Additional discussion is happening on https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41821336
This one has a much clearer title, though.
But that one has matt replying to all comments.
The ACF plugin on the WordPress directory has been taken over by WordPress.org
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#12How can someone like Jeffrey Zeldman believe in the work they're doing when the company acts like this? I understand there are bills to pay and the job market is terrible. Do what you need to do to survive.
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#13It's very funny that Matt's original complaint was that WPEngine didn't contribute enough, and he has now banned them from contributing and stolen what they had previously provided
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#15Trust is lost forever. These are good times for Wordpress alternatives to shine.
Drupal?
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#16Trust is lost forever. These are good times for Wordpress alternatives to shine.
If you are a Ruby or Rails dev, I built https://sitepress.cc/ to run stand-alone, embedded in Rails, or as a static site compiler.
It’s MIT licensed so anybody can use it, including people affiliated with WP Engine in any way, financially or otherwise.
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#17Wordpress is immolating itself a lot these days, what gives? Is investor money running out?
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#18Trust is lost forever. These are good times for Wordpress alternatives to shine.
Ghost.org seems pretty cool.
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#19Is there any legal operation possible?
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#20This is the press release explaining the move - https://wordpress.org/news/2024/10/secure-custom-fields/