Pods 3.0 was just released. The main feature is conditional logic for fields.

Advanced Themer 2.0 Beta is available for testing. Here is a video that goes over the updates. There is a new color manager and a new class manager, among other features. Note that the video is long, but there are video jumps in the description.

A new program, WP Includes, was launched to help to improve the number of women in leadership positions in WordPress companies. The program matches women with mentors to help guide them in their career advancement. If you are interested in being a mentor, a mentee, or a program sponsor then this post in the Tavern has more information and links.

MainWP added a new “demo” mode option to allow new and prospective users the chance to test and see how it works.

IconicWP, makers of WooCommerce plugins, announced that they are moving from Freemius to WooCommerce. It makes sense as now they can use their own products in their store and checkout. In the announcement they mentioned that the switch provides a more streamlined user experience and enhanced security.

Meta Box now has an integration with Divi. You can use Meta Box custom fields either with the Divi dynamic data options in Divi’s modules, or Meta Box provides two Divi modules for more flexibility.

Congrats Alex de Borba on the alpha release of your block theme Seance.

Bricks 1.9 was released with a new Woo Commerce account builder. Looks like Bricks with 1.9 is finally ready for starting Woo Commerce integration.

After a discussion about the performance hit that translation adds to sites, the Performance Team has prepared a new plugin, Performant Translations. They intend it as a “feature” plugin for testing and use and hopefully eventual inclusion in core.

From the article, the plugin converts translation files to PHP files so they can be handled by OPcache. It appears that this greatly speeds up sites with translations. The files revert if the plugin is removed.