In this article Matt Cromwell pulls together information from plugin shops, annual transparency reports, seller surveys, and other sources to get a finer grained understanding of the plugin market. He looks at the vulnerabilities and where firmer footing might be found.

And another one for your watch list – Automattic releases Code for the People. This is a video about open source and WordPress.

Nothing good on Netflix? Webflow sponsored a Landing Page Challenge. Three teams compete to create the best landing page using GSAP. The link to watch the video is in the small white “WATCH” button on the left.

This new feature makes laying out grids very easy.

Bricks 2.3.9 is out. It is another bug fix and improvements release.

This video shows you how it is going to work. Responsive styling will be toggled on and applied differently than block collections do now.

There are a number of new features and improvements, including: a Popup Module, built-in maintenance mode, settings snapshots, more responsive controls, and accessibility improvements.

Atlant Security is a new, free, and comprehensive security plugin for WordPress. I was impressed by the extensive feature set and made a video. I do a walk-though so you can see what it offers.

Rather than adding an AI assistant itself, Meta Box abilities are a collection of of tools that AI agents can use via the WordPress Abilities API.