The WordPress and WP Engine Drama: Is a Fork on the Horizon?
Tensions are rising between WordPress and WP Engine, two giants of CMS world. With WordPress powering around 40% of the web, recent events have sparked a debate over contributions and responsibilities.
I’ve used Wordpress for many years, and also I’m a software engineer that writes often about open source. So I have to share my opinion on the latest drama in the open source world that you probably heard of. Between Wordpress and WP Engine.
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What is Wordpress?
But before we get into it, just a quick introduction. Wordpress is the major CMS system (~40% of the web), content management system. It’s a software to build blogs and websites. It has a nice user interface, is easy to install and use, has a lot of themes, plugins etc.
It was co-created by Matt Mullenweg and Mike Little in 2003. The first one created the Automattic company that is behind a website WordPress.com, a SaaS version of Wordpress (means that you can just create a Wordpress blog or page there, you don’t have to download and install…
