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Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg has called Tumblr his “biggest failure,” but says he hasn’t given up on it yet.
→ techcrunch.com/2025/10/20/a...
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WordCamp Canada is looking for new co-leads and volunteers to help organize the 2026 event. Troy Chaplin, a WCEH 2025 co-organizer, says the conference runs on collaboration, not hierarchy:
→ canada.wordcamp.org/2025/wordcam...
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SomeConf, a new community event launching in Minnesota next April, is calling on the WordPress community for support. Organizers say logistics and speakers are locked in, with half of sponsorship already secured
→ someconf.com
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WordCamp Asia 2026 organizers are inviting ideas to help shape next year’s Contributor Day in Mumbai.
→ asia.wordcamp.org/2026/shape-c...
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🚗 Makarand Mane turned WordCamp Bengaluru 2025 into a 1,200-km adventure
→ www.makarandmane.com/blog/wordcam...
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📣 Joost de Valk says it’s time you added a brand assets page to your website
→ progressplanner.com/every-websit...
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Automattic’s Legal Claims About SEO… Is This Real?
Automattic's counterclaim against WP Engine invokes SEO, says that search engines factor how often keywords are used.
www.searchenginejournal.com/automattic-s...
Voting is now open for The WP Awards 2025, celebrating the WordPress community's favorite products and services. So far 865+ people already registering their vote
→ thewpweekly.com/awards/
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Seventy-five young people aged 8–20 took part in WordPress Youth Day Nicaragua 2025 on October 11.
→ make.wordpress.org/community/20...
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Ahmed Kabir Chaion has joined hosting.com as WordPress Contributions Lead. A longtime community organizer, the previously Rocket.net-sponsored contributor
→ www.linkedin.com/posts/chaion...
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Michelle Frechette, Executive Director of Post Status and a long-time WordPress community member, has been nominated for the WomenTech Global Awards 2025 in the Speaker of the Year category
→ www.womentech.net/nominee/all/...
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Michael Willman has doubled down on his contempt claim against Automattic and Matt Mullenweg, alleging they violated a preliminary injunction by banning him from WordPress Slack.
→ storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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FAIR and Patchstack Joining Forces at CloudFest USA Hackathon to Build New Security Integration
→ www.therepository.email/fair-and-pat...
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PressConf is returning in April 2026 with a bigger crowd and changes to enable even more networking. Organizer Raquel Manriquez says the business-focused WordPress event will host about 200 attendees
→ publishpress.com/blog/24-raqu...
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WordPress Foundation and WooCommerce Join Countersuit Against WP Engine, Alleging Trademark Infringement and False Advertising
→ www.therepository.email/wordpress-fo...
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Automattic Again Pushes to Dismiss WP Engine’s Antitrust Claims Amid Dispute Over Redacted Excerpts
→ www.therepository.email/automattic-a...
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Devin Walker Joins Automattic as Artistic Director for Jetpack
→ www.therepository.email/devin-walker...
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From Treehouses to Tech: The Lifelong Friendship Behind DocsBot
→ www.therepository.email/from-treehou...
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Can we have too many boilerplates for creating plugins for WordPress? Maybe. But that doesn't mean we shouldn't look at a new one when it's being presented. This time by David Allsop.
→ github.com/medavidallso...
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WordCamp Canada happened not too long ago, and this recap from Jonathan Desrosiers was a fun read, eh. It's got a lofty title: Revitalizing the Stagnant Web.
→ jonathandesrosiers.com/2025/10/revi...
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WordPress Versus Everyone. The top 6 content management systems were scored and ranked in terms of core web vitals and, frankly, WordPress came in last place.
→https://www.searchenginejournal.com/wordpress-versus-everyone-the-top-cms-for-core-web-vitals/555746/
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Judge Reins In Discovery Fight as WP Engine Ordered to Produce Customer Data
→ www.therepository.email/judge-reins-...
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WPManageNinja Launches FluentCart, Aiming to Bring Speed and Simplicity to Ecommerce for WordPress
The team behind FluentCRM and FluentForms has entered the ecommerce space with FluentCart
→ www.therepository.email/wpmanageninj...
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WordPress 6.9 Beta 1 Now Available and Ready for Testing
WordPress 6.9 Beta 1 focuses on polish and progress with new collaboration features, improved performance, and AI-driven developer tools.
→ www.therepository.email/wordpress-6-...
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A new plugin called API Press was launched in the free repository thar will allow you to connect to any external API, fetch data, and show the output on your site using a shortcode.
→ wordpress.org/plugins/api-...
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From RV Life to CEO: Jon Penland’s Unlikely Road to Leading Kinsta
After selling pumps and freelancing on the road with five kids, Jon Penland joined Kinsta as a support engineer. Nine years later, he’s now CEO
→ www.therepository.email/from-rv-life...
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On Kleiner Perkins' Grit show, Mullenweg describes what he calls his "seven cancellations" — cycles of being hailed as a hero and later dragged as a villain — and says he now sees himself as a "poop umbrella," taking criticism so others don't have to (YouTube)
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Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg says WP Engine's lawsuit initially put him "in a dark place," admitting in a new interview that he briefly considered walking away before realizing he "couldn't stay away" from open source.
→ www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQDN...
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WP Engine Accuses Automattic and Matt Mullenweg of Concealing Control of WordPress .org and the WordPress Trademarks
→ www.therepository.email/wp-engine-ac...
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Ollie’s Menu Designer Flagged for Core, With Automattic Developers Set to Help Shepherd It
→ www.therepository.email/ollies-menu-...
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