Automattic Wants .wordpress. It Doesn’t Own WordPress
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Automattic & Matt Mullenweg Fail To Dismiss WP Engine Antitrust Claims
WP Engine is gratified by the judge’s ruling in its antitrust lawsuit. But Automattic also[…]
Andy Peatling Left Automattic After 17 Years and Built Miles, an AI Design Agent for WordPress
He left Automattic thinking he was done with WordPress. Fourteen months later and after a[…]
One Week After Board Crisis, Automattic Employees Say They’re Being Kept in the Dark
Staff say questions in Slack have gone unanswered and an internal anonymous forum has been[…]
Matt Mullenweg Returns As Automattic CEO Amid Board Shake-Up
Matt Mullenweg has returned as CEO of Automattic after a brief but dramatic leadership shake-up[…]
Matt Mullenweg Forced Into Paid Leave As Automattic Board Names Mark Davies Interim CEO
In a stunning leadership shake-up at Automattic, the company’s board of directors has voted to place founder[…]
Automattic Pushes Back On WP Engine’s Sanctions Over Allegedly Missing Messages
Automattic has asked the court to reject WP Engine’s motion for sanctions, arguing that WP[…]
Automattic quietly acquires WebHosting.com from AT&T for WordPress push
Automattic, the company behind WordPress, has landed one of the most self-explanatory domain names on[…]
Automattic Gives Teams A Month To Build Anything. Here’s What They Created
What happens when more than 400 teams are given a month to build whatever they[…]
DreamHost Requests Court To Keep Documents Under Seal In WP Engine V. Automattic Case
In a filing to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, non-party[…]
If Automattic’s Telex Builds This, You Might Not Need That Page Builder
One of the most exciting things about Automattic’s Telex is that it lets anyone build[…]
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Telex Turns Everyone into a WordPress Block Developer
As a WordPress developer for more than a decade, I’ve built numerous WordPress blocks, ranging[…]
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Automattic Launches Telex: An AI Tool That Turns Prompts Into Custom WordPress Blocks
At WordCamp US 2025, Matt Mullenweg, in his keynote, announced Telex, Automattic’s new AI-powered project[…]
The motion to dismiss—a win for WP Engine
This past Friday, September 12, Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín issued a motion to dismiss in WP[…]
Judge Weighs Automattic’s Bid to Dismiss WP Engine’s Antitrust Claims
A federal court is considering Automattic’s bid to dismiss most of WP Engine’s lawsuit, following[…]
WP Engine and Automattic Clash Over Scope of Discovery in Ongoing Legal Battle
An August 5 court filing lays bare months of stalled negotiations, with WP Engine accusing[…]
A New Trust Seal Backed by WordPress Hosts Aims to Set the Standard for Ethical Hosting
A new certification aimed at improving trust, transparency, and abuse prevention in the hosting industry[…]
Celebrating 20 Years of Automattic
What began with the bold idea that publishing should be free and open has evolved[…]
Automattic Donates $30,000 to Launch the Open Horizons Scholarship
This program helps active contributors attend WordPress flagship events by removing financial barriers so they[…]
Second Plaintiff to Join Class Action Against Automattic, Mullenweg Over WP Engine Dispute
A proposed class action over WP Engine’s temporary blocked access to WordPress.org last year is[…]
