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WordCamp Sponsors Face New Scrutiny as WordPress Foundation Expands Trademarks
Project leadership’s trademark enforcement efforts coincide with the foundation’s move to expand its trademark policy to include the phrases “Hosted WordPress” and “Managed WordPress.”
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Joost de Valk Banned From WordCamp Asia as Matt Mullenweg Brands Him “Persona Non Grata”
Joost de Valk has been banned from attending, speaking and sponsoring WordCamp Asia 2025, and has been instructed not to attend any future WordCamps.
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Sé Reed Accuses Matt Mullenweg of Retaliation After WordPress.org Ban
Reed claims Mullenweg’s “overt retaliation and defamation” continued after she first reported him to the WordPress Incident Response Team in September 2023.
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Gibson Dunn Takes Over Automattic’s Legal Defense as WP Engine Lawsuit Escalates
Neal Katyal and his firm Hogan Lovells have filed notices of withdrawal with the United States District Court, confirming they are no longer representing Automattic and Mullenweg.
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Fork or Fiction? WordPress Co-Founder Bans Governance Advocates in Latest Dispute
Matt Mullenweg has again falsely claimed community members have forked WordPress, this time also deactivating the accounts of five past and present contributors who’ve called for governance reforms.
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Automattic Scales Back WordPress Contributions to Match WP Engine Amid Legal Battle
Automattic employees have already stopped working on WordPress core, Gutenberg, Playground, Openverse, and WordPress.org.
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Mullenweg Shuts Down WordPress Sustainability Team, Igniting Backlash
Veteran tech journalist Kara Swisher has described Matt Mullenweg’s move to shut down WordPress’s sustainability team as “bizarrely heinous behavior.”
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Patchstack Rejected as WordCamp Europe 2025 Sponsor, CEO Calls it “Insulting”
Patchstack’s WordCamp Europe 2025 sponsorship application was turned down because it hasn’t pledged contributions to Five for the Future.
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Joost de Valk’s Bold Plan for WordPress Leadership Faces Mullenweg’s Resistance
Matt Mullenweg has made it clear he’s not interested in ceding control of WordPress, essentially challenging de Valk to fork the project.
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Call for “More Weirdness” in WordPress Theme Design Sparks Debate About Accessibility
Nick Hamze, Automattic’s former Chief Swag Officer, wants to “make the web weird again.”
