April 29, 2026
A federal magistrate judge overseeing discovery in an antitrust lawsuit against WordPress parent Automattic Inc. and its CEO Matthew Mullenweg said plaintiff WPEngine Inc. "plausibly contends" Mullenweg "deleted relevant documents or allowed such documents to be deleted after an obligation to preserve was triggered."
October 24, 2025
WordPress parent Automattic has lodged trademark infringement counterclaims against WP Engine in litigation first launched by the website hosting company against Automattic and its founder, saying WP Engine has "masqueraded" as a company that develops and administers WordPress' open source publishing platform.
December 11, 2024
A California federal judge issued a preliminary injunction on Tuesday restoring WP Engine's access to WordPress while the web hosting company pursues its antitrust allegations against WordPress parent Automattic and CEO Matthew Mullenweg, claiming it was blocked from the site after refusing to pay millions of dollars to Automattic.