Comments on: WordPress and WordPressMU Merged: Whoa!

By: Franky Branckaute

Franky Branckaute — Sat, 22 May 2010 21:02:55 +0000

In reply to DavidTan. WordPress 3.0 is in Beta 2 stage.

By: DavidTan

DavidTan — Sat, 22 May 2010 15:15:39 +0000

Any updates on how this is going?

By: christopher

christopher — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 02:11:11 +0000

I’m really looking forward to the merger of WP and MU into one. I’m not sure what the point of having the two version was to begin with.

By: abo

abo — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 08:26:34 +0000

While WordPress.org-the-website will include more BuddyPress features, that was a separate announcement from the elimination of MU and bringing its code into core WP.

Aaron, remember Automattic and WordPress.org are separate entities, it’s wrong to conflate them.
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By: John James Jacoby

John James Jacoby — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:25:33 +0000

All of the WordPress related sites already share a user database. One can login to bbPress.org, wordpress.com, wordpress.org, wordpress.tv, mu.wordpress.org, buddypress.org, and talkpress.com, plus any and all of the trac’s for each of the products, with the same login and password.

That means, that it doesn’t matter what merges, what goes MU, or what does what.

The code base “merging” isn’t ANY different than what happens with each new version of MU. The previous .ORG code gets merged into MU, and then seasoned to taste. If anything, this will just be a more elaborate installation process that will say “Would you like to have more than one blog? If so, check this for a multiple user installation.”

My prediction for 2 years from now, is that everything-Press will come together as one package, and you can just choose which parts you want to install to start with, with the option to install or activate the individual parts later.

There’s already people creating MU like behavior with normal WP.org installations, even incorporating BuddyPress. The code base is SO similar, that it’s almost silly to have them be separate. MU could just as easily have been a plugin for .ORG rather than a whole other version, but for developmental reasons I think it made sense to branch it at the time.

By: Lorelle VanFossen

Lorelle VanFossen — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 05:48:05 +0000

In reply to Aaron Brazell.

Thanks, Matt, for responding. Donncha has been working hard with a great team to get WordPressMU “inline” with the current version of the stand alone, so it is natural to see the two combined, but it will be very interesting to see which MU features will become Plugins or really fit within the core programming. I’ll be eagerly watching. Thanks for the clarification.

And I can’t wait to see BuddyPress on WordPress.org.

By: redwall_hp

redwall_hp — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 02:59:42 +0000

For those of you still confused…

1. “WordPress” is the blog software, which you can download from WordPress.org.

2. “WordPress.com” is the free instant-blog service, which is run by Automattic.

WordPress is called “WordPress,” and doesn’t need to be differentiated with a “.org.” It’s the commercial site, which is officially called “WordPress.com” that is different.

Sorry, this misunderstanding just bothers me a lot… :)

By: Brian Carnell

Brian Carnell — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 01:27:23 +0000

Based on the comments here and in the article, perhaps they might look to adopt an effective communications/PR strategy. Announcing major changes like that at a conference without some simultaneous announcement on the WordPress.org site or something is just stupid.

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:48:56 +0000

Oh come on. I was there, and he made it very clear, the CODE BASE of wordpress and wordpress MU are merging, since they aren’t totally in synch. He said that turning a site MU will just be a few checkboxes.

This has nothing to do with the wordpress.org site going MU, but there is going to be more in the way of multi user functionality on that site too, with people able to have profiles and that kind of stuff.

When matt said WordPress.org he was referring to the open source WordPress code (as opposed to the free wordpress site – wordpress.com)

By: Aaron Brazell

Aaron Brazell — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:47:43 +0000

Right. I understand that. It looks like my first comment is still awaiting moderation or that would have been more clear, I suppose.

My suspicion is that WordPress.org (not the domain, not Automattic… the software) will be folded into WPMU. The glaring weakness of WordPress.org (the software) is that it does not have multiple blog capability as all of its competitors do. From this perspective, a merge of the codebases (or rather, since MU already has the WordPress 2.7 [at this time] codebase, an addition of MU-capabilities) makes absolute sense.

This article, however, calls that idea into question suggesting that WordPress.org (the site) will get the WPMU codebase. Though there are compelling reasons for this, they are largely internal enhancements to WordPress.com/Automattic then – and probably something better severd on the WordPress.com blog announcing userbase benefits, etc than at WordCamp SF. But I don’t know. That’s why we need some kind of clarification.

That clarification should come from you, Matt. Even though you’re Automattic, you made the announcement and inquiring minds want to know what the hell you’re talking about. :-)

Care to elaborate?

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:21:36 +0000

While WordPress.org-the-website will include more BuddyPress features, that was a separate announcement from the elimination of MU and bringing its code into core WP.

Aaron, remember Automattic and WordPress.org are separate entities, it’s wrong to conflate them.

By: Aaron Brazell

Aaron Brazell — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 18:44:11 +0000

Additionally, tho this is hearsay and I wasn’t there, apparently Matt said “Look out for version 3.0″… a clear allusion to a codebase merge.

http://www.wordpressphilippines.org/news/wordpress-and-wordpress-mu-to-merge/

By: Aaron Brazell

Aaron Brazell — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 18:42:35 +0000

So let us know if Automattic confirms your suspicions. I don’t buy it. I think the codebases are merging, but I have my own inquiries in. Personally, I wouldn’t find your interpretation all that worthy of a WordCamp announcement (not that it’s a bad idea – just more of an internal sort of thing). But we’ll see.

By: Andrea_R

Andrea_R — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:56:29 +0000

The use of the word “merge” is probably what made it seem like the codebases would be combined.

WordPress.org will be run by WPMU would have been way more clear.

By: Leland

Leland — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 10:58:26 +0000

Since I wasn’t actually at the WordCamp, I was relying on other people’s information on this supposed merger, mainly through Twitter. This reminds me of the “telephone” game, as in the information gets distorted as it moves down the line. This is an interesting interpretation, although I hope Matt or some other member of the Automattic team clarifies this on an official medium to put an end to the confusion.

By: Jeremy Young's IM Cronicle

Jeremy Young's IM Cronicle — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 10:39:22 +0000

Hey Interesting thoughts,
To be honest I still havn’t fully got my head around the whole wordpressmu thing, but the way your describing it here, it sounds like a fantastic oportunity to take wordpress to even greater heights.
good posts thanks

By: ia

ia — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 10:05:34 +0000

You could be correct about the confusion, but I also remember Automattic uses the term “WordPress.org” to refer to the self-hosted WordPress platform—not just the website itself— to differentiate itself from the hosted platform, “WordPress.com”.