Creating Block Themes – A section has been added to the Them Handbook on block templating. It shows how the WordPress block template system works, how to build custom templates and parts and include them in a theme.

On the acquisitions front, Brainstorm Force is now part owner of LatePoint, an appointment booking and scheduling WordPress plugin. It is being integrated into SureCart and ZipWP.

I’ve thought that Bricks is a great place to use ACPT for your custom data plugin and Paul Charlton has created this very good walk-through on how do so.

Here is a plugin from Automattic’s VIP hosting for controlling what blocks and styling are available for clients.

You have probably been prompted to setup passkeys and thought it would be a good idea to research it. This interesting article discussing passkeys is worth a read before you start using this new security feature.

Jamie Marsland gets enthusiastic about the InstaWP Connect plugin for staging. Looks very useful.

This article talks about the new direction for WooCommerce, emphasizing WooExpress as a competitor to Shopify.

The WordFence open source command line scanner now scans for malware and vulnerabilities. It is written in Python and requires power user or sysadmin skills to setup, but is a good resource. This article in the Tavern has links to the documentation and code.

This is an interesting podcast interview with Katie Keith where she shares about her WordPress journey, her take on the economy, lifetime licenses, and running her own business.