Statement by ACF: https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/blog/acf-plugin-no-longer-available-on-wordpress-org/
Statement by Matt: https://wordpress.org/news/2024/10/secure-custom-fields/
Additional comments by Theo: https://youtu.be/grZg-BEhKMI
Statement by ACF: https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/blog/acf-plugin-no-longer-available-on-wordpress-org/
Statement by Matt: https://wordpress.org/news/2024/10/secure-custom-fields/
Additional comments by Theo: https://youtu.be/grZg-BEhKMI
Wordpress is seizing plugins now? Jesus, they really are speedrunning the enshittification pipeline.
My personal site runs on Wordpress, and even though I’m not directly affected by this, I’m definitely moving off. I use other plugins, and for all I know, they might seize those ones tomorrow and start pushing changes.
Do you have a replacement in mind already?
No. My site is a semi-hosted instance (they have turnkey applications, but also give shell access and a lot of flexibility) so I’m going to see what they have for easy deployment first. A static page generator if nothing else looks useful.
Honestly, there’s not much on the site, so I might just take it down entirely.
Yep - I’ve done both volunteer/free and professional work with WordPress, but after all of this drama that Matt has caused, I’ll be abandoning the platform for all future work. Too much uncertainty that happened at the drop of a hat, due to one person’s actions. Cant justify ever recommending that to anyone and feel like I’m presenting a sustainable and supportable option. Bummer too, since for certain use cases, it checks a lot of boxes.