{"id":6106,"date":"2024-10-02T08:46:52","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T13:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lg-staging.lougcloud.com\/?p=6106"},"modified":"2026-07-13T04:58:55","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T09:58:55","slug":"gloves-off-the-battle-between-wordpress-and-wp-engine-explained-what-it-means-for-wordpress-websites-moving-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lg-staging.lougcloud.com\/?p=6106","title":{"rendered":"Gloves Off: The Battle Between WordPress and WP Engine Explained \u2013 What It Means for WordPress Websites Moving Forward"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-85bp3-f856194ef33e7bc72ec0d3bf98278fce\">\n.flex_column.av-85bp3-f856194ef33e7bc72ec0d3bf98278fce{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-85bp3-f856194ef33e7bc72ec0d3bf98278fce av_one_full  avia-builder-el-0  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><p><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-k0pon615-92ea21455f84089b14b66129c69212c2 '  ><div class='avia_textblock' ><h1><strong>Gloves Off: The Battle Between WordPress Explained. Plus, What It Means for WordPress Websites Moving Forward<\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-k0pop9td-399c35357da9cf26107da9a57de824c5 '  ><div class='avia_textblock' ><p><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WordPress<\/a>, one of the most widely used technologies for creating and hosting websites, is currently in a heated battle with <a href=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WP Engine<\/a>, a hosting provider which hosts WordPress websites and provides a variety of website tools and Plugins for WordPress websites.<\/p>\n<p>On September 21, 2024, WordPress founder and Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg wrote a <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2024\/09\/wp-engine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blog post criticizing WP Engine<\/a> for disabling a feature that allows users to see and track revision history for pages and posts. He argued that the feature is at the \u201ccore of the user promises of protecting your data\u201d and accused WP Engine of turning the feature off by default as a means to save money.<\/p>\n<p>A legal battle has ensued since the blog post, which began with WP Engine sending a <a href=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Cease-and-Desist-Letter-to-Automattic-and-Request-to-Preserve-Documents-Sent.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cease and desist letter<\/a> to WordPress requesting to withdraw previous comments and claiming that Mullenweg threatened to take a \u201cscorched earth nuclear approach\u201d against WP Engine unless it agreed to pay \u201ca significant percentage of its revenues for a license to the WordPress trademark.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>WordPress subsequently blocked WP Engine from accessing WordPress.org resources. Although plug-ins and themes are open source, services that retrieve them, like those run by WP Engine, are not included in the open-source license.<\/p>\n<p>On September 27, WordPress.org\u00a0lifted the ban temporarily, allowing WP Engine to access resources until October 1. On October 1, WP Engine posted on X that it has successfully deployed its own solution for updating plug-ins and themes.<\/p>\n<h2>What this could mean for WordPress websites moving forward<\/h2>\n<p>Relying heavily on one platform puts business at risk, as we\u2019ve seen with this fallout. Whether due to technical issues or business disputes, such dependence can be problematic if things go wrong so it\u2019s important to be proactive and have a strategy if things don\u2019t go as planned.<\/p>\n<p>In a scenario like this where you are relying on a third-party to host your website, having a complete backup of your website, including all files, databases, and configurations would allow you to migrate your website to another hosting provider quickly, rather than wait on the dispute to play out. Fortunately, the dispute didn\u2019t last long and there seems to be some sort of a tentative resolution in place for the time being, but always be cautious of relying on one third-party platform for something as important as your website.<\/p>\n<h3>About Louisville Geek<\/h3>\n<p>Louisville Geek builds websites and applications that support business goals with clean design, reliable performance, and secure, scalable architecture. Our team helps organizations create digital experiences that strengthen their brand and support long term growth. These solutions are part of our broader <a href=\"https:\/\/lg-staging.lougcloud.com\/it-services\/web-software-development\/\">web and software development<\/a> capabilities.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6110,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-web-development"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>WordPress vs WP Engine: What It Means for Your Website<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The WordPress and WP Engine dispute explained. 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