Matt has removed Joost and Karim from WordPress org and challenged them to create their own fork.

Joost and Karim Fork of WordPress?
Matt Mullenweg @ wordpress.org • 3 months ago
Matt Mullenweg @ wordpress.org • 3 months ago
Matt has removed Joost and Karim from WordPress org and challenged them to create their own fork.
Automattic Team @ automattic.com • 3 months ago
Automattic is lowering their contributor hours to 45 hours a week, to match those of WPE.
Jeffrey Dalrymple @ youtube.com • 4 months ago
Here is a nice video from Jeffrey Dalrymple. He shows when it comes to user experience, little things can make a big difference. Here he has a suggestion for the Elementor team. I agree with him that we are lucky to have good tools and our tool-set is going to improve even more this year.
David McCan @ webtng.com • 4 months ago
Here are some suggestions for WordPress plugin and theme developers following on the WPE / Matt Mullenweg conflict.
David McCan @ webtng.com • 4 months ago
Will 2025 be the year of the page builder? Many things happened in 2024 so that now WordPress is poised for lots of changes. Here are my predictions for the new year along with some reasons why. Note, there is a video version linked at the top of the article.
Robert DeVore @ robertdevore.com • 4 months ago
Developer Robert DeVore, who has a number of free plugins in the WordPress plugin directory, has written code to block plugin use on WordPress dot com. He did this to protest Matt Mullenweg’s heavy handed blocking of WP Engine plugins.
Taco Verdo @ tacoverdo.com • 4 months ago
A simple and straightforward response to the current situation in the WordPress community.
Joost de Valk @ joost.blog • 4 months ago
Joost calls for a change in WordPress leadership and taking back the commons. He is one of the few in the community with the clout to change the current course of the Titanic.
David McCan @ webtng.com • 4 months ago
Here is a summary of today’s events and a discussion of what they might mean for the project in 2025. Is a fork, or maybe a community distro, inevitable?