# WordPress governance centralizes around Automattic - Scope/condition in one line. - Pointer to page/time or dataset. <!-- atomicity: 1 idea ✓ --> ## Links - [[3. Resources/Literature Notes/Lit · WordPress governance faces structural crisis]] — evidence-for: the Automattic–WP Engine dispute exposes how concentrated corporate and project authority turns a commercial conflict into an ecosystem governance crisis - [[3. Resources/Permanent Notes/BDFL Litigation Necessarily Implicates Personal Corporate and Foundation Roles Because the BDFL Has Concentrated Them]] — extends: litigation makes the consequences of concentrated project, company, and foundation roles procedurally visible - [[3. Resources/Permanent Notes/Ranking Anomalies Trigger Investigation, Not Attribution]] — applies-in: centralized infrastructure needs a credible way to investigate public data-integrity signals without collapsing suspicion into proof. - [[3. Resources/MOCs/Open Source Governance MOC]] — applies-in: the MOC lists this note under Connected Literature Notes (synthesis 2026-07-21 — run 5). ## Source - [[3. Resources/Readwise/Articles/WordPress at War WP Engine Claims Automattic Had a Secret Plan to Shake Down 10 Hosting Companies for Royalties]]