Bill Erickson Using WordPress Plugin Directory Slurper should be faster - github.com/markjaquith/Wo…

To all WordPress and Linux users out there. Image how would react if Ubuntu (for example) blocked your servers from receiving updates and installing new packages because you never contributed back or donated to Ubuntu. If they found the IP ranges for all your servers and got it

I applaud Ryan McCue ➡️🐘🦋 fro writing this. a LOUD encouragement to any other core contributors and committers - this would be a worthwhile time to take a stand.

It appears to be the responsibility of all Managed WordPress™ hosts to run their own plugin & theme repo mirrors. I'm all for decentralization and excited to pick my preferred source, although security updates might be more of an issue

A possible alternative solution for those sites hosted at WP Engine. It might be possible to replicate the updater on the client side. It's 4AM where the author's at. If you're awake and looking, maybe try it? Contribute some feedback? github.com/balazsrm/wp-lo… #WordPress

This wordpress drama is insane. As a WPEngine customer (and wp user for over a decade), it feels like I'm being punished. I don't like this solution (basically banning WPengine) at all.

I hope this gets overturned in appeals. Code is free speech and protected by the 1st amendment. therage.co/tornado-cash-c…

"That's the deal. That's open source. I give you a gift of code, you accept the terms of the license. There cannot be a second set of shadow obligations that might suddenly apply, if you strike it rich using the software. Then the license is meaningless." world.hey.com/dhh/automattic…

We have been made aware that the Advanced Custom Fields plugin on the WordPress directory has been taken over by WordPress dot org. A plugin under active development has never been unilaterally and forcibly taken away from its creator without consent in the 21 year history of

Our CEO, Amber Hinds, filed an Americans with Disabilities Act grievance with her city. Find out why and what happened in this week's #AccessibilityCraft episode. #accessibility #a11y #ADA accessibilitycraft.com/096-i-filed-an…

Here's hoping this image doesn't become a new badge for people on their WordPress dot org user profiles. journal.rmccue.io/468/on-contrib…

It's clear the #WordPress world needs a change. So I wrote a post about exactly that: Breaking the Status Quo: A vision for a new WordPress era buff.ly/4grFfIA

Here's Matt Mullenweg calling Matt Mullenweg the bad guy in all this. The domain he's referring to, of course, is wordpress dot com. He was criticizing Ric Johnson, who gave Matt the domain, for the EXACT thing he then went and did himself.

I'm playing with WordPress FSE and ran into an issue. When I go to Appearance > Editor I get a loading screen that never finishes loading, but clicking on a template and going back fixes it. Any advice? cc Nick Diego Rich Tabor Carolina Nymark Video: a.cl.ly/YEu6Ew9K

We just launched Nick’s Kitchen — a brand new recipe site from Nick DiGiovanni — using our Cultivate Go service: cultivatewp.com/news/cultivate…

I’ve used Kit since inception for various accounts - part of their affiliate program etc. I’ve recently had nonstop issues despite my 81% open rate and zero spam reports. This is the response I get when asking why my account was suspended? Wild. Ridiculous.