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WordPress Drama: From the Sidelines

Yeah ... the inside track of WordPress is a mess right now. I'm sure we all have opinions, so I figured I should log mine in as well.

The initial arguments made by Matt were related to WP Engine’s failure to contribute back to the open source community. The inaction on WP Engine’s part to address very valid concerns raised directly by Matt and his team led consequentially to the removal of API access – an issue that any web host should have had a reasonable protection against. The whole dispute could easily have been circumvented if only WP Engine would live up to their stated culture of being “passionate for giving back and WordPress.” Fixing the damage that’s been done will be hard, but is possible.

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