The vast majority of users and websites that use WordPress are NOT affected by this legal dispute between Automattic and WP Engine.
If you are using a free plugin developed by WP Engine and you are NOT on their hosting platform, your websites will be impacted because you will not be able to receive updates for these free plugins from WordPress.org.
Here are the popular free plugins built by WP Engine that are blocked from sending armenia telemarketing data updates from WordPress.org servers:
Nitropack
Best Search Replace
WP Migrate Lite
WP Offload SES Lite
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Genesis Blocks
Genesis Custom Blocks
For a full list, see plugins made by WP Engine .
What can you do to protect your WordPress site?
As I said, if you don’t use WP Engine plugins, you don’t have to do anything.
Your WordPress site is safe and working.
However, I always recommend taking regular WordPress backups and using a firewall like Cloudflare (see more WordPress security tips ).
Now, if you are using plugins made by WP Engine, you need to install the WP Engine updater plugin to continue receiving updates or find an alternative, depending on your personal preference.