Rae Morey
Rae Morey is the Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of The Repository. A journalist, marketer, and communications specialist, Rae brings two decades of experience spanning newsrooms, open source, creative tech, and government. Through The Repository, she leads reporting that uncovers the stories shaping WordPress, driven by a deep curiosity about business and community, a love of storytelling, and a commitment to sparking conversations that drive meaningful change.
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Can WordPress Finally Fix Five for the Future? Contributors See Rare Chance for Reform
With leadership backing and fresh momentum, contributors see a rare window to fix long-standing issues with WordPress’s contribution program.
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WordCamp US Faces Scrutiny Over Automattic’s Role as Ticket Sales Lag
A social post has sparked renewed questions about who controls WordCamp US programming, highlighting broader concerns about transparency, delayed planning, and the fallout from last year’s controversial keynote.
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AspirePress: The Quiet Project Powering FAIR’s Infrastructure
Founded after WordCamp US 2024, AspirePress laid the technical foundation for the FAIR project and is continuing to build out a distributed, community-driven alternative to WordPress.org’s core, plugin and theme delivery system.
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Who’s Behind FAIR? Inside the Coalition Seeking to Redefine WordPress Software Distribution
A diverse coalition of contributors, businesses, and infrastructure partners is building FAIR to decentralize plugin distribution and reset the culture around WordPress governance, viewing it as a long-term bet on a more resilient ecosystem.
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WordPress Leadership Says ‘No’ to Bringing Back Sustainability Team Despite Public Plea and Community Petition
Hundreds signed a petition at WordCamp Europe urging Matt Mullenweg and Mary Hubbard to reverse a controversial decision, but sustainability advocates aren’t giving up yet.
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WordCamp Europe 2025 Wraps in Basel as Organizers Look to Kraków for 2026
More than 1,800 attendees from 84 countries gathered in Switzerland for this year’s flagship event, with over 20,000 joining online.
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The Community Responds to FAIR: Hope, Skepticism, and Support for Decentralizing WordPress
From blog posts to Slack debates, the WordPress community is grappling with FAIR’s bold proposal to decentralize theme and plugin distribution and governance.
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New FAIR Project Aims to Decentralize WordPress.org Services, Backed by Linux Foundation and Hundreds of Contributors
The FAIR project, supported by the Linux Foundation and as many as 300 contributors, aims to decentralize WordPress services and empower users.
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Do the Woo Rebrands as OpenChannels.fm, Marking a New Chapter for the Community-Driven Podcast Network
Do the Woo is now OpenChannels.fm, bringing together 14 series across five shows hosted by voices from across the WordPress community.
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WordCamp Europe 2025 Midway Recap: Big Conversations, Quiet Undercurrents
As Contributor Day wraps up and day one gets underway, discussions at WordCamp Europe 2025 span AI, accessibility, sustainability, and the future of WordPress.
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BlackRock Cuts Automattic Valuation by 17%
The markdown, first reported by Samuel Sidler, reflects a 63.5% decline in Automattic’s value since BlackRock’s 2021 investment, now worth just $31.03 per share.
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SponsorMeWP Launches to Help WordPress Contributors Get Funded
Created by longtime community members Michelle Frechette and Marcus Burnette, the free platform helps match independent contributors with companies willing to sponsor their work on WordPress.
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