Conversation

Notices

1. Embed this notice
   Brandon Kraft ❤️‍🔥🧡 (kraft@religious.social)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Oct-2024 04:53:13 JST Brandon Kraft ❤️‍🔥🧡

   in reply to

   • Tim Nolte

   @tim tbh, I don't know exactly the relationship. The primary developer was at WP Engine and they sponsored his time working on it (afaik). I don't know if they, themselves, were maintainers, etc.

   But yeah, Jason is moving to a8c from WPE. As he says in the linked post "While [WPE] has treated me well personally, the focus on open-source contributions from the organization has declined during my time there. My time was also reallocated away from WPGraphQL…as internal initiatives took priority."

   • Embed this notice
     Tim Nolte (tim@mastodon.timnolte.com)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Oct-2024 04:53:13 JST Tim Nolte

     in reply to

     @kraft wow, this just gets crazier. I mean if WP Engine was reducing time towards WPGraphQL that isn't good. The fact that it is now under the control of Automattic I'm not really sure I'm comfortable with that. 😞

   • Embed this notice
     Tim Nolte (tim@mastodon.timnolte.com)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Oct-2024 04:53:14 JST Tim Nolte

     in reply to

     @kraft wait, what! I thought WP Engine was the maintainer of WPGraphQL? 🤯

   • Embed this notice
     Brandon Kraft ❤️‍🔥🧡 (kraft@religious.social)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Oct-2024 04:53:15 JST Brandon Kraft ❤️‍🔥🧡

     WPGraphQL is now a canonical plugin that is officially part of the #WordPress project.

     Jason Bahl, the developer behind the plugin, has been hired by Automattic to continue working on it. https://www.wpgraphql.com/2024/10/07/wpgraphql-becomes-a-canonical-plugin-my-move-to-automattic

     GraphQL is a means to query a site used by developers. If you’re heard of the REST API, this performs a similar role in a different way that is more flexible.

     (wp.me p1Apvp-lt1)