New AI features for WordPress in MonsterInsights, FluentSupport, and Formidable Forms. Also, Beaver Builder’s new pricing, the WPwatercooler show ending after 12 years, first look of Twenty Twenty-Five theme, and $31,200 bounty challenge.
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What’s Buzzing in WordPress 💖
- New Rollback Plugin… Jay Tuckwell has launched the Super Rollback plugin which allows you to rollback any plugin update that may not be working as expected. It promises seamless integration and works with all free and premium plugins.
- Download Plugins List… Scot Birchfield has released a free Plugin List Exporter plugin, which allows WordPress website administrator to generate and download a list of all installed plugins and themes.
- New Cache Plugin… the team at SolidWP has released the Solid Performance plugin. It is a free plugin with page cache features and with option for cache exclusions and debug mode.
- Use Own Domain… making it easy, TasteWP service for quick WordPress install setup – has added the ability to use your own domain for your WordPress installs. It is available for premium plan users with 20GB of space, and your sites won’t expire.
WordPress + AI: Analytics, Support, Forms, & Text
Google Analytics AI… the team at MonsterInsights has launched the Conversations AI tool, which uses your Google Analytics data to answer your specific questions, without the need of manual data digging.
FluentSupport + AI… FluentSupport 1.8.0v has added integration for OpenAI/ChatGPT allowing customer support responses with AI powers for ticket summary, customer sentiment, AI generated responses, and more.
AI Form Builder… the team at Formidable Forms has added the AI Form Builder feature. Just type what type of form you need, and a form with relevant fields is automatically generated.
AI Text to Speech… Elliot Sowersby has released a pro version of the AI Text to Speech plugin, which includes player customization options, integration with Dropbox, statistics tracking, and analytics.
Extended WordPress Buzz 🔥
- Better Query Loop block… Ryan Welcher shared (Links X) some of the controls from his Advanced Query Loop plugin will be merged into the core Query Loop block in Gutenberg plugin 19v and WordPress 6.7 release.
- Offline WP Playground… WordPress Playground can now be used offline with the new offline mode support and installed as a Progressive Web App (PWA) – without internet access.
- Core Updates… the latest Gutenberg 19.0v update comes with the first UI prototype to connect blocks and custom fields and the first version of quick edit for data views. Also, the automatic conversion of HEIC images to JPEG will be available in WordPress 6.7 release.
- WordPress 6.7 Release Squad… the upcoming WP 6.7 release team list is now available. It has Matt Mullenweg as the release head and David Baumwald as the release coordinator. Peter Wilson and Kira Schroder will be the core tech lead.
- WP Milestones… table builder plugin, Ninja Tables has crossed 90,000+ active installs milestone in the plugins directory. Collins Agbonghama shared about MailOptin plugin, for email automation and newsletters, is celebrating the 7th anniversary.
Updates: MemberDash, FluentCRM, InstaWP, PostX
MemberDash + Woo… MemberDash, a WordPress membership plugin from LearnDash, has added integration with WooCommerce, allowing you to link to any third party WooCommerce addons.
FluentCRM Cart Recovery… FluentCRM 2.9.2v has added the much requested Abandoned Cart Feature, allowing you to easily setup recovery of your WooCommerce abandoned carts with conditional settings and automation.
WP Multisite Hosting… InstaWP Live, managed WordPress hosting from InstaWP, now supports multisite WordPress setup which should be useful for WordPress agencies and multisite WordPress users.
Customs Fields Support… PostX plugin can now display custom fields values in your posts output with the custom fields support, with custom fields added using plugins like Advanced Custom Fields (ACF), Meta Box, and Pods.
Quick Bits 👍
- GravityWiz with new look website highlighting Perks & Shop.
- xcloud has added integration for AWS, Amazon Web Services.
- First look of Twenty Twenty-Five theme coming in WP 6.7v.
- Check the August 2024 WordPress developer recap round-up.
- 12 years running, WPwatercooler is ending with episode 485.
- Wordfence’s WordPress Superhero Challenge, $31,200 bounty.
- All new WordPress VIP Learn for enterprise level dev learning.
- WordPress on Mastodon is now available for users to connect.
Builders: Beaver, Brizy, Max & Essential Addons
New Beaver Pricing… Beaver Builder is revising price plans from September 10, 2024. A welcome change is including Beaver Themer addon, which was sold separately for $147 per year, in all plans. The entry plan will be $89 per year and will include everything: Beaver Theme, Beaver Builder, and Beaver Themer addon.
Cloud Media Library… Brizy Cloud has launched a new media library feature that allows you to store, organize, and manage various types of media files like images, videos, audio files, and documents.
Background Effects… Max Addons for Bricks has added a background slideshow feature that allows you to add image slideshows to a section or container in a seamless Loop and the classic Ken Burns effect.
For Elementor Users… Essential Addons 6.0v is a big update as it celebrates the 2 million+ users milestone. In addition to the new look website, this update has introduced new extensions for dynamic tags, hover interactions, and interactive animation.
WP Community: Mentorship, Plugin Alliance, WP Tavern
Mentorship Program Cohort… Hari Shanker shared about the third WordPress Contributor Mentorship Program cohort. The call for mentees and mentors is now open until August 26, 2024.
Independent Plugin Alliance… Michelle Frechette and Corey Maass are gearing up to launch IPA WP, Independent Plugin Alliance, a plugin directory with a focus on cooperative marketing.
WP Tavern is alive again… Jyolsna (Links X) is the new writer at the WPTavern website; congrats! She seems to be the only one selected out of seven writers who participated in short term writing trial, sometime back.
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