The 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.

Matt publishes a link to the cease & desist against WP Engine: Automattic Inc. and WooCommerce, Inc., through their legal representatives, are demanding that WP Engine cease all unauthorized use of their trademarks (WORDPRESS, WOOCOMMERCE, and WOO). They insist that…

WPE appeared to be quiet in Matt’s attacks on them, but in a (probably expected) judo move they have now leveled some serious accusations against Automattic and its CEO, Matt Mullenweg. It seems the WordPress co-founder has stirred up a…

WordPress is a content management system, and the content is sacred. Every change you make to every page, every post, is tracked in a revision system, just like the Wikipedia. This means if you make a mistake, you can always undo it. It…

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Since our founding in 2010, WP Engine has been deeply dedicated to advancing the use and adoption of WordPress through innovation, investment, and active community involvement. 

In a blog post on Matt’s site he makes the following claims agains WP Engine: In short, Matt frames the company as a profit-driven entity that benefits from, but doesn’t sufficiently support, the WordPress ecosystem.