The WPManageNinja team rolls out another important update. This time they add push notifications, available via their free FluentMessaging plugin.

The latest version of FluentCommunity allows your members to install your community as a Progressive Web App on their phone. The release notes provide the details. This looks to be a major feature that will make it easier for members to stay up to date with community posts.

FluentCommunity 2.2 just dropped. It is a large release with a number of nice features. They have included their own video player, FluentPlayer, which will also be released as a stand-alone product. They rewrote the user messaging module, added new layout options, additional privacy options, and much more.

I’ve noticed a growing trend away from Facebook groups and towards online communities, whether hosted on Circle or now increasingly on WordPress. I take a look at this trend in the latest issue of the WP Perspectives newsletter.

This tutorial shows how to embed YouTube videos in FluentCommunity course without ads, distractions, or clunky interfaces. Here is a simple step-by-step guide on how to integrate Presto Player with FluentCommunity.