I’ll admit, I was initially taken in by the announcement of ForkPress, the seeming split-off of WordPress by way of Habari (whatever that is).

But as I read the rippling repercussions — and started pumping some caffeine into my system — I slowly started to figure it out. My epiphany moment came when I paid closer attention to this telling stat:

Total ForkPress Downloads: 20,070,401

Impressive number of downloads for a new release. Even more impressive when you break down that big number thusly: 2007/04/01, or April Fool’s Day.

Not a bad hoax from the codemonkey contingent. I’m not going to even attempt to work out any of the other inside jokes and their meaning (K3? bbqPress?); what I’ve seen is amusing enough. It’s also the only Fool’s work I’ve come across today, in any context. If it turns out to be the only one, I’ll be satisfied.

I’m a little disappointed, because at first, I was thinking that my musings on a real WP forking were coming true.