As Apple faced a dispute with Epic Games over its in-app purchasing system, the company yesterday asked WordPress to include native payment options in its app. However, Apple and WordPress have now reached an agreement to allow the app in the iOS App Store without in-app purchases.
If you are not familiar with WordPress, it is a free open source platform used by many website builders around the world. However, WordPress allows users to pay for more storage, technical support, and additional features, which caused the conflict with the App Store team.
WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg said on Twitter yesterday that Apple has decided to block the WordPress iOS app until the developers include Apple’s in-app purchasing system, even though the WordPress app technically does not sell anything.
While the WordPress app for iOS has never offered paid features, the developers have included a direct link for users to request a plan upgrade through the WordPress website, which Apple has deemed a attempt to bypass its in-app purchases system.
According to section 3.1.3 (b) of the App Store Review Guidelines, even cross-platform apps cannot encourage users to pay for content or subscriptions through any method other than Apple’s in-app purchases.
Apps that run on multiple platforms may allow users to access content, subscriptions, or functionality that they have acquired in your app on other platforms or on your website, including consumable items. in cross-platform games, as long as these items are also available as in-app purchases. You should not directly or indirectly target iOS users for using any method of purchase other than in-app purchase, and your general communications about other methods of purchase should not discourage the use of purchase. through the app.
As reported by Mark Gurman, Apple said in a statement today that WordPress has agreed to update its iOS app to remove any mention of its paid services. As a result, the WordPress iOS app is re-authorized on the App Store without in-app purchases.
We believe the issue with the WordPress app has been resolved. Since the developer removed the display of their service payment options from the app, it’s now a free stand-alone app and doesn’t have to offer in-app purchases. We have notified the developer and apologize for any confusion we have caused.
The latest update to the WordPress app according to Apple’s guidelines is now available on the App Store.
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