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WordPress drama went up another notch on Wednesday after WordPress.org banned hosting provider WP Engine from accessing its resources.

The blocked resources in question? Automatic security and features updates and plugin/theme repository access. Matt Mullenweg reasserted his claim that this was a trademark issue. In tandem, WordPress.org updated its Trademark Policy page to forbid WP Engine specifically (way after the Cease & Desist): from “you are free to use [‘WP’] n any way you see fit” to a diatribe:

The abbreviation “WP” is not covered by the WordPress trademarks, but please don’t use it in a way that confuses people. For example, many people think WP Engine is “WordPress Engine” and officially associated with WordPress, which it’s not. They have never once even donated to the WordPress Foundation, despite making billions of revenue on top of WordPress.

https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/26/wordpress-vs-wp-engine-drama-explained attempts to provide a full chronology so far.

  • nocturneEnglish
    4•1 day ago

    Any suggestions for a free easy to use alternative to wp?

    • @[email protected]English
      1•6 hours ago

      There really isn’t one that’s a true alternative to WP.

      There are plenty of nice static site generators, but those are significantly harder to use and not just drag and drop, they also don’t have the huge plugin marketplace that WP does.

      Everyone loves to complain about WP (rightfully so in some cases, it has its own problems), but will suggest alternatives that are nothing like it.

      • nocturneEnglish
        2•5 hours ago

        I use WP to post weekly (sometimes more frequently) updates about my new releases and events happening in my shop (a game shop). It works for what I need, I just wish I could find I build a theme that displayed the way I want it to display.

        • AatubeOP
          1•3 hours ago

          Good luck! Not sure if you have time, but to their credit, they do have a handbook on making themes. Since WordPress 5.0 block editor, which a lot of people apparently abhor, themes are mostly HTML templates (with a lot of WP-specific invis comments) and CSS styles.

          • nocturneEnglish
            2•2 hours ago

            Thanks. I really know nothing about that kind of stuff. I have tried and only make things worse.

            • AatubeOP
              1•1 hour ago

              After December 2018, which is when WordPress 5.0 released?

      • nocturneEnglish
        10•23 hours ago

        Wix was not free when I looked last, I cannot stand using websites that use Shopify.

        I will look into some of those others.

    • @[email protected]English
      -16•1 day ago

      I have one that you may not like, but fits your description.

      I don’t know what wordpress is, so I would suggest just not bothering at all with whatever that is. Maybe use wordpad.