WordPress co-founder files countersuit against WP Engine over trademark violations

There's been another turn in Automattic and WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg’s ongoing legal battle with WordPress ...

Automattic files counterclaims against WP Engine in WordPress lawsuit, alleging trademark misuse

Automattic has filed counterclaims against WP Engine, alleging that the company — backed by private equity firm Silver Lake — ...
Yahoo

Automattic sends WP Engine its own cease-and-desist over WordPress trademark infringement

The brouhaha in the WordPress community looks likely to escalate into a legal battle around trademarks. Just a day after WordPress hosting service WP Engine sent a cease-and-desist notice to ...
TechCrunch

WordPress.org bans WP Engine, blocks it from accessing its resources

WordPress drama went up another notch on Wednesday after WordPress.org, the open source web-hosting software, banned hosting provider WP Engine from accessing its resources. In a post on WordPress.org ...
Fast Company

The WordPress drama could have major implications for the internet

The WordPress situation has soured in the past several weeks, as a dispute spirals out of control between founder Matt Mullenweg and WP Engine, a platform that many users deploy in order to host their ...

Automattic CEO calls Tumblr his ‘biggest failure’ so far

At WordCamp Canada 2025, Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg called Tumblr his “biggest failure,” noting the challenge of ...