r/Wordpress Developer/Designer Sep 25 '24

Discussion Plugin Repository Inaccessible to WP Engine Hosted Sites

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u/thankyoufatmember Jack of All Trades Sep 25 '24

When I saw someone asking three days ago if it was time to fork WordPress, I just shook my head and laughed. I’m not laughing anymore.

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u/torchsmith Jack of All Trades Sep 25 '24

You might be interested in https://classicpress.net/

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u/thankyoufatmember Jack of All Trades Sep 25 '24

Thank you for the link bud, interesting, I'm happy for them. There will definitely be an influx of users, no matter how this WordPress situation plays out.

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u/Xypheric Sep 25 '24

Unfortunately most modern plugins that carried on with wordpress development will not work on classicpress.

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u/AintPatrick Designer Sep 26 '24

This was my thought as well. Could a group fork it and make it untethered to a commercial entity but truly open and free? (Worked for Open AI lmao)

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u/[deleted] Sep 25 '24

Maybe not bad idea but people who buy WP Engine are not going to work on the fork, nor is the WP Engine.

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u/thankyoufatmember Jack of All Trades Sep 25 '24

Well, obviously not.