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WPEngine Wins Injunction in β€˜War’ With WordPress Creator

11 December 2024 at 11:25
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The hosting and plugin company sued WordPress co-creator Matt Mullenweg alleging he interfered with its customers and restricted its access to wordpress.org.

The WordPress vs. WP Engine drama, explained

10 December 2024 at 23:00

This story has been updated throughout with more details as the story has developed. We will continue to do so as the case and dispute are ongoing. The world of WordPress, one of the most popular technologies for creating and hosting websites, is going through a very heated controversy. The core issue is the fight […]

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Court orders Automattic to restore WP Engine’s access to WordPress.org

10 December 2024 at 18:58

A California district court judge on Tuesday ruled that Automattic and its CEO Matt Mullenweg must restore WP Engine’s access to WordPress.org, a theme and plug-in repository owned by Mullenweg. Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin noted that WP Engine’s access to WordPress.org, themes, plugins, and subdomains should be restored as they were on September 20, when Mullenweg […]

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Automattic acquires WPAI, a startup that makes AI products for WordPress

9 December 2024 at 19:37

WPAI's products include an AI plugin maker, an assistant for site builders, and a chatbot for WordPress-related questions.

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BlackRock marks down its investment in Automattic by 10%

2 December 2024 at 04:27

BlackRock has cut the worth of its stake in web hosting provider Automattic by 10%, the asset manager said in its latest quarterly disclosure report. The company, which invested in Automattic during its Series E round in 2021, valued its investment in the WordPress-hosting company at $37.5 per share, down from $41.7 per share earlier […]

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