A hot potato: The ongoing drama over WordPress and copyright is heating up. Automattic wants WP Engine to pay for using WordPress open-source technology. However, the hosting service demands that the ...

Automattic Inc. and its founder have been sued by a WordPress hosting company that alleges an extortion scheme to extract payments for use of the trademark for the open source WordPress software.

Matt Mullenweg, the WordPress co-founder and Automattic CEO, has been embroiled in a very public and legal fight with WP Engine these last few weeks over the use of WordPress as a trademark and fees ...

The brouhaha in the WordPress community looks likely to escalate into a legal battle around trademarks. Just a day after WordPress hosting service WP Engine sent a cease-and-desist notice to ...

In late September, Automattic CEO and WordPress cofounder Matt Mullenweg started a public dispute with the hosting provider WP Engine, calling the company “a cancer to WordPress.” He accused WP Engine ...

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 ...

The confusion between WordPress.com versus WordPress.org continues to rage. This persistent confusion leads many people to choose the wrong blogging platform for their needs. Before we dig deeper, let ...

Finding the right website builder for your business is important. You want to build professional-looking pages that will share your brand and vision with your customers, while also enjoying SEO, ...

For my part, one place where I wish Matt would have gone about this differently - I understand that from his POV providing services through WordPress.org to WPE makes no sense. There's actually a lot ...