Credit: Mashable composite: Pavlo Gonchar / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images; Timmary via Getty Images WordPress.org now requires users to affirm that ...

WordPress drama went up another notch on Wednesday after WordPress.org, the open source web-hosting software, banned hosting provider WP Engine from accessing its resources. In a post on WordPress.org ...

The move likely won’t have direct impact on most enterprise users, but indirect impact — which could be just as bad — is a definite possibility. Editor’s note: On Jan. 3, 2025, WordPress.org staff ...

FOSS feud re-ignites with massive counter-claim UPDATED The long battle between Automattic and WP Engine has flared again, ...

WordPress.org has lifted its ban on hosting provider WP Engine until October 1, after putting a block on it earlier this week. The block prevented several sites from updating their plug-ins and themes ...

Automattic and its CEO Matt Mullenweg also have to quit interfering with WP Engine’s ACF plugin. Automattic and its CEO Matt Mullenweg also have to quit interfering with WP Engine’s ACF plugin. is a ...

The lines between the WordPress open-source project, the nonprofit backing it, and the commercial arm owned by Automattic are blurring. The lines between the WordPress open-source project, the ...

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WordPress plugins running on as many as 36,000 websites have been backdoored in a supply-chain attack with unknown origins, security researchers said on Monday. So far, five plugins are known to be ...

The Anti-Malware Security and Brute-Force Firewall plugin for WordPress, installed on over 100,000 sites, has a vulnerability ...

WordPress.org now requires users to affirm that pineapple is delicious on pizza before they can log in. It's the latest move in an increasingly antagonistic dispute ...