September Newsletter Volume v26/23

This week was full of new updates, exclusive deals and more wordcamp update.

Top WordPress Stories:

• Some WordPress core developers and plugin authors are unhappy with WordPress.com’s decision to replicate the entire WordPress.org plugin directory on its own domain. They claim that this creates confusion for users and search engines and undermines the open-source project.

WordPress Stories:

• Elegantthemes release Divi AI, a powerful text and image generator built inside of Divi, allowing you to create spectacular images, write fantastic content, and improve your existing website on the fly using artificial intelligence.
• Gravityforms announce the release of Advanced Post Creation Add-On 1.4. They also added support for async (background) feed processing and more.
• WpMet products ShopEngine Pro v2.4 and ShopEngine Free v4.4.0 both makes changelog fixing translation, image,file path issue with improvement.
• Gutenberg WooCommerce Builder ProductX 3.0 now available. The new ProductX blocks plugin is like a whole new plugin. It’s so much faster and easier than the previous version. 
• Version 1.0.0 of the ActivityPub plugin was released this week with major updates that make it possible to have a blog-wide account, instead of just individual author accounts.
• Frontend Dashboard in Instructor Role for LearnDash finally released. It makes course creation & management not only easy but also fast.
• Optimole v3.10 makes an update with Lazyload, Dashboard, Placeholder Color and Placeholder Color.
• MainWP has released new Fathom Extension allowing you to view all websites Fathom analytics data within the MainWP dashboard.
• The latest version of Easy Digital Downloads EDD 3.2 released with more features and major updates like Better Discount Management, Discounts List Views, New ‘Archive Discounts’ Feature and many more.
• Thomas Griffin celebrating OptinMonster’s 10th birthday and wrote with his journey story.
• GravityKit  are now offering PDF for GravityView, a powerful extension brought to you through a strategic partnership between GravityKit and Gravity PDF. 
• Version 1.0.0 of the ActivityPub plugin was released this week with major updates.
• Pods 3.0v has already released with conditional Logic for Fields. This allows you to show or hide a field based on the value of another field. 
• Openverse Wins 2023 Open Education Award, Seeks Community Feedback for 2024 Roadmap.
•  Anne McCarthy is celebrating 9 years at Automattic also wrote a journey on Automattic.
• Another cool milestone TablePress crossed the 12 million downloads mark in the WordPress plugin directory.
• NotificationX turns 5 with more than 30,000+ users worldwide add credibility and social proof, Congratulation.
• Rankmath Introducing Content AI 2.0 for leverage AI for your content creation workflow within WordPress.

WordPress Deals:

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• Create, Manage, and Sell eLearning Courses on WordPress With Tutor LMS.
• The most powerful learning management system for WordPress CHECK LEARN DASH PLUGIN.
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WordCamp and Meetups:

• WORDCAMP VANCOUVER — SEPT 23, 2023, Connected Again.
• WordCamp Rochester 2023 – will be held September 30, 2023.
• WordCamp Gdynia – Hugo Kołłątaja 1, 81-332 Gdynia.
• WordCamp Rochester 2023 is officially on the calendar. WordCamp Rochester will be held September 30, 2023, at the Rochester School of the Arts.
•  WordCamp Vancouver on September 23 at UBC Robson Square.
• WordCamp Whitley Bay 2023 Spanish City – September 18th.
• WordCamp Pontevedra 2023 Content & WordPress From 15 to 17 September