Be it more installs, downloads, or revenue – every growth parameter is important and exciting for WordPress creators. Also, in this issue, price changes for InstaWP & NitroPack, free translation tool, and WP core stats for June.
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What’s Buzzing in WordPress 💖
- Pricing Changes… InstaWP v3 is switching to ‘pay as you go’ pricing from the fixed pricing model. Check the pricing page for 7 plans and add-on options. NitroPack has introduced new pricing plans with the Starter plan from $7 monthly and the Plus plan from $18 monthly, with 5GB and 25GB CDN bandwidth allowance, respectively.
- 1st official Woo Block Theme… an entire Woo site powered by blocks. One way to achieve this would be the upcoming first official WooCommerce Block Theme with block based Single Product template, Product Gallery, Image, Add to Cart blocks, and more.
- Podcaster Plus… Nathan Wrigley and Dan Maby have opened doors to the beta version of the brand new Podcaster Plus plugin. It promises to help you quickly set up a podcast website through pre-built layouts and WordPress podcast blocks.
Resourceful: Translation Tool & ToolsFave Directory
Free Translation Tool… the team at GravityKit has released an open-source Potomatic tool for AI-powered translations of WordPress plugins and themes. It enables you to streamline the localization process with smart batching, cost control, and custom dictionary support for shipping multilingual releases.
ToolsFave for WP… Khan has launched (Links X) the ToolsFave project featuring user submitted WordPress tools, plugins, and much more. It has a few plugin listings as of now, expect more as the project grows.
Plugins Focus: Better Loop & Language Attribute
Better Loop & Filters… Daniel Post has released the Better Loop plugin premium version with three plans: Starter, Plus, and Business. This features an advanced query loop block with filters, search, and loads of query options.
Language Attribute for Blocks… Marco Almeida from Naked Cat Plugins has released a free Language Attribute for Container Blocks plugin. It allows you to add a lang HTML attribute to Group, Columns, and Cover blocks in your site.
Extended WordPress Buzz 🔥
- Tumblr to WP on Hold… Matt Mullenweg has confirmed that Tumblr’s back-end migration to WordPress is on hold for now. “The decision to halt the change also appears to mean that Tumblr posts won’t be available in the fediverse in the near future”.
- Maintenance Mode Status… there is a proposal for the official status of maintenance mode for features that are no longer actively developed but supported for various reasons, like backward compatibility, security, and more.
- June WP Core Stats… Jb Audras shared aggregate data of WordPress Core contribution on Trac for the month of June 2025. The WordPress Core team shipped 128 commits (+67 compared to last month), 113 people contributed, leading from countries like: India, USA, Italy, Spain, and France.
- WordCamps Action… the call for speakers is open for WordCamp Lithuania 2025, until July 30, 2025 – scheduled for September 25 – 26, 2025 in Kaunas, Lithuania. The WordCamp US 2025 team shared how sponsor areas can be more fun and high traffic zones.
New Features: Conversion Bridge, FlyWP, PersonalizeWP
Conversion Bridge… 1.8v has added integrations with two new ad platforms – Microsoft Ads and Reddit Ads, allowing you to send conversions directly from your WordPress site to your Microsoft Ads account.
Site Sleep & Wake Up… FlyWP has introduced the Site Sleep & Wake Up feature, which allows you to put your websites in sleep mode when they are not in use, thereby helping to save server resources.
PersonalizeWP… 3.0v is a significant update adding six new WooCommerce display conditions, advanced user meta targeting, and enhanced date-based rules for seasonal or event-driven campaigns.
Quick Bits 👍
- Michael Makijenko shared (LinkedIn) new Indystack site.
- Gato AI can now auto translate Bricks website contents.
- WPBeginner is celebrating 16 yrs milestone, & a giveaway.
- Woo now powers (LinkedIn) 4.6 million active online shops!
- Listen to ‘Why Matt Mullenweg went to war over WordPress’.
- Hosting Buzz
- 20i Hosting has introduced data center facility in Los Angeles.
- Dallas Kashuba shared (LinkedIn) free site offer by Dreamhost.
- New Templates
- Themify released new Dental Skin Template for dental clinics.
- New Landscaping Starter Site template pack for Divi users.
- Astra 3 new templates: Agency, Clothing Store, Saas Landing.
- Let’s Learn
- How shareable checkout URLs work in Woo 10, by Rémi Corson.
- Remkus has released 25 module Make WordPress Fast course.
- People of WordPress
- Travis Lima starting as (LinkedIn) head of CS & Sales at Woo.
- Casey Burridge on where is WordPress in the AI-powered web.
- Job Thomas 10 years look back, WooThemes to Automattic.
- Anna Mcphee share about 8 years WP journey at Automattic.
WP Milestones: Revenue, Downloads, & Installs
WP Growth Milestone… Enrique Chavez crossed (Links X) the $5,000 milestone for the JWT Pro plugin, going from 1k to 5k in just two months, and now eyeing the next $10,000 milestone. Mike McAlister shared about the one year of Ollie Pro with the 5,000+ active users on the free Ollie theme and the 500+ paid Ollie Pro subscriptions.
WP Downloads Milestone… Booking for Appointments and Events Calendar, Amelia plugin has reached one million downloads on the repository. Also, the wpDataTables plugin for creating dynamic tables and charts, has crossed two million downloads on the WP org repository.
WP Installs Milestone… Dhruvin Shah from Imaginate Solutions shared that the Custom Payment Gateways for WooCommerce plugin has surpassed the 9,000 active installs milestone. Amber Hinds shared (Links X) that Equalize Digital’s Accessibility Checker plugin crossed the 6,000 active installs milestone, with 1,000 new installs in 64 days.
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