WordPress Drama Unplugged: FAIR Package Manager to the Rescue!
The FAIR Package Manager, backed by the Linux Foundation, is a new WordPress plugin and theme distribution system. It’s a response to legal skirmishes between Automattic and WP Engine, designed to decentralize control and enhance security. This shake-up promises to turn WordPress into an open-source soap opera!
Hot Take:
In a plot twist that even the best soap operas couldn’t script, WordPress is getting a new package manager thanks to a spat that makes the Hatfields and McCoys look like best buds. Enter the FAIR Package Manager, a hero backed by the Linux Foundation to save the day and maybe even get its own reality show. Watch out, Kardashians!
Key Points:
- A new player, FAIR Package Manager, enters the WordPress plugin arena, supported by the Linux Foundation.
- This new distribution system is a response to a heated legal tiff between Automattic and WP Engine.
- FAIR Package Manager offers a decentralized, federated infrastructure for plugins and themes.
- The project aims to stabilize the open-source content management ecosystem with improved security measures.
- It’s a vendor-neutral system that could potentially make WordPress plugin drama a thing of the past (or at least less juicy).
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