If you woke up to news that StellarWP is being dissolved as a brand, you probably have questions. Back in 2021, hosting company Liquid Web (the same parent that owns Nexcess) launched StellarWP as an umbrella brand to bring together a growing portfolio of WordPress plugins it had been acquiring since 2020. Over the years, that lineup came to include some of the most recognized names in the ecosystem: GiveWP, LearnDash, SolidWP (formerly iThemes ), and more. Each had its own community, support team, and product roadmap. This week, their parent company Liquid Web (Nexcess) confirmed that those independent brands are being consolidated into a smaller set of products under the Liquid Web Software umbrella. Since the announcement, many WPBeginner readers have emailed us asking what this means for their sites, whether their licenses still work, and which alternatives we’d recommend.…