WP Engine Banned Again, Reports Deploying a Solution

After a brief reprieve, WP Engine has been banned again from WordPress.org and the company took to X to share: “Thousands of WordPress community members have once again been blocked from accessing WordPress.org. WP Engine has commenced deployment of its solution for accessing updates and installations for plugins and themes across our customers’ sites. We expect deployment of the solution to all customers to be completed within the hour.”

The next tweet read: “We are pleased to report that our solution has been fully deployed and regular workflow practices have been restored to our customers around the globe. We thank all our customers for their patience and support over the past week. Like so many of you, we love WordPress, and are committed to the stability and longevity of the community.”

WP Engine Website Updates

WP Engine has made several changes to its website, including reducing the use of the word “WordPress” and adding a new footer clarifying its trademark usage.

New Footer in WP Engine Website

The names of its pricing plans have been updated, omitting “WordPress” from the titles.

Current WP Engine Pricing Plans

Previous Pricing Plans of WP Engine

WP And Legal Stuff has covered more details on the website changes.

WP Engine has not offered any explanation about the solution beyond what was shared on Twitter, though people have been asking for more details.

1. Are you mirroring the wordpress(dot)org repos?
2. Is this a permanent or temporary solution?
3. What are you doing to stop future interruptions?
More information would be appreciated, as communication and transparency from @wpengine has been exceptionally poor.
— Charlie Moss (@charliemoss) October 1, 2024

WP Engine has been silent since the start of the incidents, while Matt has been going all-out speaking about the issues. Matt even issued an open invite to Lee Wittlinger, Managing Director of Silver Lake. “Lee, let’s debate this publicly. Propose a neutral venue and moderator,” he said in a post titled “Where is Lee Wittlinger?” “Why is WP Engine scared of talking to journalists live?”, he had asked earlier.

He also published his charitable contributions from 2011 to 2023, shared how WP Engine is violating WordPress’ trademarks, and gave interviews to Theo – t3․gg and WP Minute.

The community is deeply troubled by the proceedings but both sides do not show any signs of backing down.