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[-] BakedCatboy@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 hours ago

I think this whole spat is about wordpress.com not .org

[-] CabbageRelish@midwest.social 3 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Mullenweg has been blocking WP Engine hosting’s access to .org resources, and even stripping them of access to plugins they distribute there. Not the biggest fan of WP Engine from what I saw in their Advanced Custom Fields plugin buyout (they messed with the existing licensing and focused on monetizing the crap out of it), but things aren’t alright in the WP universe.

[-] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 hours ago

I specified org because that's what's in OP, but honestly my comment is the same either way. :D

[-] BakedCatboy@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 hours ago

Don't wp updates and plugins only come from one of the 2? Anyway I'm pretty sure they're just mad that wpengine uses bandwidth from the wp update infrastructure without paying instead of hosting their own update infrastructure, which basically means that selfhosters / individuals are not the target. That said it still sounds like the dude is being hella petty about it.

[-] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 hours ago

I agree, and after posting that I did dig up this article which helped me a little to understand FWIW: https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/4/24262232/matt-mullenweg-wordpress-org-wp-engine

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