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WordPress Scales Back to One Major Release in 2025

by docdeek on 4/8/25, 6:38 AM with 2 comments

  • by docdeek on 4/8/25, 6:40 AM

    > Automattic, Mullenweg’s company and historically the project’s largest contributor, has reduced its pledged hours from nearly 4,000 per week last September to just 16 as of today.

    4000 hours to 16, plus laying off staff across the company? It seems Mullenweg has finally discovered that lawyers don't come cheap.