WordPress 6.8.2 was released with 35 core bug fixes and 15 Gutenberg fixes.

Toolset has a bug fix, compatibility, and performance release.

This is interesting. I don’t recall Beaver Builder ever targeting a competitor before. In the past they have always been the nice ones who avoid drama. In this post they target Bricks and mention some Bricks issues I don’t recognize. By the way, doing a comparison post is legit, it is just a surprise to see them go on the offensive in this way.

WP Ultimo has been abandoned for a number of years. Now a member of the WP Ultimo user community, David Stone, has forked WP Ultimo and provided a number of bug fixes and significant improvements. He plans to release it on WordPress . org as Multisite Ultimate but you can grab it now from github.

A few weeks ago I installed the latest build of Etch and tried it out. It seems to still be in the code first stage and I ended up searching through posts in the Circle group for answers to questions I had. Now the Etch team has started on a documentation site. Many of the topic s are still “More to come…” but they are starting to be filled out and should be useful for those who want to experiment with the developer builds.

The WordPress core team announced plans for another major release in 2025. Version 6.9 was originally scheduled for next year but Matt has called for another release in 2025. It is uncertain what will be included, perhaps some projects and improvements that have already been underway? Matt mentioned in an interview that he would like to have the Admin redesign shipped this year.

Supply chain attack found in Gravity Forms. Here are the details as they are unfolding.

Jeffrey Dalrymple takes a look at the current state of Elementor’s new v.4 editor. Where are they nailing it and where is it drifting?

A German court ruled that Meta tracking pixels on third party sites violates the GDPR.