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Welcome Wordpress developers, designers and site owners! I've migrated over here from Reddit, and one of the most common questions posted that were posted on the Wordpress sub were regarding how to optimize Wordpress sites and reduce their load times. This is my self-written guide on how to optimize a Wordpress site for page speed. Please let me know if I've missed anything, and I'll happily add it to the guide!
www.theverge.com
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/24811353 > The WordPress fight is heating up.
techcrunch.com
> Days after 159 people accepted Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg’s offer of a six-month severance package to employees who wanted to leave, the company floated a new offer late on October 16 of a nine-month severance package to anybody who quit immediately. Employees had four hours to decide whether they wanted to take the deal.
www.darkreading.com
> WordPress move could have security implications for sites using Advanced Custom Fields plug-in.
techcrunch.com
> Matt Mullenweg, the WordPress co-founder and Automattic CEO, has been embroiled in a very public and legal fight with WP Engine these last few weeks over the use of WordPress as a trademark and fees Automattic believes WP Engine owes to the WordPress project — sparring that has resulted in WP Engine issuing legal demands of its own.
techcrunch.com
> The dispute between WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg and hosting provider WP Engine continues, with Mullenweg announcing that WordPress is “forking” a plugin developed by WP Engine.
www.searchenginejournal.com
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/24019601
techcrunch.com
> The employees accepted a severance package offered to those who disagreed with Matt Mullenweg's direction of WordPress and his fight with WP Engine.
www.theverge.com
> WordPress’s WP Engine battle is dividing the community.
techcrunch.com
> WordPress.org has lifted its ban on hosting provider WP Engine until October 1, after putting a block on it earlier this week. The block prevented several sites from updating their plug-ins and themes and exposing them to potential security risk.
> WordPress.org has banned WP Engine from accessing its resources and stopped delivering plugin updates to websites hosted on the platform, urging impacted users to choose other hosting providers.
techcrunch.com
> The brouhaha in the WordPress community looks likely to escalate into a legal battle around trademarks.
techcrunch.com
> Mullenweg, who co-created WordPress, last week criticized WP Engine for raking in profits without giving much back to the open source project.
techcrunch.com
> Matt Mullenweg unleashed a no-holds-barred tirade at WP Engine, which has been commercializing WordPress since 2010.