A change was made in WordPress 6.4 to how the main loop is handled in block themes. This might impact blocks that use the query loop.

LatePoint is a full featured booking plugin for WordPress. It was previously sold only on CodeCanyon but now the makers of the Astra theme, Brainstorm Force, have invested in it and are integrating it into their lineup. This video is a quick look at LatePoint so you can see the types of features it offers.

Remember ProjectHuddle? It has been rebranded as SureFeedback and the plugin is being updated and expanded. Here is the announcement:

WooCommerce team is going all in on the “blockification” of WooCommerce. To help in communicating these changes they have started to share monthly updates, or “extensibility snaps.” I noticed from the comments in the October update that it appears that 3rd party developers may need to re-integrate their plugins to work with the new blocks.

I’m not sure that confetti qualifies as a productivity tool 🙂 but this plugin adds a couple of features to the new command palette such as color code format conversion and the ability to evaluate math expressions. I expect we will soon see a few full-fledged toolboxes for the command palette.

Here is a tutorial from the Meta Box team showing how to create reusable banners using Bricks and Meta Box.

Brian Gardner, who is a well known theme creator, has gone all in on block themes. In this video he shows how to create a home page using Gutenberg and the Site Editor. The video might be of interest to people who are not familiar with creating layouts with these tools.

This is a rather long article detailing one team’s look at animations and accessibility. I thought it was interesting how they classified animations and approached the different groups.

WordFence launches a bug bounty program to reward researchers within the program’s parameters. This competes with Patchstack which already has a program. Unfortunately, the WordFence CEO takes a swipe at Patchstack … I prefer when WordPress companies seek to cooperate.