Automattic, the company that runs WordPress.com, is scaling back its contributions to the WordPress open-source project, according to an announcement on Thursday.

WordPress, the world's largest open source content management system (CMS), has just become even more open sourcier. Chalk it up to some changes from Automattic, the web development corporation ...

A battle over ownership and open-source software catches WordPress users in the middle.

WordPress is one of the most popular CMS tools ever, but what elements of the open source world can be applied to your business model?

At GoDaddy, we’re all about supporting the dreamers, the doers, and the builders who make the internet an exciting, inclusive place. Whether it’s entrepreneurs launching their first business or open ...

Automattic Inc. and its founder have been sued by a WordPress hosting company that alleges an extortion scheme to extract payments for use of the trademark for the open source WordPress software ...

WordPress, which Mullenweg began writing code for in 2005, is an online publishing platform that straddles the open source and commercial worlds.

WordPress.com, the fully hosted version of WordPress, has a received one of its biggest updates ever today. Codenamed Calypso, Automattic rewrote WordPress.com from scratch -- everything is new ...

Automattic's "nuclear" war against WP Engine threatens the entire open-source movement, and the potential damages could go far beyond the WordPress incident.