The pro version of the popular Kirki theme framework was recently acquired by Themeum. They have released it now for free.

There were a number of WordPress performance enhancements in 6.3, which is due to be released tomorrow. This article reviews the enhancements and the changes related to them.

Bricks 1.8.5 was released. It includes new elements for reading progress bar, reading time, table of contents, image mask, and options for different images per breakpoint, along with other updates and fixes.

The Toolset team has released an update to their plugins adding support for the upcoming release of WordPress 6.3. It is nice to see that they also added support for PHP versions 8.0, 8.1, and 8.2 along with a number of other fixes.

Congratulations to the Kadence team on the release of Kadence Blocks 3.1 and the updates to Kadence Blocks Pro. The biggest feature is the build out of the Kadence Form block, but there are also lots of smaller enhancements and generally making the UI more consistent and easier to use.

Brian Gardner’s premium Frost theme didn’t work out and he sold it to WP Engine. Now he is trying again with Powder Studio, another block theme. This one looks more well rounded.

WordPress org adds a memorials page to remember community contributors who’ve died.

BuddyPress to get the ability to restrict access to members only without using any additional plugin. This feature has been requested since forever. It is scheduled to be included in the next release around the end of October.

Toolset and WPML are changing the currency for new subscriptions from US dollars to Euros. Current subscriptions don’t change. Here is the blog article from the Toolset site.