Wordpress.org bans WP Engine, blocks it from accessing its resources

Re:Wordpress.org bans WP Engine, blocks it from accessing it... by bawolff on Thursday September 26, 2024 @06:09AM (#41656562)

Was there ever any attempt to reach some sort of agreement on what appropriate usage would be?

I imagine if this was the real issue, then WPEngine could probably sort out some fair solution to not use more than their fair share. I dont know much about this ecosystem but surely a caching proxy is not hard to setup.

However reading between the lines, it sounds like the real issue is that WPEngine is more succesful which is making other players jealous, who are using their control over other parts of the ecosystem to give WPEngine the middle finger. In such a case its not really about resourse usage.

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Re:Wordpress.org bans WP Engine, blocks it from accessing it... by batuhanicoz on Thursday September 26, 2024 @06:11AM (#41656578)

We made many attempts to communicate and solve these issues long before it was made public.

They were asked to contribute back, either in cash or in people hours and they refused.

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Re:Wordpress.org bans WP Engine, blocks it from accessing it... by fortyseven on Thursday September 26, 2024 @10:00AM (#41658491)

Well, I hope the blow to the reputation was worth it. Regardless of what is claimed to have happened behind the scenes, the very public meltdown is what's going to live on. It's already sowing doubt internally, where I work, about recommending WordPress in general going forward.

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