The WP org team has implemented new filters on the plugin and theme searches for “Commercial” and “Community.”

Liquid Web was acquired. That’s a lot of high profile WordPress properties: Liquid Web, Nexcess, StellarWP, Modern Tribe, LearnDash, Kadnece, and others. I didn’t see that coming.

Some site builders take the approach that the website belongs to the client and the client gets full control. Others restrict client access to what they need to get their job done and hide the rest. In this article the author argues for teaching the client only what they need to know.

My thought is that it depends on the client, the website, and the contract.

ACPT 1.0.180 adds two important features: full support for Breakdance visual builder and the plugin is now ready to be translated, the first language (Italian) is already available.

Matt Mullenweg, Gutenberg Architect, Matías Venture, and Executive Director, Josepha Haden Chomphosy reflect on WordPress in 2023 and aspirations for the coming year.

Congrats to Maxime Beguin on the success of Advanced Themer for Bricks. While it is not necessary to use any addons to make sites with Bricks, Advanced Themer hit a sweet spot in providing new features and tweaks inside the Bricks builder.

The plugin provides features such as the ability to create and manage CSS variables, a class importer, the ability to enable / disable options for clients, as well as shortcuts and additions to the Bricks editor. There are a number of utilities included, such as the ability to enable a light and dark theme for your site, a color palette generator, and the obligatory AI integration.

Advanced Themer launched in April and just reached version 1.1. While a lot of people have been using it on live sites, it is now officially out of beta.

We are used to following the WordPress core team, but don’t hear much about the Polyglots Team. This article provides information about how they are organized and what they do.

What’s next for Beaver Builder? The “Box” Module and Global Styles and Colors. Apparently the Box Module is a new type of flexible container. Not sure how I feel about the new module. Maybe it would have been better to just introduce Flexbox. Global styles and colors have been a long standing request and users will be happy when that is implemented.

Note that this report is based on search volume, which is much different than usage. It says that demand for WordPress is up 11.3%, but for WooCommerce only 1%. It also says that there are a million searches a month for plugins and that expensive and fast hosting remains one of the most valuable parts of the WordPress economy.