Tag Archives: WordPress.com
GST 2.0 + WordPress.com
Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced sweeping changes to the GST rates on September 3. However, I think the rate for software services (HSN 99831) will remain unchanged at 18%. This is a bummer because every time I renew my … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Life notes
Tagged blogging, Goods and Services Tax, MagicPages.co, Nirmala Sitharaman, purchasing power, software services, WordPress.com
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To WordPress
I used to love WordPress unconditionally. Then Gutenberg replaced Calypso and the user experience became quite poor. Then WordPress.com rejigged their subscription plans, got it wrong, and fortunately switched back. Finally, Matt Mullenweg’s actions and words of late have really … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Tech
Tagged Bullenweg, Drupal, Ghost.org, Matt Mullenweg, self-hosting, WordPress.com, WordPress.org, WP Engine
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Off the rails
Either Matt Mullenweg’s screws have fallen off or I deeply overestimated how sensible a person I thought he was. On October 3, Mullenweg wrote on his blog that Automattic had offered those of its employees who disagreed with his actions … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Culture, Tech
Tagged Automattic, Matt Mullenweg, WordPress.com, WP Engine
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Matt Mullenweg v. WP Engine escalates
Update, September 26, 2024: WordPress.org has banned websites hosted on WP Engine from accessing its resources. As someone put it on X, this is Matt Mullenweg dropping a giant turd into the laps of millions of WordPress users. The Matt … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Tech
Tagged Automattic, GPL licence, Matt Mullenweg, trademark law, WordPress VIP, WordPress.com, WordPress.org, WP Engine
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Matt Mullenweg v. WP Engine
Automattic CEO and WordPress co-developer Matt Mullenweg published a post on September 21 calling WP Engine a “cancer to WordPress”. For the uninitiated: WP Engine is an independent company that provides managed hosting for WordPress sites; WordPress.com is owned by … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Tech
Tagged Automattic, Kevin Ohashi, MarsEdit, Matt Mullenweg, post revisions, WordPress.com, WordPress.org, WP Engine
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WordPress.com rolls back its botched ‘experiment’
So, WordPress.com has restored the family of premium plans that it had until April this year, and has done away with the controversial ‘Starter’ and ‘Pro’ plans. The announcement on the WordPress.com blog yesterday has already garnered a high 65 … Continue reading
Posted in Op-eds
Tagged Automattic, blogging, Dave Martin, Matt Mullenweg, WordPress.com
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Thoughts on the WordPress.com ‘Starter’ plan
WordPress.com announced a new ‘Starter’ plan for its users on May 25 after significant backlash from many members of its community of users that a previous price revision had completely disregarded the interests of bloggers – by which I mean … Continue reading
Posted in Life notes, Tech
Tagged blogging, Dave Martin, Matt Mullenweg, WebP, WordPress.com
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2.5 weeks since WP.com’s price revision
WordPress.com squandered the trust of bloggers it had accrued for almost a decade (approx. since the advent of their Calypso editor) with the decision to introduce the Pro plan the way it did. There were many proclamations – direct and … Continue reading
Posted in Life notes
Tagged blogging, Dave Martin, Matt Mullenweg, Pro plan, WordPress.com
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