Automattic Responds to WP Engine’s Cease and Desist with Legal Action

After the incidents at WordCamp US 2024, WP Engine sent a “cease and desist” letter to Automattic demanding that Automattic and its CEO, Matt Mullenweg, retract and stop making false, harmful, and disparaging statements about WP Engine. Automattic Confirms Legal Action  Matt Mullenweg has confirmed that they have officially initiated legal action against WP Engine for the “Unauthorized Use of …

WordPress.com Offers 1,000 Free Premium Websites to University Students

WordPress.com announced that it is giving away 1,000 free premium websites exclusively to university students. This offer is a fantastic opportunity for students to build their online presence. The first thousand students who sign up will receive a premium WordPress.com website for one year, complete with a free custom domain name, SSL certificate, 13 GB of storage, access to premium …

Your Favorite Newsletter’s Favorite Newsletter

Read to the end to see a baby penguin who, for some reason, has the energy of a 58-year-old mob boss. In today’s edition: Hello to everyone in Portland posting selfies with folks IRL that they’ve worked/gossiped with on Slack for ages. Etch, please! Kevin Geary attempts to stir up FOMO with his big, bold launch. The Eddie Money parody …

Experimental Health Dashboards to Track WordPress Team Progress and Stats

Hari Shanker and Courtney Robertson have introduced experimental WordPress contribution health dashboards designed to monitor the performance of various WordPress teams. They also presented the pilot dashboards developed for the Make/WordPress Core, Community, and Training teams, along with key statistics from the WordPress 6.6 release. History and Challenges The concept of performance dashboards dates back to 2021 when Community Gardener …