The space of online events for WordPress is getting busier for the good, with events like Web Agency Summit (April 07, 2025), DE{CODE} 2025 (April 15, 2025), Page Builder Summit (May 12, 2025), and WordSesh 2025 (May 13, 2025). Also in this issue, a new accessibility plugin and a partnership for plugin promotions.
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What’s Buzzing in WordPress 💖
- Elementor’s Accessibility plugin… Elementor has released the Ally Web Accessibility plugin. This promises to improve website usability by addressing accessibility issues. Also, there is an upcoming remediation wizard for site audit and automatic correction.
- WP Umbrella Makeover… the reporting system at WP Umbrella got a complete makeover. The standout feature is the ability to customize PDF Covers to include your agency branding and send email only reports with dynamic variables.
- Global Design System… the team at Stackable is working on a new Global Design System that will enable every new block you add to inherit predefined styles. It will include schemes for base color, background mode color, and container mode color.
- New Zoho Flow for WP… the team at Zoho has launched Zoho Flow service that promises to bridge the gap between your WordPress plugins as well as your tech stack. There is a free plugin allowing you to integrate with 100+ WordPress plugins with 1,000+ business apps.
New Free Plugins: Contributions + Video Widget
Acknowledge Contributions… Luke Humble from Made Neat has released the Acknowledgify plugin, which allows developers, freelancers, and agencies to showcase their contributions to a website. It features humans.txt Generator and Meta Tags for acknowledgment.
Dashboard Video Widget… Dhaval Vachhani has released a new Dashboard Video Widget plugin that allows you to embed YouTube, Vimeo, and local MP4 videos directly into your WordPress dashboard. Ideal for tutorial videos, company announcements, and training.
New Pro Plugins: BuddyPress + Power Addon
New BuddyPress plugins… the team at Wbcom Designs has released three new plugins for BuddyPress users. BuddyLists inspired by the Lists feature on X, BuddyPress Edit Activity allowing you to edit activity posts directly from the front end, and Advanced Username Manager for changing profile usernames.
Document Library Pro Power Pack… Dave Grey has released a pro power pack addon for the Barn2’s Document Library Pro plugin. This adds useful analytics and reporting features for site administrators.
Extended WordPress Buzz 🔥
- WPCodeBox Partnership… Ovidiu Maghetiu started WPCodeBox as a personal project while working on WP All Export at Soflyy (makers of Oxygen and Breakdance). WPCodeBox has announced a partnership with Soflyy – moving forward, Soflyy will handle all business and marketing responsibilities of WPCodeBox.
- Core WordPress + Woo… WordPress 6.8 Release Candidate 1 is available now for your testing. The final WordPress 6.8 is scheduled for April 15, 2025. Also, WooCommerce 9.8 is now scheduled for release on Monday, April 7, 2025.
- WordCamps & Events… WordCamp Europe 2025 tickets are available, grab your ticket from €50 to €250. Speakers & Sessions announced for DE{CODE} event on Apr 15, 2025. Also, giving your WordPress talks a second chance, WP Speakers Virtual Stage is brewing at Post Status.
- The WPCC Resolutions… The WP Community Collective resolutions to approve the bylaws, conflict of interest policy, and the code of conduct. Also, a request to change The WP Community Collective’s name.
- Acquisition Train… the team at WPFactory has acquired Extend-WP, a provider of premium WooCommerce plugins. This acquisition has added 19 WooCommerce addons to the WPFactory portfolio of WordPress plugins.
- WP Milestones… the companion plugin of Infinite Uploads, Big File Uploads, has reached the 1,000,000 downloads milestone. While the Masteriyo LMS plugin has crossed the 3000+ active installs milestone for the plugin in the directory.
Quick Bits 👍
- Making Changes: Why Elementor is going CSS-first for Editor v4.
- Website Showcase: 10 static website examples for inspiration.
- Veterans & Co. is new addition to WordPress VIP Agency Partner.
- Christian Taylor interview Matt Mullenweg, what’s next for WP!
- WP Mayor’s YouTube channel is brewing back, check it out.
- A chance to Win $1000 in mega hosting giveaway from xCloud.
- Let’s Learn
- Understand the WordPress Multisites concept – Pros & Cons.
- Learn how to extend core WordPress blocks with Blocks API.
- How to enable additional Payment Methods in Stripe Checkout?
- Is there a better way to deal with new Stripe Chargeback Fee?
- Issue of AI Crawlers draining site resources & skewing analytics.
- From WP People
- What makes WPVivid a better plugin for backup & migration.
- Shortlist of managed VPS website hosting options by Jeff Starr.
New Updates: Forms, AI, Mail, Gravity, & LMS
SureForms… 1.4.4v has added a background styling feature to customize the appearance of your forms. The new options allow you to add a custom background color, gradient, and image.
AI Text to Speech… 3.0.0v now supports new OpenAI “gpt-4o-mini-tts” model, new admin page to quickly generate TTS audio without needing to create a post, and new voice style presets.
SureMail… 1.4.0v has added support for two new email service providers. Now you can connect with Gmail and Netcore email providers using the SureMail plugin on your WordPress website.
Tutor LMS… 3.4.0v pro version has added bulk enrollment support for membership plans. Also, ‘Buy Now’ option added, allowing users to purchase without adding courses to the cart.
For Gravity Forms: Image Options & MailPoet
Gravity Collapsible Sections… 1.3.2v of Collapsible Sections for Gravity Forms has added new image style settings allowing rounded, squared, rounded with icon, or custom image option.
MailPoet + Gravity… Doeke Norg has released MailPoet for Gravity Forms plugin that allows you to connect your MailPoet Newsletters with Gravity Forms to capture form entries.
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