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   Shawn Hooper (he/him) (shawnhooper@fosstodon.org)'s status on Friday, 27-Sep-2024 05:21:40 JST Shawn Hooper (he/him)

   Confirmed that I'm unable to access the plugin repo on a site I have hosted with WP Engine.

   WTF.

   #wordpress

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     feld (feld@friedcheese.us)'s status on Friday, 27-Sep-2024 05:21:33 JST feld

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     • Jon Henshaw
     • Deborah Edwards-Oñoro
     @jon @redcrew @shawnhooper this smells like one of those calculated moves by the money people
     
     someone did the math and decided that pissing off tech folks isn't gonna be too big of a deal, because too many corporations and non-technical folks won't have the ability to flee WordPress for something else
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     Jon Henshaw (jon@henshaw.social)'s status on Friday, 27-Sep-2024 05:21:35 JST Jon Henshaw

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     • Deborah Edwards-Oñoro

     @redcrew @shawnhooper I'm a WP Engine customer who was already considering moving to Pressable before this mess started. Now I'm considering migrating everything to Ghost and abandoning WP completely after the latest move by MM.

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     Shawn Hooper (he/him) (shawnhooper@fosstodon.org)'s status on Friday, 27-Sep-2024 05:21:37 JST Shawn Hooper (he/him)

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     • Deborah Edwards-Oñoro

     @redcrew This is bad.

     Matt / Automattic has just made hosting on WP Engine a security vulnerability.

     Talk about anti-competitive behaviour.

     #WordPress

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     Deborah Edwards-Oñoro (redcrew@mstdn.social)'s status on Friday, 27-Sep-2024 05:21:37 JST Deborah Edwards-Oñoro

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     @shawnhooper Yes, it has. And when corporations hosting their websites on WP Engine learn what it appears Matt has done to create havoc, it will not turn out well for him.

     Matt's extreme actions and erratic behavior over the past week demonstrate he needs to walk away from WordPress. And someone else needs to take on his role.

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     Deborah Edwards-Oñoro (redcrew@mstdn.social)'s status on Friday, 27-Sep-2024 05:21:38 JST Deborah Edwards-Oñoro

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     @shawnhooper Oh. I searched Mastodon and found this post:

     https://newsie.social/@jeff/113200262590988348

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     Shawn Hooper (he/him) (shawnhooper@fosstodon.org)'s status on Friday, 27-Sep-2024 05:21:39 JST Shawn Hooper (he/him)

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     • Deborah Edwards-Oñoro

     @redcrew It's not just me.

     https://www.reddit.com/r/Wordpress/comments/1fpeqn2/plugin_repository_inaccessible_to_wp_engine/?share_id=E8G3xTC-XQ05Yizhogncs&utm_content=2&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_source=share&utm_term=1

     I haven't approached support yet.

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     Deborah Edwards-Oñoro (redcrew@mstdn.social)'s status on Friday, 27-Sep-2024 05:21:40 JST Deborah Edwards-Oñoro

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     @shawnhooper Anyone else reported same issue? What did WP Engine support say when you reported it?