Congrats to Patchstack – now a member of the Open Source Security Foundation.

Ciwcly has added a new custom breakpoints feature. It is shown in this video.

Bricks is the most advanced builder available for WordPress, has a great team behind it, and they listen to their users in guiding future development . Beginning January 15, 2024 there will be significant pricing changes. If you’ve been on the fence about purchasing Bricks, then now is the time. It is an advance builder with a learning curve, but is also the most powerful option available for WordPress. The new pricing and other information is available in the official announcement.

Patchstack released a major update today with performance enhancements, better hardening, simplified rules module, and more.

Here is a preview of the Kadence Query Loop Bock that is under development.

Sarah Gooding is leaving the WP Tavern after 10 years. There is no news on who will replace her.

Benjamin Intal of Stackable Blocks is creating a new plugin called WPInteractions. It allows you to create linked animations with multiple elements. This page gives some information and a signup form for testing the beta, if you are interested.

WooCommerce 8.3 now sets blocks as the default for cart, checkout, and order confirmation pages on new installs. They warn that plugins that extend the checkout process should ensure that they will work correctly with the new defaults.