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akira2501 ◴[] No.41821735[source]
> This update is as minimal as possible to fix the security issue.

> This is a rare and unusual situation brought on by WP Engine’s legal attacks, we do not anticipate this happening for other plugins.

So.. is this fixing a security issue.. or is this because of WP Engine?

> and are forking Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) into a new plugin

And stealing their place in the plugin store. A fork generally implies that you are going to set off on your own, and not inhabit the dead flesh of the project you just killed.

Matt Mullenweg is the biggest child I have ever seen in operation.

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1. claudiulodro ◴[] No.41821760[source]
> So.. is this fixing a security issue.. or is this because of WP Engine?

It's fixing a security issue WP Engine cannot fix because they are banned from wordpress.org.

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2. Sebguer ◴[] No.41821779[source]
*Has fixed, but can't post the fixed version to wordpress.org, to be clear