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.

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.

If you purchased Elevated Extensions when it was first released then you will be happy to see this addition. It looks to be flexible in what you can include in search. It is in use on the Breakdance, Oxygen, WP All Import, and WP Debug Toolkit docs sites, so it has some real-world examples.

Ronald Huereca has had to make the difficult decision to close down his plugin business. The plugins will be shared license free on GitHub. I’m sorry to hear the news, but thank you for handling it responsibly.

Elementor has cut 100 jobs, described as a reset due to the AI era.

In their Facebook group David Babinec announced that the Core Framework and its builder extensions will be free and hosted on GitHub. Template packs will still be a premium option from the website. They are making this change because sales are down 80% this year, partly due to AI and it being a niche product.

Novamira Pro 1.5.0 is out and this update seems to focus on supporting the various form plugins. This includes Gravity Forms, WPForms, Fluent Forms, Ninja Forms, Formidable Forms, and Contact Form 7.nov

Bricks 2.3.8 was just released. This and 2.3.7 were bug fix and improvement releases. Personally, I’m very happy to see releases focusing on fixes. They make the builder more stable.

Congrats to the FluentCart team on the release of 1.5.0. They added advanced variations, which makes it much easier to create a product catalog when you have variations. Two other nice things about this are that it is in the free version and you don’t have to add a mishmash of plugins from different vendors.