That escalated quickly
WordPress on Wednesday escalated its conflict with WP Engine, a hosting provider, by blocking the latter's servers from accessing WordPress.org resources – and therefore from potentially vital software updates.
WordPress is an open source CMS which is extensible using plugins. Its home is WordPress.org, which also hosts resources such as themes and plugins for the CMS. A vast ecosystem of plugins exists from numerous suppliers, but WordPress.org is the main source. Many WordPress users rely on several plugins. Preventing WP Engine users from accessing plugin updates is therefore serious, as it could mean users can't update plugins that have security issues, or other fixes.and accused it of profiting from WordPress without contributing to development of the CMS. Mullenweg has sought to have WP Engine pay trademark license fees – a move he feels would represent a financial contribution commensurate with the benefits it derives from the project.
"WP Engine wants to control your WordPress experience. They need to run their own user login system, update servers, plugin directory, theme directory, pattern directory, block directory, translations, photo directory, job board, meetups, conferences, bug tracker, forums, Slack, Ping-o-matic, and showcase," Mullenweg wrote in a, has been noted in the WP Engine incident log."WordPress.
In the post announcing the ban, Mullenweg directed WP Engine customers to contact WP Engine support if they're having trouble with their WordPress websites.Among WordPress users posting to Reddit, not everyone is on board with Mullenweg's war against WP Engine. There's discussion of aPart 2Part 1
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