A zombified WordPress mascot rises from a decayed grave marked “2019.” Its glowing eyes stare ahead as it clutches a glowing Git commit icon. The figure is surrounded by cracked tombstones marked with logos for Joomla, Drupal, Magento, and Craft. Behind it, a shadowy necromancer looms, casting the ghostly terminal command “git revert” into the sky. Moss, bone, and decaying code litter the cemetery. The undead WordPress creature wears tattered remains of its once-official branding, now overtaken by rot. This scene illustrates the recent announcement that Automattic, after a period of abandonment, will resume contributions to WordPress. The image frames the act as a kind of corporate necromancy—a return not with glory, but with guilt and grave consequences. A commentary on CMS decay, open-source stewardship, and ritual code maintenance in the face of platform entropy.

🪦 Rotkeeper Dispatch // Industry Dredge

Automattic has re-emerged from the crypt, pledging to maintain WordPress again. Not a relaunch. A revenance.

Even haunted CMSes deserve care rituals. Bless your render scripts before they come back wrong.

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