ACF 6.3.6 is a security related updated that hardens security for shortcode use.

It has a CVSS Score of 9.9. It seemed that the Wordfence team had a hard time getting a response from On the Go.

Bricks released an update to version 1.10.2 that includes a number of enhancements and fixes. There are some nice quality of life enhancements. For example, the save button state to indicate when a change has been made, element breadcrumbs in the builder, fixes to avoid panel shift when editing.

The Astra theme just got a Style Guide in the Customizer. You build out your Style Guide as you fill in or complete sections in the Customizer. A nice idea.

Here is a useful video from Paul Charlton showing how to use ChatGPT or an online code generator to create a custom plugin.

Congratulations to Jeff Starr on the 20th anniversary of his Perishable Press website.

Oxygen 4.9 was released. It includes a new right click context menu and enhancements to the Advanced Query Builder.

Litespeed Cache is a free caching plugin which works best with a a Litespeed web server, but may work with other web servers also. It has so many options that it can be confusing to setup and configure. I’ve always used WP Johnny’s guide, but I’m not sure how often it is updated. This video is a current walk-through and is easy to follow: https://youtu.be/BxldFybE3yM

Ronald Huereca’s free plugin, WP Plugin Info Card, just got some nice updates. There are now options to show ratings, modify the title, and there is EDD integration, if you are using EDD.