The Pinegrow UI was one area that was frequently mentioned as needing a refresh. I’m glad they listened.

Justin Tadlock shares a list of new features coming for Gutenberg and developers. These are not available in core yet, but are being worked on. They include responsive grid block, a dedicated font library admin screen, the ability to create blocks using PHP, and more.

This is a surprise – For years ACF has stayed focused on the creation of Custom Post Types and custom fields. Now, in a departure from that disciplined approach, the ACF Pro 6.8 Beta 2 is adding the ability to output full JSON-LD schema so content for your post type is more easily discoverable by AI and search engines.

There are some good insights in this thought piece by Chris Lema. Code abstraction is nothing new. Do you want to be in the front driving, or in the back complaining?

Does CSS Grid seem too complex? Kevin Powell shows some ways to keep it simple.

Here is a very interesting report of what happened when some large WooCommerce stores were moved to Shopify. It exposes some characteristics of the Shopify platform that might not be obvious.

Ovidiu Maghetiu, the creator of WP Code Box, has been working on a new project, PhantomWP. It is an editor and site building framework for creating headless WordPress sites using Astro. It has a lot of features built in, including Git deployment. Here is a video overview.

WordPress 7.0 will require all blocks to be at Version 3 in block.json. This is coming very soon, so Ronald Huereca updated his guide on Version 3, along with a few examples of how to resolve third-party script issues. If you’re a block developer, now is the time to opt in and test your blocks.

This discussion on WP Product Talk is very relevant given the recent push back on the Bricks 2.2 beta. Melissa Love started as an add-on developer for Divi and now develops for the Kadence ecosystem. Zack Katz is the creator of GravityKit, an add-on for Gravity Forms. Katie Keith from Barn2 creates add-ons for WooCommerce. They touch on pretty much all angles related to building on top of another product, well worth a watch.