Wordpress CEO after WP Engine's head

Updated my proof of concept for Wordpress plugin mirroring using Cloudflare to also use Cloudflare D1 SQLite database optionally GitHub - centminmod/wordpress-plugin-mirror-poc: WordPress Plugin Mirror System Proof Of Concept Leveraging Cloudflare

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Example run GitHub - centminmod/wordpress-plugin-mirror-poc: WordPress Plugin Mirror System Proof Of Concept Leveraging Cloudflare

 

MariaDB rep gets banned from Wordpress Slack too My WordPress Slack ban

 

Looks like maybe Matt's urgency to attack WPEngine now is rumours maybe Silver Lake was looking at flipping and selling WPEngine. So Matt probably trying to torpedo WPEngine's sale?

 

Commercial conflict of interest https://wplift.com/live-wordpress-drama-automattic-matt-vs-wp-engine/

Missed this old news that Wordpress.com cloned and mirrored the wordpress.org plugins directory Developers Raise Concerns About WordPress.com Plugin Listings Outranking WordPress.org on Google Search – WP Tavern. Matt did say he doesn't mind if everyone did the same apparently

 

Commercial conflict of interest https://wplift.com/live-wordpress-drama-automattic-matt-vs-wp-engine/

Missed this old news that Wordpress.com cloned and mirrored the wordpress.org plugins directory Developers Raise Concerns About WordPress.com Plugin Listings Outranking WordPress.org on Google Search – WP Tavern. Matt did say he doesn't mind if everyone did the same apparently

So my WordPress plugin mirror would be ok GitHub - centminmod/wordpress-plugin-mirror-poc: WordPress Plugin Mirror System Proof Of Concept Leveraging Cloudflare ?

 

Yup Matt is now going to steal WPEngine's developed Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) plugin and fork it WordPress.org’s latest move involves taking control of a WP Engine plugin

Definitely going to rub WordPress developers the wrong way!

 

https://www.youtube.com/live/jWuO79PnG80?si=m85kbBI60a9fPurE

 

Now that I've polished up my WordPress plugin mirror system, starting on WordPress themes mirror system GitHub - centminmod/wordpress-plugin-mirror-poc: WordPress Plugin Mirror System Proof Of Concept Leveraging Cloudflare

 

Yeah read that, crazy if true!

So looks like WordPress is blocking wordpress.org plugins from sideloading and getting updates from outside of wordpress.org x.com

Also seems another WPEngine plugin has been blocked on wordpress.org Nitropack x.com. Seems like Matt will eventually block all WPEngine plugins from Wordpress.org !

there's several folks working on WordPress.org mirrors

• https://aspirepress.org/
• GitHub - blogvault/morpheus: Morpheus: A lightweight, open-source mirror of the WordPress.org repository to ensure uninterrupted updates for WordPress sites
• My own proof of concept GitHub - centminmod/wordpress-plugin-mirror-poc: WordPress Plugin Mirror System Proof Of Concept Leveraging Cloudflare just started working on themes

 

More background discussions

 

Ouch $40k! Sad to hear. Unfortunately, this won't be the last story of this kind

I just updated my WordPress plugin mirror system proof of concept to support Github hosted plugins as well like ACF GitHub - centminmod/wordpress-plugin-mirror-poc: WordPress Plugin Mirror System Proof Of Concept Leveraging Cloudflare

 

Wow https://www.reddit.com/r/Wordpress/s/VEfD17yG25

 

How much loyalty is worth Everyone’s An Owner

 

Came across my feed WPEngine Founder Jason Cohen

 

FYI WPEngine outlined their workarounds at Install and Update WP Engine Owned Plugins and Themes - Support Center