This is Matt’s third time on Decoder; back in 2022, we had him on twice, first to talk about Automattic and WordPress broadly ...

A WP Engine customer filed a proposed class action lawsuit against Automattic and its CEO, Matt Mullenweg, for failing to fulfill their responsibility to keep the WordPress platform freely accessible.

Matt Mullenweg, co-founder of WordPress and CEO of Automattic, has called out WP Engine for benefiting from WordPress's open-source model without contributing enough to the project.

Matt Mullenweg downplayed his dispute with WP Engine, saying it’s not as big a deal as people are making it out to be and shared that he believes it will all be over in a few months.

Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg said his decision to reduce his team’s weekly hours working on WordPress by 99% , from 4,000 hours to 45 hours, was designed to pressure WP Engine to drop its ...

Is Matt Mullenweg the Mad King of WordPress? Mullenweg’s open-source empire dominates the web. But his attack on competitor WP Engine may be putting it all at risk. BY DAVID H. FREEDMAN Dec 19, 2024 ...

This back-and-forth intensified when Mullenweg blocked WP Engine’s access to WordPress.org resources, including updates for plugins and themes but the ban was lifted by judge based on the merits ...

On Sept. 25, Mullenweg banned WP Engine, blocking it from accessing its resources. Since then there has been a steady back and forth legally, with Mullenweg and WP getting more aggressive in their ...

On the September 20, 2024 Matt Mullenweg publicy denounced WP Engine at the United States WordCamp conference, after WP Engine declined to agree to his demands for $30 million dollars.

Matt Mullenweg says his feud with WP Engine is just "a small chapter" of his wider mission to democratize publishing. By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly • 11/18/24 12:12pm ...