In a problem that is not new between Apple and application developers, but has been talked about in public; The App Store owner has blocked updates to the WordPress app that allows site owners to control and manage them with their iOS devices, of course.
In this regard, Matt Mullenweg, founder and developer of the WordPress platform, accused Apple of preventing them from delivering the necessary updates to their application or filling gaps in it on the App Store because the application does not include a paid plan inside it that enables Apple, the highest market value in the world , to chop its share, which is 30% of the Purchase ratio.
In a move to push the open source platform to adopt “in-app purchase” plans that allow the first to benefit and deduct its share, as is the case with other developer applications on its store.
By investigating the application, it appears separate from the other company’s services in which it provides domains and other services related to websites, as WordPress iOS enables its users to access free domains and benefit from 3 GB of space.
For its part, Apple confirmed this, noting that the “in-app purchase” policy is required regardless of what the application is when this application allows its users to access content, subscriptions or features that they have purchased through other platforms or the developer’s website!
In a solution to the problem, WordPress added payment plans for WordPress domains within its application, after about 30 days after Apple allowed the dispatch of automatic updates; Its where the final update arrived yesterday.
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