We are in the last stretch of 2025, but the WordPress space is still buzzing with new plugins like Remind Me, Wishlist for Woo, Post Formats, and more. Also, a look at the new WooCommerce partnerships and hosting space updates.
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What’s Buzzing in WordPress 💖
- Remind Me for Renewals… Dave Grey has released a new Remind Me plugin for reminding you about upcoming renewals / premium plugin usage, right from your WordPress dashboard. This should help when a premium plugin company does not email you about the upcoming renewal and lock you in for another year.
- ManageWP New Look… Predrag Zdravkovic shared early access to check out the new look ManageWP interface. It includes better contrast and a new dark sidebar, promising a more comfortable and accessible experience.
- New LaunchWP… Rajin Sharwar shared the new LaunchWP service, which allows users to install and manage WordPress sites on their own VPS without running a single command or code. You can manage everything from a dashboard, like managed hosting, while hosting a website on your own VPS.
- Beaver Box Module Templates… Jennifer Franklin shared that 2.10v of Beaver Builder has introduced over 60 new Box Module Templates for a quick head start in layout building. You can browse by: Callouts, Bento Grids, Testimonials, Team Member, and more.
Free Plugins: Wishlist, Post Formats, Media Folders
SaveTo Wishlist for Woo… Josh Kohlbach has released a new free SaveTo Wishlist Lite plugin for WooCommerce users. It adds a wishlist feature to your Woo store, allowing visitors to favorite and save products they love for later.
Post Formats for Block Themes… Courtney Robertson has released a free Post Formats for Block Themes plugin in the repo. It brings the post format functionality from classic WordPress themes to modern block themes.
JT Media Folders… Justin Truax has released a free JT Media Folders plugin in the repo, which lets you add categorized folders to your WordPress Media Library. It features AJAX filtering, bulk operations, and full integration with the Block Editor.
New Updates: Perfmatters, ACF, The SEO Framework
Perfmatters + Export Code… 2.5.5v has added new options to export code snippets (globally, individually, and bulk select) and import them into another website. Also added a new code snippets admin bar menu item that appears if at least one snippet is present.
ACF Blocks + Inline Editing… 6.7v of the Advanced Custom Fields plugin has introduced the inline editing feature. This enables, “content editors to edit block field data by clicking directly on what they want to edit in the block preview area, without requiring any extra code or JavaScript by the block creator”.
The SEO Framework Updates… 5.1.3v update has added primary term selection to quick/bulk edit, option visibility toggles, comprehensive Avada theme compatibility, and improved Elementor handling.
More Updates: AG Opayo, ZenCommunity, SureCart
AG Opayo for Woo… Aaron Bowie has released a major 4.0v update for the AG Opayo for WooCommerce plugin. Three key features include Google Pay Support (Beta), Traffic Light System 2.0 to understand orders at a glance, and Settings 2.0v for a simpler setup experience.
ZenCommunity + Feelings… 1.1.0v update of ZenCommunity has introduced post feelings for expressive updates and post background color options. Also added support for emojis in the editor, Post and comment reactions, dark and light modes, and Theme color customization.
SureCart Updates… 3.17.0v update has added a bunch of new features like Product Variant Overrides to override tax, shipping, weight, and purchase limits. Also, the ability to allow or restrict shipping to specific ZIP/postal codes, and enable videos to autoplay and loop directly on product pages.
Extended WordPress Buzz 🔥
- WordPress 7.0 Planning… Matias Ventura shared about key focus areas for the next WordPress 7.0 release. Like going deeper into the Collaboration feature, improving the Notes feature, modernizing the look of the admin area, customizable keyboard shortcuts, adding validation levels for Block API, and more.
- WordPress 6.9 Hotfixes… released on December 2, WordPress 6.9 has been downloaded over nine million times. Aaron Jorbin shared about WordPress 6.9 hotfixes for CSS issues from loading separate Block Styles on demand, emails not being sent, and adjacent post navigation.
- Recap for Developers… Justin Tadlock has published the December 2025 recap for developers. Like the launch of The AI Experiments plugin, experimental breadcrumbs block to stabilize soon in WP 7.0, and progress on the experimental tabs block.
- Open Playground Blueprints Directly… Nick Diego shared a preview (LinkedIn) on creating deep links that open Playground Blueprints directly in WordPress Studio. Open in WordPress Studio button should be useful for sharing WordPress plugin and theme demos.
- ClassicPress Update… 2.6.0v update of ClassicPress has added support for PHP 8.5, a strategy parameter for wp_enqueue_script(), inline attachments in wp_mail, and Twemoji v16.
- WP Milestones… Robert Abela shared (Links X) that the WP 2FA, Two-factor authentication for WordPress, plugin has reached the 90,000+ active installs milestone. Aurelio Volle shared (LinkedIn) about WP Umbrella crossing the 60,000+ active installs milestone.
Events Buzz: WC Europe, CMS Conf, & Checkout Summit
WordCamp Europe… the call for speakers is now open until January 31, 2026, for WordCamp Europe 2026, scheduled for June 4-6, 2026, in Kraków, Poland. Also open is the call for sponsors to support this event.
CMS Conf 2026… Maciek Palmowski shared (LinkedIn) about the upcoming CMS Conf 2026 event, scheduled for November 12, 2026, in Gdynia, Poland. This promises to be, “A conference that will bring creators and developers working with different Content Management Systems”.
Checkout Summit Speakers… three more speakers announced for the Checkout Summit 2026. This includes: Jessica Risch (CEO of Woosa), Rémi Corson (CTO at SEOPress), and Karolína Vyskočilová (independent consultant at Kybernaut).
Product Updates: Oxygen, Commandify, BricksExtras
Oxygen 6.0 Beta 5… Beta 5 has added new icons for Grid alignment properties (stretch, space-between, space-around) in ‘justify’ and ‘align content’ controls.
Commandify Integrations… Commandify has added integrations for Elementor, Bricks Builder, Contact Form 7 + Flamingo, and User Role Switching.
BricksExtras Image Hotspots… 1.6.1v has added a new Image Hotspot Marker feature, a nestable element for adding individual markers to the image.
Quick Bits 👍
- List of 5 WordPress Developers (LinkedIn) shaping space & impact.
- Top 10 WordPress Products bought during this Black Friday 2025.
- Honors WP rolled out unified licensing across all of their plugins.
- Directorist AI launched for AI powered building of directory listings.
- A look at responsive editing mode (GitHub) coming to block editor.
- Ruhani Rabin: Largest turnout (X) in WordCamp Malaysia history.
- Call to become global sponsor in 2026 to support WP ecosystem.
- CSS Wrapped 2025 for UI features that Chrome shipped this year.
- Plugins for Sale
- Plugin for sale (LinkedIn) from Vikas Singhal, 80K install & $5k/mo.
- Md Noruzzaman is looking to sell (LI) Woo Quick Checkout, 2K install.
- Plugins Code & Renewals
- Sybre Waaijer: SureRank got RankMath code without (X) attribution.
- Brad Williams on surprise (X) BuddyBoss $465 renewal & no refund.
- WordPress on YouTube
- Imran Siddiq previews Atomic Tabs coming in Elementor V4.
- AI Ready research project webinar from Human Made & WP VIP.
- People of WordPress
- Drew Griswold joins Pressable (LI) as a Growth Marketing Manager.
- Michael Pearce shared Hosting .com layoffs (LI) before the holidays.
WooCommerce Partnerships: Stripe & Mastercard
Stripe’s Agentic + Woo… Stripe has announced Agentic Commerce Suite with WooCommerce support from day one. This would enable WooCommerce merchants to connect their product catalog once and reach customers shopping through any AI agent they prefer. In this setup, Stripe will handle discovery, checkout, payments, and fraud protection.
WooCommerce + Mastercard… Jay Walsh shared about the new partnership of WooCommerce with Mastercard. “Through the partnership, WooCommerce merchants will gain access to Mastercard Merchant Cloud, a unified gateway offering enhanced payment processing and advanced fraud prevention”.
Hosting Buzz: BigScoots & Hostinger
BigScoots + AI Crawl Controls… users of BigScoots can now use Cloudflare AI Crawl Controls, enabling precise management of verified AI bots permitted to crawl your content. Also, “The implementation will soon allow publishers to return a customizable HTTP 402 ‘Payment Required’ response code to blocked bots, setting the stage for future ‘Pay Per Crawl’ monetization models”.
Hostinger + Reach Email Platform… Reach email platform from Hostinger has rocketed to 150,000 users in just 6 months. Hostinger Reach users are sending over 1 million emails a week and growing in the worldwide market, with the top 5 currently being the US, Brazil, France, the UK, and India.
Goodbye 2025 & Happy Holidays!
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