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Matt Mullenweg and WordPress Hijack the Advanced Custom Fields Plugin (pxlnv.com)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by TwitchingCheese@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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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[โ€“] schizo@forum.uncomfortable.business 25 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The really hilarious part is that he's hijacking the link to ACF.

The link that contains the ACF trademark, since WPEngine owns the trademark.

So, the guy mad about trademark infringement is.... busy hijacking links and committing trademark infringement?

Good show, I'm sure his lawyers are VERY happy about this one.

[โ€“] MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 month ago

People like this aren't usually rational, they've just snapped for whatever reason and are doing whatever makes sense in their own head at the time.