WordPress.org statement threatens possible shutdown for all of 2025 – Computerworld

But after mentioning it ongoing legal battle with WP EngineMullenweg said, “I hope to find the time, effort and money to reopen it all sometime in the new year. Nowadays, most of the time I would spend improving WordPress is spent defending against legal attacks from WP Engine.”

Shutting down can harm WordPress

Petr Zeitsev, founder of Percona, an open-source database software provider, said that if the shutdown continues throughout 2025, “it will stifle WordPress development—no new user accounts, no new plugins published, etc.” This could also encourage the creation of an alternative wordpress.org hub that actually functions to benefit. [open source] community.”

Zeitsev said he fears that if the shutdown continues, it will have a serious impact on businesses. “Many WordPress users don’t actually interact with WordPress.org at all, but some commercial enterprise users may also rely on WordPress.org functionality and may be impacted,” he said.