Which are top WooCommerce plugins? Also in this issue: dark mode WordPress dashboard, self host your plugin updates, animated timeline powered by blocks, and enterprise theme for government website projects.
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What’s Buzzing in WordPress 💖
- Top Woo Plugins… the team at Metorik has published Insights Report for WooCommerce analyzing in-house data. As per this report, top five WooCommerce Plugins are: Stripe Gateway, Facebook for Woo, Paypal Payments, Mailchimp for Woo, and Subscriptions. Grab the full report for free; it requires an email sign up.
- Self Host Plugins… are you looking for WordPress org alternative to host your plugins? Marko Krstic from DPlugins has released Self Hoster Plugin which allows you to manage and launch WordPress plugin updates from a private location.
- Animated Timeline Setup… Damon Cook published a detailed tutorial on how to create an animated timeline plugin using blocks only. You can also copy the timeline pattern to get started.
Updates: Dashboard, Beaver, Minify, & Events
Dark WP Dashboard… Ultimate Dashboard Pro has introduced dark mode dashboard feature allowing you to switch the default white look WordPress dashboard interface to dark interface, which is easier for low light environments.
Beaver’s Future… Justin Busa shared amazing Beaver Builder updates planned for the near future, like the upcoming loop module, dynamic global content, slider/carousel containers, and more.
Perfmatters… 2.3.1v has added new Minify JS and Minify CSS features with the ability to set exclusions and clear the generated minified files when necessary.
Eventin… 4.0v has made UI/UX changes like a dedicated section for event branding , all event landing templates, and variations for event ticket pricing.
Extended WordPress Buzz 🔥
- Gutenberg & Microthemer… 7.3v has added Gutenberg integration, allowing you to style Gutenberg blocks with Microthemer by loading the block editor directly inside Microthemer.
- Events & Meetup Plugin… GatherPress, a community developed plugin for event management on a WordPress website by event organizers and members is now available in the plugins directory.
- Core WP Updates… WordPress 6.5.5 version was released this week with three security fixes, update immediately. Also, the first release candidate, WordPress 6.6 RC1 is now available for download, it includes 40 bug fixes for the Editor.
- All about WP 6.6v… Source of Truth roundup by Anne is now live listing various big and small changes coming to WordPress 6.6 and beyond. The shuffle patterns button (point 7) caught my attention. Also, check the official WordPress 6.6 field guide for more.
- Accessible Woo Checkout… WooCommerce 9.0, released on June 18, 2024, has made the checkout experience more accessible by addressing feedback provided by Amber Hinds from Equalize Digital.
- WP Milestones… Aurelio Volle shared (LinkedIn) that WP Umbrella now powers over 30,000 websites. Rayhan Arif shared (Links X) about the TutorLMS plugin crossing the 90,000+ users milestone. Verdi Heinz shared about the Global Elementor Community on Facebook crossing the 150,000 members milestone.
- WP + Youtube Milestones… Jamie Marsland’s Youtube Channel has crossed an impressive 50K subscribers milestone. While Sam Waines shared (Links X) about Barn2 Plugin’s Youtube Channel crossing 6000+ milestone.
Quick Bits 👍
- Nigel Bahadur of WPCloudDeploy has passed away, via David.
- I am honored to feature on WPTavern podcast, give it a listen.
- WP Rocket celebrating (Links X) 11th BDay & 25% Off till July 3.
- Are you an ACF User? Participate in the ACF Annual Survey 2024.
- Note all plugin authors, forced reset of passwords is being done.
- ClickWhale’s Florian created WP Community channel on WhatsApp.
- eBook: The Small Business Accessibility Playbook for WordPress!
New: Enterprise Theme & More Theme Updates
Theme for Govt Projects… teams at WordPress VIP and Lone Rock Point have collaborated to launch CivicPress, an advanced WordPress theme optimized for government projects. Currently, it is only available to federal government agencies and contractors via a bundled support package.
Theme Partnership… the team at WPAmelia has announced a partnership (LinkedIn) with SuperbThemes, which allows you to get the free Idea Flow WordPress theme and the Amelia Lite Booking Plugin.
Hello Elementor Theme… 3.1.0v has made markup changes with one H1 tag per page and DOM size reduction by not rendering elements with empty fields.
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