<ul><li>WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg announces that WordPress is 'forking' a plugin developed by WP Engine.</li><li>The plugin in question is Advanced Custom Fields, which will be updated as a new plugin called Secure Custom Fields.</li><li>This move is aimed at removing commercial upsells and fixing a security problem.</li><li>WP Engine claims the plugin has been forcibly taken away without consent, while WordPress justifies the action based on plugin guidelines.</li></ul>

In latest move against WP Engine, WordPress takes control of ACF plugin

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