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Automattic restructuring 2026
Automattic's WordPress platform experiencing first sustained market share decline in years (41.9% from 43.2% in 6 months), correlating with high-profile conflict with WP Engine involving lawsuits, injunctions, and public disputes. Competitors like Wix, Shopify, Squarespace, and Webflow gaining ground.
Source: The Register
- Who
- Automattic · Australia & New Zealand
- What happened
- Automattic's WordPress platform experiencing first sustained market share decline in years (41.9% from 43.2% in 6 months), correlating with high-profile conflict with WP Engine involving lawsuits, injunctions, and public disputes. Competitors like Wix, Shopify, Squarespace, and Webflow gaining ground.
- When
- 2026-06-03
- Source
- The Register
Market context: The wider read — a Talent Market Index of 97.6 (Neutral), down 3.4 month-on-month — shows Oceania signal flow rising (+5.6pts).
Automattic: 5 signals in the last 90 days; 0.2% of MitchelLake's Oceania signal flow; 8 tracked across 234 days.
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