{"id":1438,"date":"2025-01-14T21:33:18","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T21:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/2025\/01\/14\/wp-engine-regains-wordpress-org-access-and-acf-plugin-control\/"},"modified":"2025-01-15T04:34:53","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T04:34:53","slug":"wp-engine-regains-wordpress-org-access-and-acf-plugin-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-engine-regains-wordpress-org-access-and-acf-plugin-control\/","title":{"rendered":"WP Engine Regains WordPress.org Access and ACF Plugin Control"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/p>\n

WP Engine Reinstates WordPress.org Repository Access for Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) Plugin<\/strong><\/p>\n

After removing the mandatory WordPress.org login checkbox and the WP Engine Tracker CSV file, Automattic has reinstated WP Engine\u2019s WordPress.org repository access and control over the Advanced Custom Fields<\/a> (ACF) plugin repository. This decision follows a court ruling<\/a> that required Automattic to restore these rights within 72 hours.<\/p>\n

Background on the ACF Plugin Forking<\/strong><\/p>\n

In October, WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg announced the forking of the Advanced Custom Fields <\/a>(ACF) plugin into the new plugin Secure Custom Fields. He took over the plugin citing security issues and invoked point 18 of the plugin directory guidelines<\/a>. <\/p>\n

ACF Plugin Publishing on WordPress.org<\/strong><\/p>\n

In a tweet<\/a>, Advanced Custom Fields confirmed: \u201c53 minutes ago, we initiated publishing the genuine ACF on .org and are now awaiting .org to complete the review process to make it available.\u201d <\/p>\n

Community Reaction<\/strong><\/p>\n

WP Engine\u2019s Brian Gardner tweeted<\/a>, \u201cWelcome home, ACF.\u201d while entrepreneur Duane Storey commented<\/a>: \u201cThis should never have been done in the first place. Let\u2019s not forget, this was returned due to a court order, not a change of heart. I still consider the dot org repositories to no longer be trustworthy. I seriously think people with plugins there should be migrating away.\u201d <\/p>\n

Matt Mullenweg responded<\/a> on this with, \u201cI\u2019m disgusted and sickened by being legally forced to provide free labor and services to @wpengine, a dangerous precedent that should chill every open source maintainer. While I disagree with the court\u2019s decision, I\u2019ve fully complied with its order. You can see most changes on the site. They have access to ACF slug but haven\u2019t changed it\u2026 must not have been the emergency they claimed.\u201d <\/p>\n

Community Divided<\/strong><\/p>\n

As usual, the community remains divided with some supporting his stance while others opposed it.<\/p>\n\n
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