These are both security releases to patch access control issues in the Design Library endpoints which were reachable without authentication.

This article from The Repository provides information about the new Accessibility Lab plugin, which will be a testing ground for accessibility changes before they are added to core.

It asks US policy makers not to put restrictions on open weight AI models.

That was fast. It has been less than 5 months since it was announced and Em-Dash is already nearing the

Bricks 2.4 is adding a new unified browser that lets us view, manage, and load templates, components, post types, media and more without leaving the Bricks editor. The new media manager is part of the Bricks browser and has lots of features. The video has a full walk-through.

The WPManage team is now digitally signing their plugins to close loops in possible supply chain attacks. They have also had an independent security audit by Patchstack for FluentForms. I appreciate seeing developers being proactive about security.

This is an interesting look at what is behind or contributes to plugin growth. On one level it seems obvious, but many could learn from it.

In this tutorial Paul Charlton walks-through the steps for enabling and configuring the new Bricks AI connection current in beta.

This will be of interest to those using WooCommerce who are ready for a change for the better. The FluentCart team has released FluentCart migrator to move stores from Woo to FluentCart.