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Elementor Pro Pricing Update Slashes Features in the Essential Plan for New Customers

Elementor, the most popular website builder plugin for WordPress with more than 5 million active installations, has announced major changes coming to the features included in its Elementor Pro Essential subscription plan. The plan will still include the Theme Builder Continue reading Elementor Pro Pricing Update Slashes Features in the Essential Plan for New Customers

WordPress Contributors Target Upcoming 6.5 Release for Merging Performant Translations Into Core

WordPress’ Performance team is proposing merging Performant Translations into core in time for the upcoming WordPress 6.5 release. After an in-depth performance analysis earlier this year revealed that translations can significantly impact server response times, the team discussed various solutions and landed Continue reading WordPress Contributors Target Upcoming 6.5 Release for Merging Performant Translations Into Core

Jetpack 12.8 Launches Jetpack Creator for Monetizing Content and Subscribers

Jetpack 12.8 was released this week, introducing Jetpack Creator, a new product under the Growth category that sits alongside the recently launched Newsletter product. Jetpack Creator is aimed at users who want to monetize their content and subscribers. It supports Continue reading Jetpack 12.8 Launches Jetpack Creator for Monetizing Content and Subscribers

WordPress Reverts Live Preview Button on Plugins After Developer Backlash

Last week WordPress meta contributors implemented a “Live Preview” button for plugins in the official directory, with the intention of allowing users to safely test any plugin in one click. The button went live across all of WordPress.org’s 59,000+ plugins Continue reading WordPress Reverts Live Preview Button on Plugins After Developer Backlash

WordPress Plugin Review Team Onboards New Members, Releases Plugin to Flag Common Errors

WordPress’ Plugin Review Team continues to dig out from under a massive backlog that has grown to 1,260 plugins awaiting review. Developers submitting new plugins can expect to wait at least 91 days, according to the notice on the queue Continue reading WordPress Plugin Review Team Onboards New Members, Releases Plugin to Flag Common Errors

WordPress.com Plugin Pages Add Download Link for Using Plugins on Self-Hosted Sites

WordPress.com plugin pages have been updated to include a download link for WordPress.org plugins listed in the .com directory. These are the listings that are scraped from WordPress.org. The plugins are available for free on WordPress.org for self-hosted sites but Continue reading WordPress.com Plugin Pages Add Download Link for Using Plugins on Self-Hosted Sites

ActivityPub 1.0.0 Released, Introducing Blog-Wide Accounts and New Blocks

Version 1.0.0 of the ActivityPub plugin was released this week with major updates that make it possible to have a blog-wide account, instead of just individual author accounts, where followers receive updates from all authors. This new feature allows people Continue reading ActivityPub 1.0.0 Released, Introducing Blog-Wide Accounts and New Blocks