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September 27, 2024
By
Matt Mullenweg
in
Community, Meta, Security, Updates

WP Engine Reprieve

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I've heard from WP Engine customers that they are frustrated that WP
Engine hasn't been able to make updates, plugin directory, theme
directory, and Openverse work on their sites. It saddens me that
they've been negatively impacted by Silver Lake's commercial
decisions.

On WP Engine's homepage, they promise "Unmatched performance,
automated updates, and bulletproof security ensure your sites
thrive."

WP Engine was well aware that we could remove access when they chose
to ignore our efforts to resolve our differences and enter into a
commercial licensing agreement. Heather Brunner, Lee Wittlinger, and
their Board chose to take this risk. WPE was also aware that they
were placing this risk directly on WPE customers. You could assume
that WPE has a workaround ready, or they were simply reckless in
supporting their customers. Silver Lake and WP Engine put their
customers at risk, not me.

We have lifted the blocks of their servers from accessing ours, until
October 1, UTC 00:00. Hopefully this helps them spin up their mirrors
of all of WordPress.org's resources that they were using for free
while not paying, and making legal threats against us.

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