WordPress’s new browser-based service lets users create private sites without hosting or signup, turning the platform into a personal workspace for writing, research, and AI tools.

In late September, Automattic CEO and WordPress cofounder Matt Mullenweg started a public dispute with the hosting provider WP Engine, calling the company “a cancer to WordPress.” He accused WP Engine ...

Automattic CEO and WordPress co-creator Matt Mullenweg said he would be deactivating the accounts of several WordPress.org community members, two of whom he says planned to spearhead a new fork of the ...

Automattic Inc. and its founder have been sued by a WordPress hosting company that alleges an extortion scheme to extract payments for use of the trademark for the open source WordPress software.

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WP Engine is suing Automattic and its CEO Matt Mullenweg following a public spat over the WordPress trademark and open-source project. WP Engine is suing Automattic and its CEO Matt Mullenweg ...

A collective of former WordPress developers and contributors backed by the Linux Foundation has launched the FAIR Package Manager, a new and independent distribution system for trusted WordPress ...

A hot potato: Things are heating up in the world of WordPress, the open-source platform that powers over 40 percent of websites globally. Matt Mullenweg, CEO of Automattic and co-founder of WordPress, ...

It might come as a shock to some that many open source projects have a "benevolent dictator for life" governance model.