Mullenweg and co ordered to restore WP Engine's access to wordpress.org and stop touching WordPress installations

WordPress hosting firm Automattic and its CEO Matthew Mullenweg have been ordered to stop interfering with the business of rival WP Engine.

California District Court judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín on Tuesday issued a preliminary injunction against Automattic and Mullenweg, finding that plaintiff WP Engine is likely to prevail in its claims.

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In her order, judge Martínez-Olguín directs Automattic and Mullenweg to cease:

a) blocking, disabling, or interfering with WP Engine's and/or its employees', users', customers', or partners' … access to wordpress.org;

b) interfering with WP Engine's control over, or access to, plugins or extensions (and their respective directory listings) hosted on wordpress.org that were developed, published, or maintained by WP Engine, including those that had been published, developed, or maintained by WP Engine as of September 20, 2024; and

c) interfering with WP Engine's and Related Entities' WordPress installations (i.e., websites built with WordPress software) by using auto-migrate or auto-update commands to delete, overwrite, disable, or modify any WP Engine plugin without the express request by or consent of WP Engine and/or its users, customers, or partners (as applicable).

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