[bmelton]

Thanks. Another counter-claim I've seen to this is that WPEngine used to provide developers and sponsor events, but no longer do.

Any insights there?

Not trying to come across as interrogating or particularly concerned with the answer, but the whole thing is a curiosity.

[Ukv]

The "Five for the Future" page is still up. Wayback machine shows that the contributor/hours numbers seem to have been revised downwards last week, possibly suggesting that WP Engine contributes less than it used to (or that Matt noticed and decided to give it a more conservative estimate), but also meaning the figures there now should be up-to-date and that WP Engine does still currently sponsor at least 11 contributors.

WP Engine was listed as sponsor for WordCamp Europe 2024[0], which was in June, and ran DE{CODE} back in March. So they seem at least relatively recent on events.

[0]: https://europe.wordcamp.org/2024/sponsor/wp-engine/

[bmelton]

Thanks so much for taking the time to respond