Matt Mullenweg announced the abrupt pause in services offered by WordPress.org, affecting plugin submissions, reviews, theme submissions, and additions to the photo directory. He offers to keep providing these services to WP Engine, citing the recent court order against him and Automattic that compels him to offer “free labor and services.”
Pause For The Holidays
Mullenweg published a post on the official WordPress blog to announce a pause in free services offered by WordPress.org to give the “many tired volunteers around WordPress.org a break for the holidays.”
The pause affects:
New account registrations on WordPress.org
New plugin directory submissions
New plugin reviews
New theme directory submissions
New photo directory submissions
Mullenweg wrote that a pause doesn’t affect the ability to install new instances of WordPress sites or accounts.
Here’s what he wrote in his list of what services are paused:
“New account registrations on WordPress.org (clarifying so press doesn’t confuse this: people can still make their own WordPress installs and accounts)”
New users who try to register a new WordPress.org account are blocked.
Screenshot Of WordPress.org Blocked Login
Mullenweg makes a point to note that the pause doesn’t affect WP Engine, stating that he’s legally required to keep providing free labor and services” services to WP Engine, writing that if WP Engine requires those services they can have their “high-priced attorneys” speak to his “high-priced attorneys” to gain access.