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Matt Mullenweg and WordPress Hijack the Advanced Custom Fields Plugin

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Matt Mullenweg and WordPress Hijack the Advanced Custom Fields Plugin

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TwitchingCheese@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish ·
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Matt Mullenweg and WordPress Hijack the Advanced Custom Fields Plugin – Pixel Envy
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A bit of background, for those not steeped in the world of WordPress development: there exists a plugin called Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) which allows developers to create near-endless customization options for end clients in the standard page and post editor. It is hard to explain in a single paragraph — the WordPress.com guide is […]

Statement by ACF: https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/blog/acf-plugin-no-longer-available-on-wordpress-org/

Statement by Matt: https://wordpress.org/news/2024/10/secure-custom-fields/

Additional comments by Theo: https://youtu.be/grZg-BEhKMI

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    7 months ago

    Not a lawyer (maybe there’s one reading this thread or monitoring this drama): are there grounds here for a class action lawsuit against either Wordpress.com/Automattic/Wordpress.org or Matt directly?

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