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WP Tavern and Jeff Chandler part ways

18 August 2019 by Rick Rottman 2 Comments

WP Tavern and Jeff Chandler part ways - Bent Corner

WP Tavern, a popular website focused on what’s currently taking place in the world of WordPress, has ended its relationship with Jeff Chandler, the site’s founder.  It’s not clear if the decision was mutual, but I get the feeling from reading Twitter; it wasn’t.

WP Tavern and Jeff Chandler part ways - Bent Corner
Jeff Chandler

Chandler started WP Tavern in early 2009. He then sold the site in 2011 to a mystery buyer who had the site scrubbed of all advertisements. This person hired Chandler to operate the site. Two years later, it was announced the mystery buyer was none other than Matt Mullenweg, founder of WordPress and the CEO of Automattic.

Matt Mullenweg owning WP Tavern changed everything

WP Tavern and Jeff Chandler part ways - Bent Corner
WordPress co-creator and God-Emperor Matt Mullenweg

It was then WP Tavern stopped being a news site dedicated to WordPress. At least for me. Knowing Mullenweg owned WP Tavern made it seem something much different than a WordPress news site. Jeff Bezos, founder, chairman, CEO, and president of Amazon.com, owns The Washington Post. I read it almost every day. That said, even though Bezos is said to have a hands-off approach to the newspaper, it probably wouldn’t be my go-to source for news about Amazon.

Mullenweg owning WP Tavern is different than Bezos owns The Washington Post. WP Tavern only covers WordPress. It’s also the only website covering news in the WordPress environment. The Washington Post has lots of competition. WP Tavern does not.

In conclusion

Now would be the perfect opportunity for Jeff Chandler to create a truly independent WordPress news site. The world is a lot different than it was in 2011 when he sold WP Tavern to Mullenweg. I think it would be much easier today to monetize a website dedicated to WordPress news than it was then. Plus, Chandler is much better known in the WordPress community now than he was back then. If he launched a website dedicated to WordPress news today, it would get traffic.

Tagged With: Automattic, Matt Mullenweg, WordPress

About Rick Rottman

I’m from California. I live in Maryland. I enjoy rooting against your favorite sports team, watching The Office, and listening to the musical stylings of Enya. Profound coffee drinker. A reader of science fiction and comic books. WordPress developer. Rideshare driver.

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  1. John Dee says

    23 January 2020 at 1:24 PM

    It’s very dishonest of Automattic, the way WP Tavern is presented. It’s just an advertising mechanism, not a news site or a blog. However, since it’s PRESENTED as a news site or a blog, well – you get it obviously. Just another example of their true colors. Imagine if WPTavern was presented as a blog, or a discussion group, with clearly defined rules clearly stated policies. Well, then it would just be full of complaints about Gutenberg! So that will never happen.

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    • Rick Rottman says

      23 January 2020 at 3:16 PM

      I agree 100 percent. I urged Jeff on Twitter to start his own independent site and podcast dedicated to WP. He didn’t think he had a non-compete clause in his contract. I don’t know why he didn’t do it.

      There’s a market for it.

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