The WordPress vs. WP Engine dispute
- Development
- Care & Growth
- Agnes Kozak
- 2 min read
This post contains a short summary of the WordPress vs. WP Engine dispute including main points of interest for WP Engine users and Xfive clients.
Since you are entering this blog post, it is probably safe to assume you have your WordPress site hosted on WP Engine, and you might have heard that there is some controversy between WordPress founder and Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg and WP Engine.
The first and most important thing, if you are our active customer: do not worry. We are monitoring the situation to make sure it does not influence your business.
Ban on WP Engine
So far, apart from public denouncements and cease-and-desist letters going back and forth, the only major thing that has happened was the banning of WP Engine from accessing WordPress.org resources. In simple terms, Users having WordPress sites on WP Engine could not update their themes or plugins via the Admin Panel (right now the ban has been lifted until Oct 1st to allow WP Engine to set up its own mirrors of all of WordPress.org’s resources).
Xfive response and contingency plan
At Xfive, we update all WordPress websites (including those hosted on WP Engine) via the code repository, in line with the industry best practices. This means that the change/blocking of WP Engine does not affect our usual workflow. So, if you have an active Care & Growth plan (see a deck about Care and Growth here) you are on the safe side.
Again, we are monitoring the situation and will keep you updated on any major changes. We are also preparing plans for any possible outcome.
If you would feel more comfortable migrating away from WP Engine to a different hosting platform, we can support you with that and suggest different alternatives.
Please be also aware that we are not endorsing any side of this dispute and our main goal is to keep you and your website safe.
Do you have a WordPress site and would like to have more peace of mind?
