From Groundhogg to Guideline Violations: How the WordPress Plugins Team Enforces Trademarks

<div>&NewLine;<p>The closure of Groundhogg’s CRM plugin in the WordPress&period;org plugin directory last week put a spotlight on the WordPress Plugins Team’s behind-the-scenes work policing trademarks&comma; reviewing code&comma; and keeping the repository’s 60&comma;000 active plugins secure&period; On August 9&comma; the Groundhogg team posted on X that the free version of their plugin had been closed for trademark infringement — specifically…<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;therepository&period;email&sol;from-groundhogg-to-guideline-violations-how-the-wordpress-plugins-team-enforces-trademarks" rel&equals;"nofollow">Source<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;

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