After a tumultuous week that saw WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg ousted from his position as CEO of WordPress.com’s parent company Automattic by way of a board vote, the company has now issued a statement confirming that Mullenweg has returned to his position.

“Matt Mullenweg is the chairman and CEO of Automattic, with full support of the board and if you search online you can see many top executives and Automatticians supporting him as well,” a company spokesperson shared with TechCrunch via email just after 5 PM ET on Saturday evening. (The mention of online support appears to refer to supportive posts on X that Mullenweg has been reposting from his X account .)

Automattic’s board had voted earlier this week to put Mullenweg on a paid leave of absence for unknown reasons.…