WordPress had a “win” with Create Content Model, but instead of embracing it they labeled it an “oops”. I guess despite what some might want to think, WordPress is not acting like a startup. When an entrepreneur sees something stick they jump on it like a $20 bill being blown down the sidewalk. I like how Matt Medeiros subtly suggest that this kind of functionality in core is not really that outrageous or abnormal.

Joost has a new Progress Planner plugin. This is not a plugin for agencies and freelancers, but rather for bloggers, entrepreneurs, and DIY site owners. Progress Planner gamifies content creation and site maintenance tasks for people who aren’t necessarily “pros” and might need guidance. There is currently a beta of the free version in the WP plugin directory and they are planning a pro version for the future.

The Beaver Builder team is adding support for code snippets into their Site Assistant app.

In the latest ACF live stream they demoed how the upcoming ACF 6.4 will support WooCommerce HPOS. This is the high performance Woo that uses custom database tables. It is great to see that ACF will be able to be used in that context.

Patchstack announces a free Vulnerability Disclosure Platform for WordPress developers to help them manage disclosures. This will help developers comply with the upcoming EU Cyber Resilience Act.

Congratulations to the Code Snippets team for reaching the 1 million active install milestone!

Here is a great interview with John Blackbourn, who is a member of the WordPress security team.

A prototype was released showing how to create Custom Post Types and custom fields using the block editor and then display them using the Site Editor. While the project is still new, it demonstrates the thinking and possible direction for Gutenberg. Very cool. In this video we take a look at how this is currently working. It may be some time before this makes it into a WordPress core release, if it every does.

See Paul Charlton curse in this video on how to turn off Elementor AI