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A California District Court judge issued a preliminary injunction to WP Engine. The order asks WordPress co-creator Matt Mullenweg and WordPress.com owner Automattic to restore WP Engine’s access to WordPress.org, a WordPress theme and plugin repository site owned by Mullenweg.
Judge Araceli Martinez Olguin noted WP Engine’s access to WordPress.org, themes, plugins and subdomains. It needs to be restored to the way it was on September 20, when Mullenweng issued remarks suggesting that WP Engine was a “cancer to WordPress” at an event.
Mullenweg blocked WP Engine on September 25 from accessing WordPress.org. After granting grace for a few days, on October 1, this ban was made permanent.
This ban also resulted in WP Engine being unable to access and update the popular Advanced Custom Field (ACF) plugin. Automattic took control of the plugin, split it up, and called it Secure Custom Fields (SCF). The court also ordered Automattic to restore WP Engine’s access and control of ACF on WordPress.org.
What’s more, the order states that Automattic must also remove the list of clients in the “domains.csv” file associated with WP Engine clients on the WordPressenginetracker.com site. The company created the site to show how many customers have stopped using WP Engine since the dispute against Mullenweg and Automattic began in September.
Another point in the request asked Automattic and Mullenweg to remove the checkmark on the WordPress.org login page that asks developers to disclose whether they are affiliated with WP Engine “in any way, financially or otherwise.” WordPress.org He started Included This checkbox is on October 8th.
The judge ordered Automattic and Mullenweg to implement these steps within 72 hours.
Automattic said in a statement that it will continue to fight the case against WP Engine.
“Today’s ruling is a preliminary order intended to maintain the status quo. It was done without the benefit of discovery, our motion to dismiss, or the counterclaims we will file against WP Engine soon,” the company said in a statement.
WP Engine said the court order will bring stability to the WordPress ecosystem.
“We thank the court for granting our request for a preliminary injunction. This order will restore much-needed stability and security to the WordPress ecosystem. WP Engine is focused on serving our partners and customers and working with the community to find ways to ensure a strong WordPress community,” a WordPress spokesperson said in a statement. And prosperous.”
The saga between Automattic-Mullenweg and WP Engine has dragged on for months It raised questions about the nature of open source and the stability of the WordPress community. There have also been discussions about what constitutes fair contribution to an open source project, with Mullenweg accusing WP Engine of not being involved enough to improve WordPress as a technology.
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