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Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg placed on leave

Matt Mullenweg, the CEO of WordPress.com owner Automattic, has been placed on a paid leave of absence, as reported earlier by 404 Media. In an internal message by the outlet, Mullenweg claims Automattic chief financial officer Mark Davies "conspired" with board members to place him on leave. "They voted to put me on a paid […]

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Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg placed on leave

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Matt Mullenweg, the CEO of WordPress.com owner Automattic, has been placed on a paid leave of absence, as reported earlier by 404 Media. In an internal message by the outlet, Mullenweg claims Automattic chief financial officer Mark Davies "conspired" with board members to place him on leave. "They voted to put me on a paid […]

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September 9, 2026 at 7:02 PM EDT to September 10, 2026 at 11:45 PM EDT	Link resolves	Passed	200	25 checks over about 29 hours, the same result every time. 200, text/html, 407992 characters, landed on https://www.theverge.com/tech/993022/wordpress-automattic-ceo-matt-mullenweg-leave-of-absence The wording varied; every check is below. Every one of the 25 September 9, 2026 at 7:02 PM EDT: 200, text/html, 407992 characters, landed on https://www.theverge.com/tech/993022/wordpress-automattic-ceo-matt-mullenweg-leave-of-absence September 9, 2026 at 7:15 PM EDT: 200, text/html, 407992 characters, landed on https://www.theverge.com/tech/993022/wordpress-automattic-ceo-matt-mullenweg-leave-of-absence September 9, 2026 at 7:30 PM EDT: 200, text/html, 407992 characters, landed on https://www.theverge.com/tech/993022/wordpress-automattic-ceo-matt-mullenweg-leave-of-absence September 9, 2026 at 7:45 PM EDT: 200, text/html, 407988 characters, landed on https://www.theverge.com/tech/993022/wordpress-automattic-ceo-matt-mullenweg-leave-of-absence September 9, 2026 at 8:00 PM EDT: 200, text/html, 407922 characters, landed on https://www.theverge.com/tech/993022/wordpress-automattic-ceo-matt-mullenweg-leave-of-absence September 9, 2026 at 8:15 PM EDT: 200, text/html, 408088 characters, landed on https://www.theverge.com/tech/993022/wordpress-automattic-ceo-matt-mullenweg-leave-of-absence September 9, 2026 at 8:30 PM EDT: 200, text/html, 407477 characters, landed on https://www.theverge.com/tech/993022/wordpress-automattic-ceo-matt-mullenweg-leave-of-absence September 9, 2026 at 8:45 PM EDT: 200, text/html, 407477 characters, landed on https://www.theverge.com/tech/993022/wordpress-automattic-ceo-matt-mullenweg-leave-of-absence September 9, 2026 at 9:00 PM EDT: 200, text/html, 407477 characters, landed on https://www.theverge.com/tech/993022/wordpress-automattic-ceo-matt-mullenweg-leave-of-absence September 9, 2026 at 9:15 PM EDT: 200, text/html, 407477 characters, landed on https://www.theverge.com/tech/993022/wordpress-automattic-ceo-matt-mullenweg-leave-of-absence September 9, 2026 at 9:30 PM EDT: 200, text/html, 407461 characters, landed on https://www.theverge.com/tech/993022/wordpress-automattic-ceo-matt-mullenweg-leave-of-absence September 9, 2026 at 9:45 PM EDT: 200, text/html, 407594 characters, landed on https://www.theverge.com/tech/993022/wordpress-automattic-ceo-matt-mullenweg-leave-of-absence September 9, 2026 at 10:00 PM EDT: 200, text/html, 407594 characters, landed on https://www.theverge.com/tech/993022/wordpress-automattic-ceo-matt-mullenweg-leave-of-absence September 9, 2026 at 10:15 PM EDT: 200, text/html, 407594 characters, landed on https://www.theverge.com/tech/993022/wordpress-automattic-ceo-matt-mullenweg-leave-of-absence September 9, 2026 at 10:30 PM EDT: 200, text/html, 407594 characters, landed on https://www.theverge.com/tech/993022/wordpress-automattic-ceo-matt-mullenweg-leave-of-absence September 9, 2026 at 10:45 PM EDT: 200, text/html, 407848 characters, landed on https://www.theverge.com/tech/993022/wordpress-automattic-ceo-matt-mullenweg-leave-of-absence September 9, 2026 at 11:00 PM EDT: 200, text/html, 407848 characters, landed on https://www.theverge.com/tech/993022/wordpress-automattic-ceo-matt-mullenweg-leave-of-absence September 9, 2026 at 11:15 PM EDT: 200, text/html, 408589 characters, landed on https://www.theverge.com/tech/993022/wordpress-automattic-ceo-matt-mullenweg-leave-of-absence September 9, 2026 at 11:30 PM EDT: 200, text/html, 408589 characters, landed on https://www.theverge.com/tech/993022/wordpress-automattic-ceo-matt-mullenweg-leave-of-absence September 10, 2026 at 3:45 AM EDT: 200, text/html, 408159 characters, landed on https://www.theverge.com/tech/993022/wordpress-automattic-ceo-matt-mullenweg-leave-of-absence September 10, 2026 at 8:00 AM EDT: 200, text/html, 402833 characters, landed on https://www.theverge.com/tech/993022/wordpress-automattic-ceo-matt-mullenweg-leave-of-absence September 10, 2026 at 12:15 PM EDT: 200, text/html, 414781 characters, landed on https://www.theverge.com/tech/993022/wordpress-automattic-ceo-matt-mullenweg-leave-of-absence September 10, 2026 at 4:15 PM EDT: 200, text/html, 415188 characters, landed on https://www.theverge.com/tech/993022/wordpress-automattic-ceo-matt-mullenweg-leave-of-absence September 10, 2026 at 8:30 PM EDT: 200, text/html, 415162 characters, landed on https://www.theverge.com/tech/993022/wordpress-automattic-ceo-matt-mullenweg-leave-of-absence September 10, 2026 at 11:45 PM EDT: 200, text/html, 415170 characters, landed on https://www.theverge.com/tech/993022/wordpress-automattic-ceo-matt-mullenweg-leave-of-absence
September 9, 2026 at 7:02 PM EDT to September 10, 2026 at 11:45 PM EDT	Page contains the quotation	Failed	200	25 checks over about 29 hours, the same result every time. the page does not contain the quotation, exactly Every one of the 25 September 9, 2026 at 7:02 PM EDT: the page does not contain the quotation, exactly September 9, 2026 at 7:15 PM EDT: the page does not contain the quotation, exactly September 9, 2026 at 7:30 PM EDT: the page does not contain the quotation, exactly September 9, 2026 at 7:45 PM EDT: the page does not contain the quotation, exactly September 9, 2026 at 8:00 PM EDT: the page does not contain the quotation, exactly September 9, 2026 at 8:15 PM EDT: the page does not contain the quotation, exactly September 9, 2026 at 8:30 PM EDT: the page does not contain the quotation, exactly September 9, 2026 at 8:45 PM EDT: the page does not contain the quotation, exactly September 9, 2026 at 9:00 PM EDT: the page does not contain the quotation, exactly September 9, 2026 at 9:15 PM EDT: the page does not contain the quotation, exactly September 9, 2026 at 9:30 PM EDT: the page does not contain the quotation, exactly September 9, 2026 at 9:45 PM EDT: the page does not contain the quotation, exactly September 9, 2026 at 10:00 PM EDT: the page does not contain the quotation, exactly September 9, 2026 at 10:15 PM EDT: the page does not contain the quotation, exactly September 9, 2026 at 10:30 PM EDT: the page does not contain the quotation, exactly September 9, 2026 at 10:45 PM EDT: the page does not contain the quotation, exactly September 9, 2026 at 11:00 PM EDT: the page does not contain the quotation, exactly September 9, 2026 at 11:15 PM EDT: the page does not contain the quotation, exactly September 9, 2026 at 11:30 PM EDT: the page does not contain the quotation, exactly September 10, 2026 at 3:45 AM EDT: the page does not contain the quotation, exactly September 10, 2026 at 8:00 AM EDT: the page does not contain the quotation, exactly September 10, 2026 at 12:15 PM EDT: the page does not contain the quotation, exactly September 10, 2026 at 4:15 PM EDT: the page does not contain the quotation, exactly September 10, 2026 at 8:30 PM EDT: the page does not contain the quotation, exactly September 10, 2026 at 11:45 PM EDT: the page does not contain the quotation, exactly

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