-
·
Patchstack Rejected as WordCamp Europe 2025 Sponsor, CEO Calls it “Insulting”
Patchstack’s WordCamp Europe 2025 sponsorship application was turned down because it hasn’t pledged contributions to Five for the Future.
-
·
ACF Returns to WP Engine After Court Ruling Amid Ongoing Legal Dispute
A preliminary injunction last week ordered WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg and his company, Automattic, to give ACF back to WP Engine.
-
·
Automattic Acquires WPAI to Integrate AI Solutions Into WordPress
WPAI’s team will join Automattic’s operations, with WPAI founder James LePage leading efforts to “explore applied AI as an interaction paradigm for WordPress.”
-
·
Judge Grants WP Engine Injunction, Orders Mullenweg to Reinstate WordPress.org Access
Automattic and Mullenweg have 72 hours to restore WP Engine and its employees’ access to WordPress.org and return the ACF plugin to WP Engine.
-
·
Judge Signals Support for WP Engine Injunction
Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín said she was “inclined to grant some sort of injunction” but described WP Engine’s proposed order as “exceedingly vague,” making it difficult to enforce.
-
·
WordPress.org Forks ACF Pro in Unprecedented Move Against WP Engine
Matt Mullenweg’s latest move in his battle with WP Engine raises questions about an open-source project seemingly endorsing the forking and redistribution of premium plugins without compensation or acknowledgment, potentially violating the GPL.
-
·
Analysis of WP Engine Data Sparks Debate as Automattic Disputes Leak Claims
Web developer Dumitru Brinzan’s analysis reveals key trends in themes, plugins, and site management among WP Engine customers, and has drawn mixed reactions.
-
·
PressConf to Reunite WordPress Business Community in Arizona
Veteran WordCamp Phoenix organizer Raquel Manriquez is honouring Pressnomics with her own take on the much-loved business event.
-
·
WP Engine Expands Legal Fight Against Automattic and Matt Mullenweg with Antitrust Claims
WP Engine claims Automattic and Mullenweg have “willfully acquired and maintained” monopoly power in the WordPress ecosystem, impacting CMSs, hosting services, custom fields plugins, and plugin distribution.
-
·
Automattic’s New ‘WP Engine Tracker’ Site Fuels Ongoing Tensions with WP Engine
WP Engine has asked Automattic to shut down the site, which offers a downloadable list of all the domains the company hosts, including staging sites.
