{"id":1449,"date":"2025-01-14T22:34:28","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T22:34:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/2025\/01\/14\/wp-org-login-checkbox-wp-engine-tracker-csv-file-removed\/"},"modified":"2025-01-15T04:34:51","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T04:34:51","slug":"wp-org-login-checkbox-wp-engine-tracker-csv-file-removed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-org-login-checkbox-wp-engine-tracker-csv-file-removed\/","title":{"rendered":"WP.org Login Checkbox &#038; WP Engine Tracker CSV File Removed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Automattic Complies with Court Ruling: WP Engine Tracker CSV File Removed<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>After the court issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/wptavern.com\/court-grants-wp-engine-preliminary-injunction-against-automattic\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/wptavern.com\/court-grants-wp-engine-preliminary-injunction-against-automattic\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">preliminary injunction<\/a> in favor of WP Engine, Automattic has begun complying with the orders. The mandatory login checkbox in WordPress.org website has been removed, and the WP Engine Tracker website has been updated, including removing the controversial domains.csv files.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/wptavern.com\/wordpress-org-login-gets-mandatory-affiliation-checkbox-following-wp-engine-dispute\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">mandatory login check box<\/a> in WordPress.org, introduced in October this year after WP Engine filed a lawsuit against Automattic and Matt Mullenweg, required users to confirm: \u201cI am not affiliated with WP Engine in any way, financially or otherwise,\u201d before accessing their accounts.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"681\" height=\"1038\" data-attachment-id=\"182312\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wptavern.com\/automattic-complies-with-court-ruling-wp-org-login-checkbox-and-wp-engine-tracker-csv-file-removed\/checkbox\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/wptavern.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Checkbox.png\" data-orig-size=\"681,1038\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Checkbox\" data-image-desc...quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/wptavern.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-6-300x155.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/wptavern.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-6-500x258.png\" src=\"https:\/\/wptavern.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-6.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-182329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wptavern.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-6.png 3336w, https:\/\/wptavern.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-6-300x155.png 300w, https:\/\/wptavern.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-6-500x258.png 500w, https:\/\/wptavern.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-6-768x396.png 768w, https:\/\/wptavern.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-6-1536x792.png 1536w, https:\/\/wptavern.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-6-2048x1056.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3336px) 100vw, 3336px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">WP Engine Tracker Website Before Court Ruling<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Secure Custom Fields plugin (<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/advanced-custom-fields\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/advanced-custom-fields\/<\/a>), which is the fork of the ACF plugin, however, is still available in the Repository.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Nick Gernert, WordPress VIP CEO, <a href=\"https:\/\/lobby.vip.wordpress.com\/2024\/12\/12\/statement-from-nick-gernert-wordpress-vip-ceo\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/lobby.vip.wordpress.com\/2024\/12\/12\/statement-from-nick-gernert-wordpress-vip-ceo\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">shared<\/a> this: \u201cAs ever, Automattic continues to do what\u2019s best for WordPress, the open source community, and everyone who depends on it\u2026 We stand committed to preserving open source and the collaborative spirit that it embodies\u2014it\u2019s what drives innovation and helps businesses like yours thrive. What\u2019s most important to know is that Automattic\u2019s focus is on keeping WordPress strong and forward-thinking.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/wptavern.com\/automattic-complies-with-court-ruling-wp-org-login-checkbox-and-wp-engine-tracker-csv-file-removed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Source Link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Automattic Complies with Court Ruling: WP Engine Tracker CSV File Removed After the court issued a preliminary injunction in favor of WP Engine, Automattic has begun complying with the orders&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":1450,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wordpress"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/01\/Automattic-Complies-with-Court-Ruling-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1449"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1474,"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1449\/revisions\/1474"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}