The WordPress vs WP Engine drama has escalated with a lawsuit filed by WP Engine against Automattic and Matt Mullenweg. The dispute revolves around the customized fields plugin, which was maintained by WP Engine but lost control when Automattic took over the open-source project. WP Engine claims that Automattic abused its power and failed to keep promises regarding governance and freedom for developers. In response, Automattic called the lawsuit meritless.

Source: https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/19/wordpress-vs-wp-engine-drama-explained/