WordPress.org bans WP Engine, blocks it from accessing its resources

WordPress drama went up another notch on Wednesday after WordPress.org, the open-source web hosting software, banned hosting provider WP Engine from accessing its resources.

Well that escalated rapidly!

You'd hate to be a WP Engine customer at the moment, caught in the middle of the drama, not being able to auto-update plugins, wondering whether to move to a different host, or even a different platform!

This will get worse before it gets better, I'm not confident WordPress or WP Engine will make smart decisions here.

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