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What’s Buzzing in WordPress 💖
- AnyoneCanWP Winners… Vikas from InstaWP joined by Jesse Friedman, invited Matt Mullenweg to announce winners (Video) of the AnyoneCanWP. The top 3 winning websites were: TenantSync (1st), Ona Architecture (2nd), BloodBridge (3rd), & Talk Wave (3rd).
- RAVE for WordPress… John Blackbourn, Director of WordPress Security at Human Made, has released RAVE for WordPress, which compares the contents of published WordPress packages with the canonical source code to verify they have not been tampered with.
- Kadence Maintenance Mode… Kadence Theme Pro plugin has added a Maintenance Mode feature. It has two mode options of maintenance and coming soon, along with the option to select a pre-made template for the maintenance mode message.
- Easy Google Analytics… promising to make an easier understanding of Google Analytics data, Syed Balkhi has launched OnePageGA tool. To get started, select a specific property to load your one-page Google Analytics dashboard.
New Plugins: StellarPay, Markdown, & Admin Filter
StellarPay for Woo… the team at StellarWP has launched StellarPay plugin for enhanced Stripe integrations for WooCommerce powered stores. There is only free version as of now, and it has many features.
Markdown Exporter… Robert DeVore has released free Markdown Exporter plugin to allows you to convert your WordPress posts, pages, and custom content types into well-structured Markdown (MD) files.
Admin Posts Filter… the team at MetaBox has released a free Admin Taxonomy Filter plugin that allows you to filter posts or custom post types in the admin area by custom taxonomies. Check this post for detailed usage of this plugin or using MetaBox’s in-built features.
New Features: Invoices, User Login, Bricks, & Divi 5
Appointment Invoice Feature… Amelia 7.9v update has added invoice feature that generates professional invoices for appointments, packages, and events – showing details about the event, total cost, and payment information.
User Logins by Country… Dave Grey has released 2.2v of the Administrator Toolkit plugin that now allows you to restrict individual admin user logins by country for your WordPress websites.
Bricks 100 Changes… 1.11.1v of Bricks brings over 100 changes, like the ability to password-protect specific pages, posts, custom post types, or your entire website without additional plugins. Also, masonry layouts, responsive control indicator, and WooCommerce Conditions were added.
New Divi 5 Update… Public Alpha Version 3 of Divi 5 is now available, with features like caching for global colors and performance improvements for the layers panel in the builder mode.
Extended WordPress Buzz 🔥
- 1000 Plugins Closed… Patchstack organized a special event for their Bug Bounty program in October as part of Cyber Security Month. As a result, almost 1000 Plugins / Themes were temporarily closed in October, 2024, with many plugin devs were impossible to reach. Check more details, with on average, each reporter submitting 43 reports during this process.
- WordPress Brand Tone… the team at WPShout received 222 responses to the survey conducted to explore how users perceive the voice and tone of the WordPress brand. It was a mixed bag with positive comments, negative comments, and the over-shadow of the current ‘Matt vs WP Engine’.
- WP Engine Sites Data… Dumitru Brinzan published insights from the WP Engine websites data available on the WP Engine Tracker website. Divi, Hello Elementor, and Astra were the top three themes. Yoast SEO, Elementor, and Contact Form 7 were the top three most used plugins. Roboto, Open Sans, and Montserrat were the top three most used Google Fonts.
- WooCommerce Updates… WooCommerce 9.4 is now available with changes to Product collection and Product details blocks, among other things. Also, take note of the Navigation feature which has been removed in favor of a native WordPress Core solution.
- WP Milestone… the official WordPress Channel on YouTube has reached 40K subscribers. The Image Optimizer plugin from the Elementor team has crossed the 800,000+ active installs milestone.
Update Time: WordPress 6.7 is out now!
WordPress 6.7 Released… WordPress 6.7 ‘Rollins’ is now available, released on November 12, 2024. It brings in all new Twenty Twenty-Five Theme, a new UI for connecting blocks to custom fields for more control of dynamic content in the Block Editor, and other enhancements.
WordPress 6.7 Info…. Rich Tabor summarized 10 important things (Links X) about the WP 6.7 release, made possible with the efforts of more than 780 contributors from all over the world, including 230 first-time contributors. Also, check in detail What’s New in WP 6.7 along with screenshots by Carlo Daniele over at Kinsta blog.
WordPress 6.7 Videos… here is the official WP 6.7 release video by Rich Tabor. Also, check the WP 6.7 video by Bud Kraus at the InstaWP channel and Jamie Marsland’s WP 6.7 in 250 seconds video.
Quick Bits 👍
- Tragic news of passing of Sharankrishna V.P. shocks many.
- New Look Themify site using Ultra theme & Themify Builder.
- Check the number of downloads of WordPress 6.7 version.
- Preview demo of the official Twenty Twenty-Five WP theme.
- Also check new look of Make WordPress Org landing page.
- WP Engine has expanded its legal fight against Automattic.
- PressConf 2025 tickets available – April 23, 2025 in Arizona.
WP Buzz: WordPress Hosting, Acquisition, Investment
White Label Hosting… Xcloud has launched a white label program that allows you to run own branded hosting business with your logo, your domain and your pricing. A good option for starter and established agencies.
Servebolt Linux 8 Hosting… the team at Servebolt has launched Servebolt Linux 8 hosting, promising to be the next-gen hosting solution that brings performance enhancement of 500% and beyond.
Payment Plugin Acquisition… Ionut Neagu from Themeisle shared (Links X) about the acquisition of the WP Full Pay plugin, a Stripe payment integration plugin for WordPress websites.
Investment in Patchstack… G+D Ventures along with Karma Ventures and Emilia Capital recently invested in Patchstack. Alberto Pérez Arranz from G+D Ventures shared (LinkedIn) on why they invested in Patckstack and “why we believe it’s a game-changer for the future of open-source security”.
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