The free, open source, version of Core Framework is available on GitHub in in the WordPress plugin directory. Bricks, Oxygen, and Figma addons are included in it.

Another batch of improvements and fixes.

There are several code snippet management plugins available. FluentSnippets, developed by Md Shahjahan, is the best free one and does a number of things better than premium offerings. It passed the 50K install milestone, and it is not surprising to me that people trust it. This article provides some history about the plugin, the philosophy behind it, and information about the recent update.

From the release notes: “An authenticated Author+ remote code execution issue via malicious file upload on sites that use Imagick and Ghostscript reported by the team at pwn.ai”

The FluentCart support for Divi 5 includes 18 Divi modules for creating custom store, cart, checkout, and customer dashboard pages.

This is an interesting post by Matt Cromwell that identifies the main reasons people give a 5 star review or a 1 star review. A useful resource for those with plugins in the directory.

Automattic is a platinum sponsor of the PHP Foundation and Anne McCarthy has joined the foundation’s board. Supporting other open source projects is something that Automattic does right, and it benefits us all.

PHP is the underlying language used with WordPress and using it is part of the project’s success. PHP-based hosting is easy to setup and relatively inexpensive.

This one in plugins from BdThemes. It is a different delivery mechanism. Plugin zips were not infected, instead the payload was delivered via an information page on site admin panel.

GeneratePress 3.0 Premium will deliver a reinvention of the Elements module. This new feature, named Template Engine, will use modern technology to provide 100% block-built sites that load faster and with greater freedom than either Elements or Block themes can. It will also deliver many Element-related feature requests and a simple, non-destructive upgrade path. GB Pro 2.8 brings Global Styles upgrades and new Design Tokens into a shared design workspace.