The Builderius team just released their developer update which includes major enhancements to Collections (Loops). Any HTML tag is supported, they removed the output of JSON on the front-end, there is a visual conditions builder that works inside loops, a new sub-collection element, and a recursive template element. There is a new free version and the pro update is available for download from you account page. The linked article has the details, along with a walk-through video.

Over on the Make blog the first AI guidelines for WordPress have been published. The idea is to set expectations on the use of AI in contributing.

Here is a nice interview on the WP Minute with Davinder Singh Kainth where they discusses the WP Awards, sponsorship, and what’s happening in WordPress.

Winden brings Tailwind 4 utility classes to the block editor.

In case you missed it, David Denedo created a nice video previewing the next development release of Builderius. There are lots of improvements to the Collections element. This is due for testing soon and I think there are just a few more things on the do to list, like undo, before this development cycle completes.

Big congratulations to the Etch team on the release of version 1.0. Etch was created in the open with frequent releases at a rapid pace. Version 1.0 represents stability and confidence by the team that Etch is ready for site builders. It takes a power user / developer first approach that many have found refreshing. You can now download version 1 from your Etch account dashboard.

Rob Ruiz and Ryan Welcher take a look at the WP Rig starter theme for WordPress.

Here is an interesting article from Dries, leader of the Drupal project, about the challenges or AI for project maintainers and the approach that Drupal is taking. It was interesting to note that in the case of finding security issues, that when used by experienced developers AI increased productivity, but when used by inexperienced devs it put a large burden on maintainers to investigate phantom security issues.

Nick Diego experimented with his own blog and migrated his site to use Markdown. There is a link to an overview of the project with details near the top of the page.