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The battle between WordPress owner Automattic and WP Engine seemingly struck US federal Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin as rather one-sided, as she ruled against Automattic on Tuesday and granted WP Engine the preliminary injunction it sought.

The hosting and plugin company sued WordPress co-creator Matt Mullenweg alleging he interfered with its customers and restricted its access to wordpress.org.