Akshat Choudhary, founder of BlogVault, creates an open source WordPress update mirror called Morpheus.

Sarah Gooding, who was for a long time an author at the WPTavern, shares her take on WordPress and the current conflict with WP Engine.

Rae Morey reports that Matt Mullenweg has revised up his demands of WP Engine.

The 22nd issue of the WP Perspectives Newsletter has been published.

Kevin Geary suggests that WordPress should have a funding model and vision rather than rely on the principle of a commons supported solely though donations.

There has been a growing movement for some WordPress product companies to collaborate on promoting WordPress through some joint, neutral, marketing initiatives. Miriam Schwab from Elementor has been one of the proponents of this idea. A meeting was held at WPUS to discuss this and move it forward.

The post on the Make blog is a great summary of the discussion and there are a number of good suggestions. I like the idea of focusing less on marketshare and more on community engagement. I also like the focus on promoting WordPress in education.

Matt Mullenweg’s Q&A at WordCamp US is available. He called out WP Engine for not contributing back to the project.

The WordPress Five for the Future website has been redone using Gutenberg. It looks pretty sharp. I imagine it was done with core blocks and extra CSS.

This blog post from Tammie Lister reflects on her sponsorship to work on default themes. It gives a bit of insight into working in a sponsored position. It also is partly letting people know she is available to be sponsored.