{"id":32717,"date":"2024-09-22T12:17:52","date_gmt":"2024-09-22T04:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ke2b.com\/matt-criticise-wp-engine-about-disabling-revisions-wcus\/"},"modified":"2024-09-22T20:57:02","modified_gmt":"2024-09-22T12:57:02","slug":"matt-criticise-wp-engine-about-disabling-revisions-wcus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ke2b.com\/en\/matt-criticise-wp-engine-about-disabling-revisions-wcus\/","title":{"rendered":"WP Engine Disables Revisions by Default! WordPress Founder Matt Mullenweg Publicly Criticizes at WCUS 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>At the 2025 WordCamp US (WCUS), Automattic founder Matt Mullenweg publicly criticized WP Engine\u2019s WordPress Managed Hosting service, accusing them of <strong>disabling the WordPress Revisions feature by default<\/strong>. This feature, originally part of the WordPress core, helps users save automatic content version control, which is critical for website management and content rollback.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WP Engine\u2019s Revisions Settings<\/h2>\n\n<p>According to Matt, WP Engine\u2019s managed hosting service <strong>disables the Revisions feature by default<\/strong>. Users must contact WP Engine\u2019s support team to enable it, and even after activation, the revision count is limited to a maximum of three.<\/p>\n\n<p>For website managers who need frequent editing and version rollback, this setup is inconvenient, <strong>equivalent to WP Engine offering a WordPress that is not truly WordPress<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<p>Matt openly stated at WCUS that this approach diminishes WordPress\u2019 core functions and severely infringes upon users\u2019 rights.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Twitter Poll<\/h2>\n\n<p>In addition to his speech at the event, Matt launched a Twitter poll, asking the WordPress community for feedback. The poll question was: <a data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/photomatt\/status\/1837303425106837784\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/photomatt\/status\/1837303425106837784\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auto-blank=\"true\">\u201cHow should WordPress respond to hosting providers that modify core features of WordPress?\u201d<\/a> <\/p>\n\n<p>You can participate in the poll and see more details:<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> \n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Just wanted to do a community vibes check: If you saw my <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/wcus?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auto-blank=\"true\">#wcus<\/a> presentation and assuming they don\u2019t change, should we allow <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wpengine?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auto-blank=\"true\">@wpengine<\/a> to have a booth at the next WordCamp?<\/p>&mdash; Matt Mullenweg (@photomatt) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/photomatt\/status\/1837303425106837784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auto-blank=\"true\">September 21, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n <\/div><\/figure>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Official Expanded Statement of WordPress<\/h2>\n\n<p>The following day, on September 22, 2024, Matt published an official post on the WordPress website titled <a data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2024\/09\/wp-engine\/\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2024\/09\/wp-engine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auto-blank=\"true\">\u201cThe WP Engine Revisions Policy Problem: A Challenge to Core Integrity\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-wordpress-news wp-block-embed-wordpress-news\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> \n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"JRGlQChVTj\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2024\/09\/wp-engine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auto-blank=\"true\">WP Engine is not WordPress<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;WP Engine is not WordPress&#8221; &#8212; WordPress News\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2024\/09\/wp-engine\/embed\/#?secret=iXHDhlJxVq#?secret=JRGlQChVTj\" data-secret=\"JRGlQChVTj\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n <\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">WP Engine is not WordPress<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p>He elaborated on the severity of this issue and emphasized the importance of preserving the integrity of WordPress core features for all users.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Additional Reminder: Choose Your Hosting Providers Carefully<\/h2>\n\n<p>It should be noted that not only WP Engine, but some smaller hosting providers, resellers, and even certain website development companies (web agencies) may <strong>quietly disable the Revisions feature<\/strong>, claiming it improves the \u201cuser experience.\u201d In reality, this may simply be a way to save their own resource costs or hide performance issues by improving their server efficiency.<\/p>\n\n<p>Therefore, when choosing hosting providers or web agencies, it is crucial to carefully select those who prioritize <strong>WordPress core functionality design<\/strong> and are truly user-oriented. This ensures that you get a complete, powerful website experience that enhances the value of your business with high customization and scalability. For those building their own sites, it is important to understand concepts like version control, maintenance, and hosting distinctions. Start by learning more about <a href=\"https:\/\/ke2b.com\/en\/how-to-properly-bckup-update-wordpress-plugins-step-by-step-to-wp-5-5\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/ke2b.com\/zh-hant\/how-to-properly-bckup-update-wordpress-plugins-step-by-step-to-wp-5-5\/\">\u201chow to maintain, back up, and update WordPress and plugins\u201d<\/a>, which will help with both managing your own site and selecting vendors or differentiating between hosting and maintenance services.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">References<\/h2>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Matt Mullenweg\u2019s Speech at WCUS<a data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2024\/09\/wp-engine\/\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2024\/09\/wp-engine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auto-blank=\"true\">https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2024\/09\/wp-engine\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Twitter Poll Link<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/photomatt\/status\/1837303425106837784\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auto-blank=\"true\">https:\/\/x.com\/photomatt\/status\/1837303425106837784<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At WordCamp US 2024, WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg criticized WP Engine for disabling the Revisions feature by default and called on users to carefully choose hosting providers that preserve the integrity of WordPress core functions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32714,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,60,20],"tags":[63,91,32],"class_list":["post-32717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-meetup","category-website-hosting","category-wordpress","tag-hosting","tag-wordcamp","tag-wordpress"],"blocksy_meta":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ke2b.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/WP-Engine-is-not-WordPress-Sep-21-2024-By-Matt-Mullenweg.jpg?fit=1792%2C1120&quality=89&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ke2b.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ke2b.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ke2b.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ke2b.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ke2b.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ke2b.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32717\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ke2b.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ke2b.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ke2b.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ke2b.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}