Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻💻🧬<p>A collective of former <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/WordPress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WordPress</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/developers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>developers</span></a> and contributors backed by <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/LinuxFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LinuxFoundation</span></a> launched FAIR Package Manager, a new and independent distribution system for trusted WordPress <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/plugins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plugins</span></a> and <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/themes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>themes</span></a>.<br>This is a response to recent controversy after legal conflict between commercial WordPress hosting providers <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Automattic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Automattic</span></a> and <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/WPEngine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WPEngine</span></a>, after former banned the latter's access to the WordPress platform used by all WordPress sites to keep plugins and themes up-to-date.<br><a href="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/linux-foundation-unveils-decentralized-wordpress-plugin-manager/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bleepingcomputer.com/news/tech</span><span class="invisible">nology/linux-foundation-unveils-decentralized-wordpress-plugin-manager/</span></a></p>