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WP Weekly 290 - Projects > CraftForms > Beacon Plugins Watch > Woo Health Check thewpweekly.com/issue-290/ #WordPress stories from @remkusdevries @austinginder @marcusdburnette @crixu44 @mr_psiho @xaver_ @Shorthand @MythThrazz @jonschr @istiyad02

Ollie AI is here! We're doing things a little different (as usual). Instead of a bulky AI thing that aims to do everything, we're taking a more measured approach by layering AI into the features you already love. High-caliber design 🤝 AI superpowers

If you’re building with WordPress you should absolutely follow and check out @GoInfluenceWP. You can get exclusive deals on plugins and track change logs for various plugins. Membership is FREE so you can save money, no catch or surprises.

New milestone: 1,000 active installations for MailerPress! 😍 wordpress.org/plugins/mailer…

New WPFolks Community… new WPFolks community space, created by Ankit Panchal and Sia Panchal. It promises to be a hub for WordPress users with dedicated sections for speakers, plugins, events, jobs, and more. wpfolks.org via WPWeekly_289 #WordPress @thewpfolks

Hi everyone — we’re the Woo Design team, here to share some of our work and hear your feedback and thoughts. Be kind 😀

@lukehumble @giovannicintolo @MythThrazz @ask_hellosatya @thewpfolks @convesio @Themewinter @wpmetcom @wbcomdesigns @modern_fields @technocrackers @LiquidWeb @MattReinholz @automattic @WCEurope @wpbakery @rankmathseo @BlakeWhittle7 @bluehost @WordCampAsia @FluentCartWP @wp_seopress @aioseopack @wpmetabox @easywpforms @PPelementor @wpdirectorist More #WordPress stories in WP Weekly 289 from @mikhail_b_ @OttoKitHQ @hostedby20i @Hostinger @mattwiebe @profilepress @PluginPunch @builderius @iamposti @techjewel @vapvarun @smashingmag @EtchWPOfficial @craylor @shitalmarakana @michelleames thewpweekly.com/issue-289/

WordPress 7.0 lands on May 20th btw make.wordpress.org/core/2026/04/2…

WP Weekly 289 - New Date - Make WP Fast - WP Desktop Mode - Woo Insights thewpweekly.com/issue-289/ #WordPress stories @lukehumble @giovannicintolo @MythThrazz @ask_hellosatya @thewpfolks @convesio @Themewinter @wpmetcom @wbcomdesigns @modern_fields

Excited that we finally acquired the perfmatters.com domain (after a decade of trying). 🎉 We'll continue using perfmatters.io for the time being. But things may change down the road. A redirect is now in place. ⤴️

5 elements. One plan. PMPro Max: hosting, email, performance, AI tools, Do It For Me, plus the full PMPro Plus software. $99/month or $999/year. Founding price. Lock it in. pmproplugin.com/pricing/

Last week I began exploring some high-level prototypes for future of the WordPress admin. Not just a sidebar redesign, a rethink of the whole shell. How you move, multitask, and get things done across the product. Here's what's in it 🧵

DesignSetGo 2.1 is out. Full Dynamic Query block, Dynamic Tags for binding any block to post meta / ACF / Meta Box / Pods / JetEngine, conditional visibility on every block, and per-URL Markdown. Page-builder power, native Gutenberg. wordpress.org/plugins/design…

WPFolks · Day 2 Just crossed 100 folks, 175 plugins showcased, 11 WordPress businesses listed. Community feed hasn't gone quiet since launch 🙌 Also shipped: Verified + Expert badge applications and a bunch of polish. wpfolks.org #WordPress #buildinpublic

Viral Reels aren't luck. The hook is the formula. 3 seconds. Visual, auditory, or text-based. Make them stop scrolling. "Stop doing X." "The secret to Y." High-energy movement in frame one. Get them past 3 seconds? The algorithm notices.

We've built AI tools for our own team: PMPro-specific workflows, not a generic ChatGPT button. Writing docs. Drafting content. Writing membership site code with full plugin context. Max subscribers get access to the same libraries. Day 4 of 6.

Since rejoining @wpfusion as both CMO and COO, I’ve been working alongside @jjack_arturo , who has spent the last decade building an incredible premium @WordPress plugin. It’s a real full-circle moment.

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Caching + membership sites is a bad combination when done wrong. Members seeing content they shouldn't. Visitors seeing member-only pages. Checkout pages cached for the wrong person. We built membership-aware caching. It knows the difference. Day 3 of 6.

we are cooking at @FluentCartWP