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WordPress Foundation

The WordPress Foundation is a non-profit organization working towards furthering the goals of the WordPress open source project.

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It was founded by Matt Mullenweg in 2010. It’s most visible function is that it holds the trademark rights to WordPress, WordCamp and similar properties, and protects those trademarks when they’re infringed upon. More information about the WordPress Foundation can be found on its official website.

Published May 23, 2018

Updated August 30, 2018

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    wordpressfoundation.org

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