Brainstorm Force launched SureMails and in so doing raised the bar on free SMTP solutions. SureMails will retry email sending, allows you to configure alternative SMTP providers, email logging, analytics, and some basic spam filtering.

Here is a new plugin boiler plate intended to enable modern coding features. It allows for using namespaces and autoloading with Composer.

In this video Jamie Marsland shows one of the reasons why it is easier for new users to get started building their site with a Classic theme than a block theme.

WooCommerce now has a new website. It looks nice.

Kevin Powell has a useful short about the :empty element and how you can use it to solve a common problem.

Matt Mullenweg is interviewed on My First Million. A nice presentation, Matt is on is game.

Congratulations to Mauro Cassani, the creator of ACPT. He has just completed an integrations with WP Gridbuilder. Note the list of integrations on the left nav bar.Mauro Cassani

Here is a great post from Jeff Starr explaining the difference between plugins, must-use plugins, and drop-in plugins.

A2 Hosting has been acquired by World Host Group.