But the requirement to share creds comes in the middle of a nasty spat in the WordPress community, sparked by Mullenweg's efforts to have rival hosting biz WP Engine license the WordPress trademark or devote more staff to working on the open source content management system's code. Mullenweg argues that private-equity-controlled WP Engine is not acting the in spirit of open source by profiting from WordPress. WP Engine contends that it does plenty for the community.