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Trending this week in WordPress
WordPress spotlight
– Is there life after page builders? Interesting article by Anne Bovelett on why chose FSE instead of Elementor or other page builders. Accessibility, modern code, performance.
– Check the winners at AnyoneCanWP!
– Matt Mullenweg launched WP Engine Tracker.
– Matt Mullenweg Leaked 729K WP Engine Websites by Dumitru Brinzan (X profile). Interesting data about the WP Engine websites leaked by Matt.
– Monster's Awards voting ends on November 20.
– The WP Awards voting ends on December 12.
Cool stuff
– RAVE a new plugin developed by John Blackburn. An automated tool which compares the contents of published packages of WordPress with the canonical source code to verify they have not been tampered with.
– InfluenceWP a new platform to “Amplifying entities that influence the WordPress ecosystem”.
– WP Townhall the most interactive podcast in the WordPress community! With Mark Szymanski and Kevin Geary.
– A photo recap by Jeroen Rotty of the WordPress Core Days held in Rome November 8-9.
– Accessibility is trending and it is a good thing! It will become mandatory in the next few years to have accessible websites, so let's dive deep into this with Hassell Inclusion free monthly webinars.
WordPress Core
WordPress 6.7
– Check all the new features in WordPress 6.7.
– Some users reported issues with images after the new auto attribute applied to lazy loaded images (reported on GitHub).
– Next event Developer Hours with Nick Diego, Ryan Welcher and Justin Tadlock. All about Exploring the Block Bindings API in WordPress 6.7, you can reserve your spot here.
– From the WordPress Developer Blog: How to add content-only editing support to a block.
Review Highlight
WordPress 6.7 New Features Highlight
Discover all the best features packed in the latest version of WordPress!
Do you like this new WordPress release?
Plugins News
Online courses, community, advanced forms, Blockstudio, AIOSEO
– Tutor LMS 3.0 is Launching on November 20th, with:
- ✨ Reimagined Course & Quiz Builders 🛒 All-new Native eCommerce
- 💳 Built-in Subscriptions
- 💸 Seamless Payments with 7 integrated payment gateways
- 🎉 Tutor Starter Theme with Elementor Support
- 🤖 AI Studio
- 📝 Lesson Notes
- 📚 H5P Integration
– FluentCommunity has launched with a great early adopters deal.
– SureForms app builder is trending now. New voice input feature to describe a form and build it with AI. Accessibility improvements.
– Blockstudio is a framework for developers to create custom blocks, now running a Black Friday deal.
– Perfmatters is a plugin to optimize your WordPress website, now available with Black Friday deal!
– Novashare a plugin to make it easy for users to share your content on Social Media, now running a Black Friday deal.
– AIOSEO introduced a new Writing Assitant. “Imagine having a personal assistant by your side, guiding you step-by-step in crafting high-quality, SEO-friendly content”.
– Crocoblock has a countdown page to have an early access to their Black Friday deals.
Themes News
Classic themes are dead. Full Site Editing is finally here
Classic themes
– Blocksy Pro is my favorite. But it seems to be very quiet from an innovation perspective. How these kind of themes will evolve in the future?
Full Site Editing themes
– Is it still not perfect, but at least now we can use it to create professional websites: check my live building session with the new Twenty Twenty-Five WordPress default theme.
– Check Ollie Pro one of the most modern and versatile FSE themes.
– Keep an eye on Spectra One the FSE theme developed by the team behind Astra, SureCart and many other great WordPress products.
– Keep an eye on Neve FSE by Themeisle.
– Riad Mahmud has a good playlist about FSE.
Builders News
Black Friday deals for many builders!
– Don't miss the Elementor Pro, Divi, Breakdance, Black Friday deals, some of them have already started!
Gutenberg spot
– Supablox a new Block plugin for WordPress.
– Greyd.io mentioned by Anne in the previously linked article, a comprehensive tool to manage all you need when creating websites with FSE.
The Hosting spot
Choose the best
– Kinsta is running a Black Friday deal with 50% off discount + 1st month free.
– Hostinger is running a Black Friday promotion up to 85% off for the first year + 2 months free.
Both of them are perfect also for client work.
WordPress People
Full Site Editing People
I am sure that we will see more and more people adopting the new Full Site Editing environment since in 2025 it will clearly become very powerful and flexible, a perfect solution to create and maintain any kind of website.
Here's a list of resources and people that we can follow during this new WordPress adventure!
– Pascal Claro – WP Roads (me) and his new Full Site Editing Academy Goodmorning Gutenberg!
– Anne Bovelett, read her latest article on why she switched from Elementor to Full Site Editing: Is there life after page builders?
– Jamie Marsland‘s YouTube channel is a source of inspiration if you want to learn Gutenberg.
– Elliot Richmond has some cool content about FSE on his YouTube channel.
WordPress Deals
👉 Hostinger Use coupon WPROADS to have an extra discount!
👉 SureForms powerful WordPress form builder lifetime deal + early-adopter discount.
👉 Dynamic Shortcodes manage dynamic data in WordPress, lifetime deal available.
👉 Blocksy PRO best classic theme lifetime deal.
