WordPress creator Matt Mullenweg is trying to force WP Engine to surrender part of its revenue to his company, Automattic, and the feud's repercussions are rippling throughout...
The problem is that these plugins need updates for security. You can’t realistically manually reinstall all plugins on all sites weekly.
This is not to defend any of the sides, just something that may not be obvious at first sight. This ecosystem is full of amateurish code and unupdated addons are being hacked on a regular basis.
I think the real problem is that Automattic did not plan for another company to get this volume of customers using WordPress, creating a burden on WordPress servers that is not compensated for.
What they should have done is set limits or payment plans above a certain volume of connections or transfers from a person’s or company’s servers.
The problem is to act in this way, suddenly, apparently without foresight and that the possible problems will have to be borne mainly by WP Engine users.
The problem is that these plugins need updates for security. You can’t realistically manually reinstall all plugins on all sites weekly.
This is not to defend any of the sides, just something that may not be obvious at first sight. This ecosystem is full of amateurish code and unupdated addons are being hacked on a regular basis.
I think the real problem is that Automattic did not plan for another company to get this volume of customers using WordPress, creating a burden on WordPress servers that is not compensated for.
What they should have done is set limits or payment plans above a certain volume of connections or transfers from a person’s or company’s servers.
The problem is to act in this way, suddenly, apparently without foresight and that the possible problems will have to be borne mainly by WP Engine users.