--- title: Matt Mullenweg tells Automattic staff in Slack he’s back... description: Matt Mullenweg claims in an Automattic Slack message that he's back in control as CEO, just days after the company's board put him on leave and named CFO Mark... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/matt-mullenweg-tells-automattic-staff-in-slack-he-s-back-in-control-after-ceo-ouster-1psalakp8 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Matt Mullenweg tells Automattic staff in Slack he’s back in control after CEO ouster | daily.dev og:description: Matt Mullenweg claims in an Automattic Slack message that he's back in control as CEO, just days after the company's board put him on leave and named CFO Mark... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/matt-mullenweg-tells-automattic-staff-in-slack-he-s-back-in-control-after-ceo-ouster-1psalakp8 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/1psaLaKP8.png og:image:alt: Matt Mullenweg tells Automattic staff in Slack he’s back in control after CEO ouster og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Matt Mullenweg tells Automattic staff in Slack he’s back in control after CEO ouster **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 3 min read · 5 upvotes · 3 comments ## Summary Matt Mullenweg claims in an Automattic Slack message that he's back in control as CEO, just days after the company's board put him on leave and named CFO Mark Davies interim CEO. Automattic has not confirmed the reversal. Mullenweg allegedly removed Slack admins and deactivated Davies' account, while making erratic posts on Reddit and X suggesting the board 'conspired' against him and hinting at Silver Lake (WP Engine's majority owner) being involved in an effort to 'destroy' his life. The situation remains unconfirmed and developing. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@coppnic** · 4 upvotes > I called it. > [https://dly.to/5xh4O8YvZWM](https://dly.to/5xh4O8YvZWM) ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Automattic CEO calls Tumblr his ‘biggest failure’ so far](https://daily.dev/posts/automattic-ceo-calls-tumblr-his-biggest-failure-so-far-maxxg0ey5) · TechCrunch · 10 upvotes · 3 comments --- Tags: [#wordpress](https://daily.dev/tags/wordpress) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/matt-mullenweg-tells-automattic-staff-in-slack-he-s-back-in-control-after-ceo-ouster-1psalakp8) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Matt Mullenweg tells Automattic staff in Slack he’s back in control after CEO ouster","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/matt-mullenweg-tells-automattic-staff-in-slack-he-s-back-in-control-after-ceo-ouster-1psalakp8","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/matt-mullenweg-tells-automattic-staff-in-slack-he-s-back-in-control-after-ceo-ouster-1psalakp8"},"datePublished":"2026-09-11T15:24:11.090Z","dateModified":"2026-09-14T15:36:27.240Z","description":"Matt Mullenweg claims in an Automattic Slack message that he's back in control as CEO, just days after the company's board put him on leave and named CFO Mark...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/34332fe8927e4628b2dffb02dc038f03?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/34332fe8927e4628b2dffb02dc038f03?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"TechCrunch","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TechCrunch","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/tc","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/tc"},"commentCount":3,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/matt-mullenweg-tells-automattic-staff-in-slack-he-s-back-in-control-after-ceo-ouster-1psalakp8","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":5},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":3}],"keywords":"wordpress","timeRequired":"PT3M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"TechCrunch","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/tc"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Matt Mullenweg tells Automattic staff in Slack he’s back in control after CEO ouster"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/matt-mullenweg-tells-automattic-staff-in-slack-he-s-back-in-control-after-ceo-ouster-1psalakp8","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"I called it.\nhttps://dly.to/5xh4O8YvZWM","datePublished":"2026-09-11T16:05:15.316Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/1psaLaKP8#c-hTRz6JYL5","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"coppnic","url":"https://daily.dev/coppnic","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--8VyNl1cb--/f_auto/v1732889303/avatars/avatar_z5bNZJIOpNguomDjmmrE2"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":4}}]} ```