Firefox adds a sidebar with vertical tabs for bookmarks, history, and synced tabs. These are features introduced by ARC, Zen, and other modern browsers. Sidebar tabs are now the new normal.

The Beaver Builder team shares what they have planned for the next version. The list includes dynamic global templates, predesigned modules, a star rating module, and accessibility improvements.

Core committers met a week ago to discuss the upcoming release schedule in light of there being fewer sponsored resources available. We now have a summary of that meeting. One of the outcomes is that WordPress 6.8 will be last major release for this year.

Divi 5 is really starting to get interesting with the announcement of Design Variables. These include all fonts, colors, numbers, images, links, and text. For example, a company’s name, logo and phone number can be variables and all be changed across the entire site from one spot: the Variable Manager.

This reduction comes after two rounds of employee buyouts late last year.

Stellar, the parent company of Kadence, Solid Security, Solid Backups, and other tools, is launching Stellar Sites. Stellar Sites hosting will include access to Kadence as well as the plugins under the Stellar brand. Early access will open later this month.

Toolset adds Open Street Map support and better support for newer versions of PHP.

Meta Box has added the ability to save your field groups in local JSON files. This may have a slight performance boost and makes it easier to version control. You can read about their implementation here.

Stackable Blocks has added a new global styles feature. It lets you easily set defaults for spacing and borders, color schemes, fonts, and buttons and icons.