" the WordPress project, or the FOSS movement is done for

By Alfonso Maruccia, October 10, 2024, 3:33 PM

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Automattic and WP Engine go to war, the latter gets banned from using WordPress.org resources

The "bastardized simulacra" (Mullenweg words) of WordPress can no longer access WordPress.org servers

By Alfonso Maruccia, September 26, 2024, 4:01 PM