#matt-mullenweg — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #matt-mullenweg, aggregated by home.social.
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Clearly No Adult In Charge Of WordPress
WP Engine, who is in a prolonged legal battled with WordPress.org and Automattic over trademark and other legal matters bought a plug-in today. Congrats to them.
But then in response to this the WordPress.org X/Twitter account called WPE a parasite.
This was obviously Matt Mullenweg misusing his control over the non-profit/open source WordPress project to throw arrows and just be a total clown.
I’m not going to mince words here. The leadership (ahem Matt Mullenweg) is not right in the head. And he’s taking the WordPress project down with him. Which is a real shame, because the WordPress community on the whole is fantastic. But to outsiders they just see Matt acting erratic and, well, small.
Clearly there are no adults in the decision room at WP HQ. Where is Mary Hubbard the Executive Director of the WordPress project in all this? You know where? No where!
Something needs to be done. But nothing probably will.
This is just depressing. Full stop.
#MattMullenweg #wordpress #WPEngine #WPVsWPE -
Search Engine Journal: WP Engine Complaint Adds Unredacted Allegations About Mullenweg Plan. “WP Engine recently filed its third amended complaint against WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg and Automattic, which includes newly s allegations that Mullenweg identified ten companies to pursue for licensing fees and contacted a Stripe executive in an effort to persuade Stripe to cancel contracts […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/02/16/search-engine-journal-wp-engine-complaint-adds-unredacted-allegations-about-mullenweg-plan/ -
Search Engine Journal: Automattic Disputes Use Of Word “Automatic” For WordPress Product. “Lawyers representing Automattic, the for-profit founded by WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg, sent a trademark complaint letter to WordPress developer Kevin Geary, asking him to rebrand his WordPress CSS framework, which is currently named Automatic.css, claiming that the similarity to Mullenweg’s […]
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The bad behavior of #mattMullenweg and #automattic knows no boundaries...
It's absurd they're trying to intimidate someone for using a generic word similar to their trademarked name.
I love the answer of #automaticCSS to their bulls*it:
"...Congratulations on owning the domain name for a generic term. Let me know when that fact becomes relevant."
https://wp-content.co/automattic-sends-trademark-notice-to-automaticcss-over-name-similarity/
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Engadget: WordPress co-founder files countersuit against WP Engine over trademark violations. “There’s been another turn in Automattic and WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg’s ongoing legal battle with WordPress provider WP Engine. In a counterclaim Automattic filed as part of WP Engine’s lawsuit against the company, it claims investment from private equity firm Silver Lake led WP Engine to […]
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I would have said #MattMullenweg's greatest failure was his personality, rather than the #Tumblr acquisition... #WordPress
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Search Engine Journal: WP Engine Vs Automattic & Mullenweg Is Back In Play. “Although [Matt] Mullenweg blogged last month that the ruling was a ‘significant milestone,’ that’s somewhat of an overstatement because the court had, in fact, dismissed the counts related to antitrust and monopolization with leave to amend, allowing WP Engine to amend and refile its complaint, which it has now done.”
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#MattMullenweg, founder and CEO of #Automattic, discusses the company’s #evolution and its focus on both #enterprise and #consumer products: Automattic, known for #WordPress, has acquired companies like #Beeper and #Clay to expand its offerings. https://www.theverge.com/decoder-podcast-with-nilay-patel/693052/automattic-ceo-matt-mullenweg-wordpress-drama-wp-engine-open-source?eicker.news #tech #media #news
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Search Engine Journal: WordPress Co-Founder Mullenweg’s Reaction To FAIR Project. “The first question was asked early in the question and answer period, where Mullenweg was asked how he sees such initiatives coexisting with WordPress and asking what he sees as the ideal outcome. Mullenweg expressed cautious optimism, praising the open source nature of WordPress by saying that that’s the […]
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Fast Company: WordPress veterans launch FAIR project to tackle security and control concerns. “The FAIR Package Manager project, to be announced at a conference in Switzerland later today, enables web-hosting companies and large organizations to run their own mirrors of WordPress’s core update, plugin, theme, and translation servers. This setup would replace reliance on WordPress.org—a […]
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Automattic Reboots WordPress Contributions After Strategic Pause
#WordPress #Automattic #OpenSource #WebDevelopment #CMS #MattMullenweg #WPEngine #WordPressNews
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Search Engine Journal: WordPress Contributor Cutbacks Cause Core Development To Stall. “WordPress project leaders recently discussed how to proceed due to concern that organizations have dramatically cut back on the number of hours donated to contributing to WordPress. They decided that WordPress 6.8 would be the final major release of 2025 and that minor core releases will continue as […]
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Automattic Trims Workforce amid Legal Storm, Strategic Shift toward Paid Services
#WordPress #Automattic #OpenSource #MattMullenweg #WebDev #WPCommunity #WooCommerce #CMSnews #TechLayoffs
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Search Engine Journal: Mullenweg Considers Delaying WordPress Releases Through 2027. “A leaked WordPress Slack chat shows that Matt Mullenweg is considering limiting future WordPress releases to just one per year from now through 2027 and insists that the only way to get Automattic to contribute more is to pressure WP Engine to drop their lawsuit. One WordPress developer who read that message […]
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Ach, WordPress!
Wordpress-Chef Matt Mullenweg verunsichert mit seinem erratischen Verhalten alle Wordpress-Nutzenden und wundert sich, dass die daraufhin weniger Arbeit in „sein“ Projekt stecken. Logisch, dass er daraufhin noch erratischer wird. Muss ich mir jetzt eine Alternative zu Wordpress suchen?
https://kaffeeringe.de/2025/03/14/ach-wordpress/
#FOSS #HeatherBurns #JoostDeValk #KarimMarucchi #MattMullenweg #MortenRandHendriksen #OpenSource #PHP #SéReed #Wordpress
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Search Engine Journal: Mullenweg Rebuffs Plea To Restore Automattic’s WordPress Core Contributions. “A WordPress developer pleaded with Matt Mullenweg at WordCamp Asia 2025, asking him to restore Automattic’s contributions to the WordPress core. Mullenweg apologized and said it’s not up to him; it’s up to WP Engine to drop their lawsuit, and he encouraged the community to put pressure […]
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Search Engine Journal: Mullenweg & Automattic Sued in Class Action Filing Over WordPress Dispute. “A new lawsuit seeking class action status alleges that WordPress co-creator Matt Mullenweg and Automattic engaged in unfair business practices to harm managed WordPress web host WP Engine (WPE) and its customers.”
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Search Engine Journal: How WordPress Hot Nacho Scandal Shapes WP Engine Dispute. “In a recent interview, Matt Mullenweg referenced three long-forgotten scandals and controversies from his past to illustrate how the WP Engine scandal may also fade from memory. One example, the Hot Nacho Scandal, led Google to ban WordPress.org, drew rebukes from influential tech leaders, and generated negative […]
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Blog Question Challenge
Es gibt wieder eine Blogparade! Wisst ihr noch – diese Aktionen, in denen alle in ihrem Blog eine Liste von Fragen beantwortet haben. Gab es lange nicht mehr, weil alle meinte, Twitter und Facebook seien besser als ein eigenes Blog.
https://kaffeeringe.de/2025/02/12/blog-question-challenge/
#Blog #blogFragen #Blogparade #Fördeflüsterer #Kiel #Kiel4Kiel #Landesblog #MattMullenweg #OpenSource #Pixelfed #Postnuke #Wordpress
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Search Engine Journal: WordPress Leader Mullenweg Silences Joost De Valk. “Matt Mullenweg, co-creator of WordPress, posted a statement on X (formerly Twitter) announcing that Joost de Valk was no longer speaking at WordCamp Asia and was persona non grata for having ‘stabbed’ him when he was vulnerable and betraying his confidence. Mullenweg cited statements by de Valk to prove his point, but […]
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Matt Mullenweg Has Lost His Way And Is Taking It Out On The Community. The Latest…
Roger Montti over at Search Engine Journal reported that the latest in the WordPress Drama had dropped. Matt Mullenweg, the “leader” of the WordPress project has barred longtime supporter of the project Joost De Valk from speaking at WordCamp Asia, because Matt feels Joost stabbed him in the back.
Matt Mullenweg, co-creator of WordPress, posted a statement on X (formerly Twitter) announcing that Joost de Valk was no longer speaking at WordCamp Asia and was persona non grata for having “stabbed” him when he was vulnerable and betraying his confidence. Mullenweg cited statements by de Valk to prove his point, but those statements were presented without their full context, which significantly altered their meaning.
Matt is seriously unhinged. And what’s scary is that WordPress is suffering because of this insanity. WordPress powers ~40% of the Websites on the Web. There is a lot at stake here if Matt goes nuclear.
He brought this on himself. And now Matt is paying the price for his actions. But sadly he’s taking the whole fucking community down with him.
There are efforts to make sure this doesn’t happen, or hopefully doesn’t. But it has a lot of us on edge, me included.
Seriously, this is one more thing that many of us don’t need right now.
#JoostDeValk #MattMullenweg #wordcamp #WordCampAsia #wordpress #WPDrama
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Jeepers... looks like WordPress and Mullenweg have gone pro-Trump:
https://mastodon.world/@paulashby/113901997614231946
Anyone got any suggestions for how people with existing Fediverse-connected WordPress blogs could migrate them to alternatives without losing their followers?
Are there any WP forks with ActivityPub compatibility for example? The AP plugin is FOSS so it should be possible in theory?
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Since #Tumblr (owned by #MattMullenweg's #Automattic) renewed plans to join the #Fediverse, I suggest blocking them (as I have) for the same reason as #Threads: queerphobia and corporate tracking.
Just like the anti-Meta #FediPact (https://FediPact.online), there's now an anti-Automattic #FediPact2: https://FediPact2.online
Like I did with Meta, I wrote #iptables commands your #FediAdmin can use to drop all traffic to and from Automattic's IP addresses: https://pastebin.com/e5UKJCKU (source: AS2635)
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A WordPress developer has filed a legal motion to intervene in the ongoing case between WP Engine and Automattic, calling for a Governance Oversight Board #WordPress #Automattic #WPEngine #OpenSource #WebDevelopment #MattMullenweg #Web #CMS OpenSource
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Matt Mullenweg Says WPE Lawsuit Could End WordPress… Um Nope!
In a post from Search Engine Journal, Roger Montti reports that Matt Mullenweg, the co-founder of the WordPress open source content management system, says that the lawsuit with WP Engine could end WordPress.
Honestly this has me fuming. Because WordPress is so much more than just Matt. It has a huge community of supporters and developers that won’t let this happen.
What could happen, and should happen, is that WordPress gets forked and that version taken over by the community-at-large.
Matt could shut down WordPress.org and everything and the community would find a way to keep the core software running.
To me, this crowing from Matt is a play for sympathy for something HE started and is now probably feeling he’s gotten in too deep.
The growing consensus, from what I see online, is that Matt has lost the PR battle and is now on the defensive. I’m not sure what he can do to reverse course. But honestly he won’t, he’ll just keep digging himself into a hole.
Am I overly concerned that the WordPress software that powers 40%+ of the Websites on the web going away totally? No.
I am worried about what my clients and future clients think about using the software.
Matt is hurting much more than just himself here.
It’s unforgivable.
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#MattMullenweg deactivates #WordPress contributor accounts over alleged fork plans https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/11/matt-mullenweg-deactivates-wordpress-accounts-of-contributors-planning-a-fork/
