March Newsletter Volume v11/23

There was a lot of new products released and updates this week wherese Automattic-sponsored, Buddyboss core team host virtual day, Wp Deals, Word camps updates and more….

Top WordPress Stories:

• Automattic-sponsored contributor Justin Tadlock has published a proposal to overhaul the WordPress Theme Handbook. “No idea is too ‘crazy’ during this stage,” Tadlock says, making the case that this is a refresh “the theming team deserves.”

• The BuddyPress Core Team Host Virtual Contributor Day on the French WordPress community is organizing in Paris on April 20, 2023.

• A first in WordPress’ history, and Haden Chomphosy is proposing to Gears Up for 2nd Women and Nonbinary Release Squad.

• Yoast SEO 20.5, which has many enhancements and (security) fixes and an improved Google SERP preview also  Drops Support for PHP 5.6, 7.0, and 7.1.

• WooCommerce 7.6 Released with two new Single Product Details Block and “Add to Cart” Form Block.

WordPress News:

• WordPress Developers Are Experimenting With Gutenberg-Native AI Block and Content Assistants as a result more WordPress plugins for AI-generated content and images, chatbots, and assistants, are landing in the official directory.
• The creators behind EventIn and WPCafe plugins have launched a new Timetics plugin for online bookings and appointments.
• Wordfence has published a security advisory about a severe unauthenticated stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in the Limit Login Attempts plugin, which is active on more than 600,000 WordPress sites.
• TeamWP Launches Team Experience Index To Measure Employee Engagement and Satisfaction in the WordPress Ecosystem.
• TablePress plugin by Tobias Bäthge has crossed the 10 million downloads mark in the WordPress plugin directory. Congratulation.
• WPTurbo makes a significant update on their latest plugin AI WordPress snippet generator.
• WPMU DEV, this week launched a new AI-powered support chat bot anything related to WPMU DEV and get answers instantly.
• 7 years later, Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) Wins Plugin Madness 2023. ACF was the very first Plugin Madness winner in 2016.
• Code snippets plugin just shot past 800.000 active installs. All without marketing tricks, just by focusing on value for our users, Congratulation.
• CheckoutWC 8.0 now available on WordPress directory with some new features like integration with SendWP, a new checkout template called Groove, and new output locations and actions for order bumps.
•  FluentCRM 2.8 will introduce the much-anticipated company module along with amazing UI updates.
• The Gutenberg Blocks plugin Stackable had reached 80,000 active installs, Congratulation.

WordPress Deals:

• Timetics plugin for online bookings and appointments Lunch offer 60% OFF!

• Sake Spring Sales! 20% OFF all Piotnet Plugins!
• Save 30% off our Master Club membership and get access to all Themify products – on sale: $62 (regular $89).
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• LIMITED TIME OFFER: 50% OFF Breakdance PRO.

WordCamp and Meetups:

• Word Camp Paris for it’s 12th edition will be held on 21 April, 2023.
• WORDCAMP SOFIA 22 April–23 April,2023 LOCATIONSofia Tech Park
  Sofia, Bulgaria.
• WordCamp Barcelona 5 May–6 May, 2023 LOCATIONUPF – Campus Ciutadella – Edifici Roger de Llúria.
• Word Camp Buffalo is officially on the calendar! WCBUF 2023 May 6,2023 at KEN-TON ELMWOOD COMMONS, 3200 Elmwood Ave Suite 110, Kenmore, NY 14217.
• WordCamp Sylhet is going to take place on May 19-20, 2023!
• #WCEU 2023 Announces Free Childcare and Workshop for Kids. #WCEU has also opened registration for Contributor Day, which will take place on June 8, kicking off the event.