etPack Creator Package Launched – This has tools for monetizing site content and newsletters. It seems like a good move for them. I expect to see sites taking this route to become more popular due to AI content scraping.

Congratulations to the Spectra team for reaching 600K active installs.

Toolset has a compatibility update for 6.4. It also contains a few small enhancements. They recommend updating Toolset before updating to 6.4 if you are using Toolset Blocks or Toolset Forms.

GTMetrix is doing away with its guest mode and changing its plans.

Proposed WordPress core release schedule for 2024. Interesting that they are considering one of the releases be reserved for fixes and polishing.

On the acquisitions front, Brainstorm Force is now part owner of LatePoint, an appointment booking and scheduling WordPress plugin. It is being integrated into SureCart and ZipWP.

Here is a plugin from Automattic’s VIP hosting for controlling what blocks and styling are available for clients.

It sounds like the alpha of Divi 5 will be available early next year. I was surprised to hear that if it is not missing features you need, that you can go ahead and start using it. Probably not something I’d do.

This video shows the direction that the Bricks team is taking with components.