This clip of Matt's latest interviews is incredible. Block 2+ million users of the free Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) from getting updates is treated as a punishment of WP Engine. WP Engine can easily apply updates for their own customers. x.com/ryancduff/st...

What also makes this crazy is that the WordPress Plugin Directory requires you to provide updates for plugins through it. WP Engine is a major web host. They can easily serve updates for a plugin with 2+ million installs, so this is a problem that Matt and WordPress alone have created.

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The Plugin Directory The goal of the WordPress Plugin Directory is to provide a safe place for all WordPress users – from the…