Beaver Builder 2.8 beta includes some long requested features, including Flexbox, CSS Grid, and Global Styles. Here is a first look at the new layout options.

This is another cool use of the WordPress playground and provides a quick way to test themes and plugins. They intend to extend it with with further options.

The Oxygen Builder 4.8 beta is available. The main feature is a new navigator for quickly switching between templates, pages, and posts. Being able to switch from within the editor greatly cuts down on the time. The other feature is an improvement to break point unit inheritance for better consistency.

The Getwid Gutenberg block collection added a new AI writing block that is powered by OpenAI. The goal is to make it quicker to create content from within the Gutenberg editor.

MainWP 4.5 was released with a number of enhancements. There is now a three level navigation system, more flexible widgets, the ability to find sites with missing plugins and themes, better permissions, etc. This 4 minute video gives an overview.

Automattic made it to number 68 in the Cloud 100 with a valuation of $7.5 billion. The Cloud 100 is a list of the best private cloud computing companies. It is interesting to see the valuations of some familiar names.

Changes in Timber 2.0 RC. Updates and modernization. Also, you will no longer be able to install it as a plugin but will have to use Composer.

Part of Gutenberg phase 3 is a redesign of the WordPress admin. Contributors are starting to propose designs.

Community themes is an initiative by the members of the WordPress themes team, and other contributors, to provide high quality themes for free. They have just released their second community theme, Blue Note.