WordPress Rebellion: Community Fury Against Botched Rebrands – Plugin Pulse: WP Plugins A to Z Unplugged #14

About this episode

The episode discusses the backlash from the WordPress community regarding the rebranding and retirement of several popular plugins by Liquid Web.

A WPProAtoZHost.com Company.... ripping into the StellarWP fiasco that just torched the WordPress ecosystem. Liquid Web quietly retired the entire brand on May 12, folding The Events Calendar, Kadence, LearnDash, GiveWP and a dozen others into four generic Liquid Web products. The post WordPress Rebellion: Community Fury Against Botched Rebrands – Plugin Pulse: WP Plugins A to Z Unplugged #14 appeared first on WP Plugins A to Z .

People in this episode

Host: John Overall

Topics covered

• WordPress
• community reaction
• branding
• plugins
• technology news

Keywords

• WordPress
• plugins
• rebranding
• community
• Liquid Web
• StellarWP
• The Events Calendar
• Kadence
• LearnDash
• GiveWP

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: StellarWP, Liquid Web

Products: The Events Calendar, Kadence, LearnDash, GiveWP

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