Another week of many new plugins like Activity Log by Duplicator, Mailtric, Different Domain for Language, WPZOOM User History, Dynamic Functionalities, and SiteStats. A welcome experiment of curated featured plugins, official plugins for the top 3 AI providers, and a new WordPress Contributor Dashboard.
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What’s Buzzing in WordPress 💖
- WP Security Scanner… Varun Dubey has launched a free WordPress security scanner tool at WP Vanguard, which allows you to check on known vulnerabilities, security misconfigurations, and suspicious scripts. He added (Links X), “I’ve been building something for the past year. Today, making it public – WP Vanguard. Every finding explained by AI in plain language with exact fix steps”.
- Easy Domains Management… Phil Taylor, creator of mySites .guru to manage WordPress websites, has launched myDomains .live for domain management. This platform eliminates the need for manually tracking expiry dates, SSL certificates, DNS providers, and client assignments across Excel spreadsheets and Google Docs.
- WordPress Version of Clippy… Nick Hamze shared (Links X), “I finally fulfilled a childhood dream of making a WordPress version of Clippy. Say Hello to Dewey”. Check this playground link to test drive ‘Ask Dewey’ in dashboard environment – definitely cute and useful!
- Next Sure Product + SureCookie… another ‘Sure’ line of WordPress products is coming, the waitlist for SureCookie plugin is now open. It promises to be a consent engine for WordPress with features to detect cookies, block scripts until consent, and store clean consent records on your own website.
New Plugins: Activity Log, Mailtric, & Different Domain
Activity Log by Duplicator… the team at Duplicator has released a new Activity Log plugin which tracks 60+ events across your entire WordPress site. Every event is tagged with one of four severity levels to quickly see if something is routine or worth your immediate attention.
Mailtric Email logs + Analytics… brought to notice the new Mailtric plugin for email logging and analytics, promising a full control over email deliverability. It also features built-in SMTP configuration and testing in an easy to use interface.
TranslatePress + New Addon… TranslatePress has released a new Different Domain for Language addon. It allows you to assign unique domains or subdomains to each language on your multilingual WordPress site. This is useful for better regional targeting and user experience.
Free Plugins: User History, Functionalities, & SiteStats
User History + Lock Users… Pavel Ciorici from WPZOOM has released (Links X) a free WPZOOM User History plugin in the repository. It tracks all changes made to user profiles and displays a complete history log. Also, allow admins to lock or unlock user accounts, change usernames, monitor login/logout activity, manage active sessions, and search for users.
Dynamic Functionalities… Functionalities is now called the Dynamic Functionalities plugin and is available on WordPress org’s plugins repository. This plugin, by Gaurav Tiwari, provides a single package for 16 use cases like performance cleanup, redirect management, login security, schema markup, external link control, and code snippets.
SiteStats Analytics… Brant Calder brought to notice the newly launched free SiteStats Analytics plugin in the repository. It is a multi-source analytics plugin that displays data from Google Analytics, Bing, Search Console, WooCommerce, and more, in a unified dashboard.
Extended WordPress Buzz 🔥
- Curated Featured Plugins… Nick Hamze shared about an experiment (Links X) to curate the featured plugins list on WordPress Org website. Featured plugin like MailerPress was among the first batch of plugins and added (Links X), “This initiative highlights high-quality, actively maintained plugins that solve real problems, and we’re proud to be among them”.
- Yoast SEO Schema Aggregation… here is the first result of Yoast’s collaboration with NLWeb, an open web protocol developed by Microsoft – Yoast SEO Schema Aggregation feature is available in free Yoast SEO 27.1v as an opt-in feature. This promises the website’s structured data together in a clearer and more consistent way with a new standard called a schemamap.
- WP Contributor Dashboard… Kel Santiago-Pilarski shared the WordPress Contributor Dashboard, now live at the website wpcontributordashboard.org. Also, there is a proposal for features like team managed personas, allowing each ‘Make’ team to create its own contributor personas and automated engagement to automatically recognize contributors when they reach key milestones.
- WordCamp Europe… the call for photographers is open until March 29, 2026, to join the team of volunteer photographers and editors, at the WordCamp Europe 2026. Also, check the transportation guide to get to WordCamp Europe and getting around Kraków.
- WordCamp Canada 2026… the 2026 edition of WordCamp Canada has been announced. It is scheduled for November 5 – 6, 2026, in Vancouver, BC, Canada. The call for sponsorship is now open for this event, with plans ranging from $700 to $7,200.
- WP Accessibility Day… the call for sponsorship is now open for the WP Accessibility Day 2026 event, for various sponsorship plans like: Bronze ($500), Silver ($1,500), Gold ($3,000), and Platinum ($5,000).
WordPress 7.0 – PHP only Blocks & More
A new way to register blocks using PHP is coming in WordPress 7.0, scheduled for release on April 09, 2026. Until then, you can use this feature through the Gutenberg plugin or install the WordPress Beta or RC.
Miguel Fonseca explained PHP only block registration process. Also, Ryan Welcher published step by step process for the same.
- More WP 7.0 Changes
- WordPress 7.0 Beta 3 is now available for download & testing.
- New Breadcrumbs block that can be placed once & two filters.
- Customisable Navigation Overlays, giving more control for use.
- New changes coming to the Interactivity API in WordPress 7.0
- See changes introduced in dataviews space from API perspective.
WordPress + AI: Official Plugins & AI Experiments
Official WP AI Plugins… now we have official community plugins to connect WordPress websites to the top three AI providers and bring AI powers into your WordPress dashboard. Check AI Provider plugins for OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic in the plugins repository.
AI Experiments + Media Generation… Jeffrey Paul shared about the 0.4.0v of the AI Experiments plugin that introduces Generate Image support within the media library. Also, a new Generate Review Notes experiment brings AI-assisted editorial review into the block editor.
Quick Bits 👍
- Free production ready design system download for Divi 5 users.
- Security update WooCommerce 10.5.3 for Store API batch endpoint.
- Poll: WP businesses move to solo / smaller teams, by Pavel Ciorici.
- Experience of three days in the Life of a WordCamp Volunteer.
- Elementor is sponsoring David Levine for WP Core AI contributions.
- Check the experience Trailer (YouTube) of the PressConf event.
- Gartner® Peer Insights™ Customers’ Choice 2025 for WordPress VIP.
- Have your Say!
- Participate in 5th WordPress Agency Survey 2026, by The Admin Bar.
- The State of the Agency 2026, for WordPress pros, by Elementor.
- Black Friday 2025 Survey on how your BF went, by WP BizDev.
- Let’s Learn
- Everything you should know about response headers, by Remkus.
- What accessibility audits actually look like & what all is included.
- Build your 1st starter CSS Framework (YT) in Bricks Builder, by Paul.
- People of WordPress
- Carrie Dils on building FAIR and letting go of what could have been.
- I shipped a WP theme I couldn’t build a year ago, by Derek Hanson.
New Updates: FluentCRM, FlowMattic, & Jetpack Social
FluentCRM + Complete Rewrite… 3.0 Beta is a complete rewrite of FluentCRM from the ground up, bringing SMS Marketing within the platform in the WordPress dashboard. Also, comes with a fresh redesigned interface, FluentCart abandoned cart recovery integration, Gutenberg native email builder, and more.
FlowMattic + Big Update… 6.0v is a big update, enabling AI Agents powered decision making into your workflows to map funnel steps and the MCP Client to connect to the entire MCP ecosystem. Also, new core modules – JSON Parser, FTP / SFTP Integration, ZIP Archive, and DNS / Domain Tools.
Jetpack Social + Big Upgrade… Devin Walker shared about the big upgrade to Jetpack Social plugin, like the ability to customize your social posts for each social network. Also, a new unified media section that allows you to easily manage your images, templates, and settings in one place.
More Updates: IvyForms, Directorist, & GamiPress
IvyForms + Road to 1.0v… Alexander Gilmanov shared (LinkedIn) about IvyForms getting closer to the official 1.0 version. Check the free version of IvyForms in the plugins repository, which supports 10+ field types, integration with wpDataTables, notifications, reCAPTCHA for spam protection, dark mode, and more.
Directorist + Conditional Logic… 8.6v brings forms with conditional logic, where form fields can be dynamically shown or hidden based on user input. Also, added enhanced mobile search experience with improved layout and responsiveness of search forms on smaller screens.
GamiPress + Badge Builder… 7.7.0v has introduced an all-new Badge Builder tool for creating custom badges in the GamiPress plugin. You can create a fully custom badge with a different shape, color palette, and much more.
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