WP Weekly 169 - AI & WP - In-Built Forms, Website Redesign, $6M Revenue

This week, there are a lot of updates for AI powers in the world of WordPress. Also tracking updates for GiveWP, Breakdance, and Fluent Booking. Lastly, which product got acquired, and which websites got a fresh redesign?

❤️ The WP Awards 2023 – Voting has been really strong in the last week. Thanks to everyone for voting and sharing about The WP Awards – and don’t forget to Vote! Also, thanks to InMotion Hosting, 20i Hosting, Pressable, Unlimited WP, Meta Box, and Slim SEO for supporting this WordPress community event.

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• WordPress & AI… SEOPress 7.1v now allows you to automatically set the image ALT (alternative) text with AI power when an image is uploaded on your WordPress website. Also, Feedzy Pro 2.3v has introduced AI Powered Paraphrasing with ChatGPT/OpenAI, allowing automatic generation of alternative wording for the content.
  
  
• More WP & AI… TaxoPress, a plugin to manage tags, categories, and taxonomies, has added integration with OpenAI and IBM Watson for AI powered suggestions for the best taxonomy terms for your content. Also, WPTurbo had an update promising 5 times faster experience as a result of the switch from PHP to NodeJS.
  
  
• Product Updates… GiveWP 3.0v is a big update that introduces Visual Donation Form Builder and other changes like every donor is now automatically registered as a WordPress user, recurring only donation forms. Also, Coupon Affiliates 5.10.0v has introduced a performance bonuses feature for recognizing and rewarding high-performing affiliates.

1. New Integrations… Honors WP’s Parent & Student Access for LearnDash plugin now integrates with WP Fusion that automatically links student contact records to parent contact records in your CRM or email marketing system. FluentBooking 1.0.6v has added Twilio integration for sending notifications via SMS and WhatsApp.
   
   
2. Builder & More Updates… Breakdance 1.6v now has enhanced search for WooCommerce and combines search with Breakdance’s elements for WooCommerce filtering, among other changes. Also, Max Addons for Bricks Builder 1.5.0v has introduced advanced conditions and query loop facilitating dynamic content display.
   
   
3. New Plugin & Core Updates… WordPress VIP has released a Block Governance plugin enabling you to restrict what kind of blocks can be inserted into the block editor. Abha Thakor has published the WordPress 6.4 Field Guide covering all essential changes in this version release.
   
   
4. WP Milestones… the FluentSMTP (free plugin and will always remain free) has crossed 200K+ active installations. The dynamic data builder, CubeWP Framework has crossed the 10K+ total downloads milestone. Also, Katie Keith shared about plugins at Barn2 reaching $6 million in lifetime plugin revenue – congrats!
   
   
5. WordCamps Action… WordCamp Lahore (Pakistan) 2023 is looking for speakers and sponsors for the event scheduled for December 10, 2023. Also, tickets are available for purchase for WordCamp Montreal 2023, scheduled for November 8, 2023 (online).

• New WordPress Vulnerability Scanner at Cloudways via Patchstack.
• Video: David McCan compared performance of ACF and Meta Box.
• Video: What’s coming in WordPress 6.4 – explained in 250 secs!
• Experimental contact form block brewing in Gutenberg 16.9v.
• Your Say: Participate in the 2024 State of Open Source Survey.

New Acquisitions + Website Redesign!

Acquisition Train… Cristian Raiber, plugin creator at WPChill, has acquired ImageSEO .io from Aurelio Volle of WP Umbrella. To make this reboot even better, Cristian bought the dot com domain (ImageSEO .com) for this product moving forward. Also, Automattic has acquired Texts app, a single dashboard for all your messages across platforms like WhatsApp, iMessage, Instagram, and more.

New Design… Check the redesigned ShopWP site along with the re-written features page and the about page with the plugin origin story. Also, the WP RSS Aggregator plugin website had a cool new makeover with a pleasing new website design.

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• Black Friday Deals the 2023 edition of the page is up and running with more new deals added this week. You can submit your deals for free listing. Also, you can book sponsored slot on this page for more prominent listing and support WPWeekly WordPress newsletter.
  
  
• Launch LTD of Admin & Site Enhancements Pro LTD from $39 only.
• CSS Editor plugin for WordPress, MicroThemer LTD is live from $59.
• New LTD Everest Backup from $29 for WP Backups and Migrations.
• Big Discount Presto Player LTD for $299 and upto 50% off on yearly.
• Launch LTD Salonly Booking Plugin ($129) for Salon & Spa business.
• Bit Integrations to connect WP to other services, LTD from $49.
• Upto 65% OFF pCloud's 2TB storage for WP backups & Files.
• 100s of products listed in WordPress Lifetime Deals database.
  
  

Upcoming Events 💬

November 04, 2023: WordCamp San José at Fidélitas University, Costa Rica.
November 04, 2023: WordCamp Madrid at La Nave in Madrid, Spain.
December 11, 2023: State of the Word 2023 in Madrid, Spain.

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