The 4.1.0 version is available to lifetime license holders and includes all of the features except for the remote scan option. I’m happy to see the team support lifetime license holders. You can download it from your account dashboard.

This version also adds the ability to clean post types, as well as several new database insight and optimization options.

The latest version of Bricks was released. It includes bug fixes and minor improvements.

I imagine most of us are using Lets Encrypt SSL certificates and so this might not apply, but to those managing SSL certs for clients this might be something to plan for.

Cloudflare is building a WordPress competitor. It is billed as “the spiritual successor to WordPress that solves plugin security.” EmDash is powered by Astro, which is a super fast web framework for content-driven websites. It’s also architected to be AI-first with Agent Skills, EmDash CLI, and a built-in MCP server.

This tutorial shows how to use the new editor and elements.

With Divi 5 now officially in Public Launch, Crocoblock introduced an integration with JetEngine and JetSmartFilters. This should make it easier to create real estate listings, directories with filters, templates with dynamic content, and ecommerce catalogs.

The delay seems to be due to the real time collaboration issue and concerns about the database design. Real time collaboration will be off by default, but there is apparently no knowledge about how well it will work on shared hosting. Also mentioned that WordPress may go to 4 releases per year.

Congrats to the FluentCart team.

The overall release schedule is not changed, but the RC is delayed due to concerns with performance and other issues.