alt Hacker News> WP Engine removed the news widget from its users’ dashboards on September 24, reportedly breaking thousands of sites in the process
Is the "breaking thousands of sites" claim supported by any actual evidence, or is this just something Matt said?
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unsnap_biceps • 10/01/2024
There's been no dispute around if WP Engine removed the news widget or not from their managed installs. Matt claims that removing that widget fundamentally breaks Wordpress and thus broke all of WP Engine's sites.
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knowitnone • 10/01/2024
If they broke thousands of sites, customer would be pretty pissed and moved to another host. Why does Matt care when these are not his customers and he only gains from WP Engine's loss.
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I can say that zero sites were broken by the disabling of a news widget. On the other hand, disabling updates sure was a breaking change I had to respond to immediately!