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Automattic Is Not an Owner of the WordPress Marks It Asserted in Court, a Judge Rules
The September 24 order brings back four antitrust claims the same judge had dismissed in an earlier ruling. It also holds that Automattic and Mullenweg are neither owners nor registrants of the WordPress marks, so they cannot assert them in their own right.
Automattic Is Not an Owner of the WordPress Marks It Asserted in Court, a Judge Rules
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The September 24 order brings back four antitrust claims the same judge had dismissed in an earlier ruling. It also holds that Automattic and Mullenweg are neither owners nor registrants of the WordPress marks, so they cannot assert them in their own right.
We Ranked Hosting Two Ways. We Resolved 108 GoDaddy Domains: 96 Point at Amazon.
Industry reports #domains#godaddy
Ranked by domains on their nameservers, GoDaddy leads with 73.1 million. Ranked by hosting attribution it falls to 3.5 million, but that column records whose address space a site is served from. We resolved a sample of GoDaddy's domains: 89% land in blocks registered to Amazon.
IONOS Is Cutting 12% of Its Workforce Five Weeks After Raising Its Revenue Outlook.
Stock reports #ai#cloud
IONOS will reduce headcount from about 3,800 to about 3,350, spending around EUR 35 million once to save up to EUR 30 million a year from 2027. IONOS says the savings will be reinvested, including in AI product development and cloud, and its 2026 adjusted EBITDA forecast is unchanged.
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EmDash 1.0 Is Stable. Its Sandboxed Plugins Cannot Touch the Database, and That Is the Whole Pitch.
EmDash 1.0 is stable: marketplace plugins run in isolated Workers with declared capabilities, authors own their registry entries, hosts need Node or Workers.
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An Unauthenticated Path to Code Execution in WordPress Core, Already Being Exploited
A flaw in the heart of WordPress lets a complete stranger seize a site without ever logging in, and the attacks began the day it was disclosed. Millions of sites run the vulnerable code, and the only real protection is an update most owners assume already happened.
Industry reports
Patchstack Now Underpins Most Major Managed WordPress Hosts. GoDaddy Joined the Stack.
Patchstack became the default WordPress vulnerability intelligence and virtual patching layer for managed hosting. GoDaddy joined as a full-integration partner in April 2026; WP Engine, Cloudways, Hostinger, Nexcess, Pantheon and most other major hosts already use Patchstack threat intelligence.
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Protect The Shire: WordPress Adds a 24-Hour Default Delay to Plugin Auto-Updates
Matt Mullenweg announced Protect The Shire on June 5, 2026: a 24-hour default delay before every WordPress plugin release reaches auto-updates. The infrastructure has existed as opt-in since August 2025. The shift cites AI-accelerated supply chain risk after Mythos and Essential Plugins.
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WordPress and AI Tools: How to Use Automation Without Compromising User Privacy
AI tools are now standard across WordPress environments, and hosting providers can no longer treat data privacy as a static concern. This article breaks down what changes, what risks emerge, and what you can do about it.
Software reviews
WordPress 7.0 Ships. PHP 7.4 Required. AI Built In. Real-Time Collaboration Delayed.
WordPress 7.0 ships May 20, 2026 with a built-in AI Client supporting Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI, a raised PHP minimum of 7.4, and DataViews replacing the admin screens. Real-time collaboration was cut on May 8 due to race conditions, server load, and fuzz testing failures.
Industry reports
WordPress.com Gives AI Agents Write Access to Your Site: What Hosting Providers Need to Understand
WordPress.com opened write access to its MCP server on March 20, letting AI agents like Claude and ChatGPT create posts, manage comments, and organize content on any paid site. The update adds 19 operations across six content types - and signals a shift in how site management works that hosting providers cannot afford to ignore.
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WordPress 7.0 Ships AI Connectors: Infrastructure, Not Features
WordPress 7.0 introduces AI Connectors - a centralized system for connecting plugins to OpenAI, Gemini, and Claude - alongside real-time collaborative editing and an admin redesign. The release ships infrastructure, not features: AI capabilities come via plugins, not core.
Industry reports
WP Engine triumphs in legal battle with Automattic
WP Engine, one of the leading companies offering hosting services and tools for websites built on WordPress, shared important news on its LinkedIn profile. The court granted WP Engine’s request for a preliminary injunction, fully restoring access to WordPress.org for the company.