If you’ve logged into your WordPress dashboard and seen the warning that your site is running on PHP 7.4.33, you’re not alone. This outdated version no longer receives security updates, which makes ...

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new stealthy backdoor concealed within the "mu-plugins" directory in WordPress sites to grant threat actors persistent access and allow them to perform ...

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 ...

Facepalm: Automattic and WP Engine are competing for control of the WordPress.org project, and users will bear the consequences. After its initial legal setback, Matt Mullenweg's company has now ...

This story has been updated throughout with more details as the story has developed. We will continue to do so as the case and dispute are ongoing. The community around WordPress, one of the most ...

A California district court judge on Tuesday ruled that Automattic and its CEO Matt Mullenweg must restore WP Engine’s access to WordPress.org, a theme and plug-in repository owned by Mullenweg. Judge ...

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.

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 ...

WordPress.org has banned WP Engine from accessing its resources and stopped delivering plugin updates to websites hosted on the platform, urging impacted users to choose other hosting providers. The ...

WordPress announced a reprieve for WP Engine customers. Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg posted on WordPress.org: “I’ve heard from WP Engine customers that they are frustrated that WP Engine hasn’t been ...

Threat actors are attempting to actively exploit a critical security flaw in the ValvePress Automatic plugin for WordPress that could allow site takeovers. The shortcoming, tracked as CVE-2024-27956, ...