The highly anticipated preliminary injunction hearing in the WP Engine v. Automattic case took place yesterday at the Northern California District Court. Presiding Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín made it clear that while she was “inclined to grant some sort of injunction,” WP Engine’s proposed version was “exceedingly vague” and “not particularly narrowly tailored.” The judge emphasized that she could not enforce …
WordCamp Asia 2025 Announces Two Scholarships for Attendees
WordCamp Asia 2025, in partnership with The WordPress Foundation and WordCamp Central, has announced two scholarship opportunities for the upcoming event in Manila, Philippines. These scholarships aim to support community members by covering essential expenses such as flights, accommodation, and event tickets. A team of program managers from WordCamp Central and the WordPress Global Community Team will oversee the selection …
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Read to the end to see a very cute fluffy pet… Alien? Tribble? Cryptid? It’s hard to tell… In today’s edition: Hey Boo… Automattic acquires open-source grammar checker named after American novelist Harper Lee. 6.7.1 is just like 6.7 but with like, 16 fewer bugs. Deep Dive: Make sure your site can scale up and handle the traffic when you …
Core Team Announces WordPress Release Schedule for 2025 and Issues Call for WP 6.8 Volunteers
Automattician Héctor Prieto has revealed the schedule for WordPress releases in 2025. Similar to 2024, three major releases are planned: WordPress 6.8 – Beta 1 on March 4, stable release on April 15 WordPress 6.9 – Beta 1 on June 24, stable release on August 5 WordPress 7.0 – Beta 1 on September 30, stable release on November 11 The …
Core Team Announces WordPress Release Schedule for 2025 and Issues Call for WP 6.8 Volunteers
Automattician Héctor Prieto has revealed the schedule for WordPress releases in 2025. Similar to 2024, three major releases are planned: WordPress 6.8 – Beta 1 on March 4, stable release on April 15 WordPress 6.9 – Beta 1 on June 24, stable release on August 5 WordPress 7.0 – Beta 1 on September 30, stable release on November 11 The …
PeepSo Leaves WordPress Plugin Repository
Matt Jaworski, Co-Founder of PeepSo.com, has announced that PeepSo is leaving the WordPress plugin repository. Moving forward, all updates for the plugin will be served directly from PeepSo’s servers. Explaining the decision, Jaworski expressed dissatisfaction with the repository, stating, “We have never been very happy with the WordPress repository, as we found their rules to be convoluted, poorly defined and …
PeepSo Leaves WordPress Plugin Repository
Matt Jaworski, Co-Founder of PeepSo.com, has announced that PeepSo is leaving the WordPress plugin repository. Moving forward, all updates for the plugin will be served directly from PeepSo’s servers. Explaining the decision, Jaworski expressed dissatisfaction with the repository, stating, “We have never been very happy with the WordPress repository, as we found their rules to be convoluted, poorly defined and …
Scale Your Agency and Profit By Reselling White-Label Services
Big news: Now you can resell our white-label WordPress development services to your clients without an in-house team or even any knowledge of CSS, HTML or coding. We’ll handle all the work for you, while you get all the credit – and the profit margin. Right now, our team of Expert Services specialists is ready to handle your clients’ WordPress …
Scale Your Agency and Profit By Reselling White-Label Services
Big news: Now you can resell our white-label WordPress development services to your clients without an in-house team or even any knowledge of CSS, HTML or coding. We’ll handle all the work for you, while you get all the credit – and the profit margin. Right now, our team of Expert Services specialists is ready to handle your clients’ WordPress …
WP Engine Updates Its Original Legal Complaint Against Automattic and Matt Mullenweg
After Automattic launched the WP Engine Tracker website to monitor the number of websites departing WP Engine hosting, WP Engine updated its ongoing lawsuit against Automattic and its founder, Matt Mullenweg. The revised document with 144 pages, opens with strong accusations: “This is a case about abuse of power, extortion, and greed. The misconduct at issue is especially troubling because …