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During a special WordCamp presentation on Sept 21st, 2024, Matt Mullenweg, co-founder of WordPress, called out WP Engine.

He brought to light how private equity backer, Silver Lake, influenced WP Engine to operate in ways that went against the spirit of open-source and posed risks for the WordPress ecosystem. He explained how WP Engine were taking more than they were giving, while misusing the WordPress trademark and attempts to remedy these issues had failed. 

Instead of contributing more, WP Engine initiated a series of legal actions against Matt and Automattic.

Since then, tens of thousands of websites have migrated away from WP Engine to other hosts. As well as awareness of why protecting WordPress is important, many reasons for migrating to other hosts have surfaced, including poor support experiences, difficulty cancelling, high prices, unexpected charges, and questionable practices.