Automattic says it will start contributing to WordPress again after stopping

WordPress.com The parent company Automattic trend change … again.

in Blog post Automattic entitled “Back to Core”, which was published Thursday evening, announced that it will work to cancel its contributions to the WordPress project. This is although he said only last month That version 6.8 WordPress It will be the final main edition of the year 2025.

“After stopping our contributions to re -assembling our ranks and rethinking and planning strategically, we are ready to press play again and return completely to the WordPress project,” says the new blog post. “We are expected to find our contributions to all the greatest songs – WordPress Core, Guetenberg, Playground, OpenVERSE, WordPress.org. This return is a moment of excitement for us because it revolves around continuing the task we always believed in: adding a democratic character to publishing to everyone, everywhere,”.

Automattic says she has learned a lot of stopping in terms of many ways that WordPress is used, and that she is now committed to helping her “growth and prosperity”.

The post also notes that today’s WordPress operates 43 % of the web.

It is unclear what has changed from then and April.

However, according to the sources that spoke to Techcrunch, the CEO of Automattic Matt Mullenweg in an internal publication published last night that he wanted to obtain version 6.9 this year with the update of the official and something from the “new artificial intelligence team”. (The last references are announced this week WordPress has a new team to supervise the development of artificial intelligence projects))

“I do not think this will happen without our contributions,” the post stated, according to a source familiar with internal discussions.

Those familiar with the existence of more than that, and various theories are presented. Some ask whether Mullenweg has been pressured in this step or if he realized that the decline was not good for his work or his reputation? Others discuss whether this change in the heart relates to the continuous litigation of Automattic with the WORDPress, WP Engine, which is called Automatic A.A threat to the WordPress community And “and”Cancer to WordPress“

Nobody knows what he believes, and none of the theories of the back channels lined up with the officially announced reason.

Automattic has been requested for additional comment.

Since 2024, Automattic has participated in a legal dispute related to a few, in the opinion of Mullenweg, WP Engine contributes to the WordPress project, despite its size and revenues.

He believes that the hosting company takes advantage of the open source work that WordPress is doing without returning the favor. Mullenweg also claims that the WP engine benefits from the confusion between WordPress and commercial services such as WP Engine. This prompted him to prevent the company from reaching WordPress.org and Sue in court Using unauthorized brands.

Simply, Mullenweg believes WP engine You must pay Live licensing fees or high contributions to the open source WordPress project, or should not be allowed to use his brand.

WP engine Respond He does not think he needs a license and that the brand brands law is automatic, Automatic prosecution in return.

Last month, My thief resulted in 16 % of employees, The saying that restructuring was necessary to be more flexible and improve its productivity and profitability.

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