October 9th, 2024 Issue
Recent events in the WordPress community have not only impacted the parties involved but also deepened divisions within one of the largest open-source projects on the web. As tensions escalate, it’s essential to safeguard the freedoms we cherish, ensuring that small developers and contributors can envision a future with WordPress.
~ Team WPfounders
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Read The Latest Updates!
WPEngine vs Automattic
- WordPress.org: WP Engine banned from WordPress.org, blocking them from pushing updates to their free WordPress plugins.
- WPGraphQL: The creator Jason Bahl has left WPEngine to join Automattic and the plugin becomes a canonical plugin.
- WPEngine: ACF free plugin updates are now available through WPEngine, a guide on how to update it is here.
- Automattic: 159 employees take the offer to leave Automattic.
- Josepha: WordPress executive director Josepha Haden Chomphosy leaves Automattic, she shares her thoughts on her blog.
- WordPress Foundation: Trademark policy was recently updated. A good breakdown is written by Richard Best here.
- WPEngine: A formal lawsuit has been filed by WPEngine vs Automattic.
- Automattic: Matt Mullenweg announced a new Executive Director Mary Hubbard, she was formerly CPO of WordPress.com.
- WordPress.org: Adds an “I am not affiliated with WP Engine…” checkbox.
- X/Twitter: WordPress.com official profile is blocking WordPress users on X.
- Theo: Matt is interviewed live by Theo on Youtube, a lot of interesting insights are revealed by Matt himself and how this situation escalated.
- Matt: “WordPress.org belongs to me” – Matt clarifies it in his interview.
Other News
- WPEngine: Conducted a webinar about “building and enhancing site for heavy traffic”.
- MainWP: The 2024 Site Care Consultants Survey is now open!
- FlyingPress: Updated their plugin for better security and ease of use.
- Bit Apps: Launched their new plugin “Bit Social” a social media scheduling and auto-posting plugin for WordPress.
- WP Remote: Akshat and his team launched a new service called Morpheus to push plugin updates safely to WordPress users.
- Paid Memberships Pro: Launched an update for better subscription notifications, expanded user field settings, and tighter integrations with key platforms.
- WC Asia 2025: The second batch of regular tickets sold out.
- WooSesh 2024: The event will take place from 29th to 30th October.
Podcasts:
- The WP Minute: Matt Medeiros talks with co-founder of Human Made, Noel Tock about “Freedom in WordPress”.
- Do the Woo: James Kemp with Beka Rice and Patrick Garman discuss the “Woo Innovations in Order and Payment Processing”.
- WP Builds: Nathan Wrigley talks to Tim Nash about “WordPress security”.
- WP-Tonic: Jonathan Denwood talks with Spencer Forman about “Matt Mullenweg’s Interview With Theo Browne, The Future of WordPress”.
- SDM Show: Rob Cairns talks With Warren Laine-Naida about “SEO and accessibility”.
- Indystack: Aleksandar talks to Ivan BjeLajac about “Privacy is only possible on blockchain”.
- Seriously Bud: Bud Kraus talks to Elena Brescacin a blogger who tests WordPress software.
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Freedom is Priceless
