Pier #100 - AreaWP, OttoKit, Blockstudio, Dokan, Rapyd Cloud, SureCart, Bricks, FluentCommunity, Pabbly Chatflow, ThriveDesk & MyPayKit

Stefan from Ahoi.dev | The Pier #100 | May 16, 2025

Welcome to the 100th issue of The Pier. 🥳 Thank you for subscribing to our newsletter! We’re delighted to be able to keep you up to date with what’s happening in the world of WordPress, e-commerce, web development, design and more. Here’s to many more issues to come!

Milestone: Dynamic Visibility for Elementor crosses 50k+ active installations.

Here is a selection of the latest and greatest blog posts we published this week on Ahoi.dev. You will also find some interesting industry news, the latest directory listings on The Port, job openings, and deals. Enjoy!

👋 SureCart Relaunch

SureCart has relaunched its website with a simple, clean design that focuses on the main features of the e-commerce plugin for WordPress. Nice! ❤️

🗞️ Bites & Pieces

WordPress

Slim SEO Link Manager 1.11.0 adds support for Beaver Builder.

John from Fancy Bricks releases a new Figma plugin designed to create a seamless and efficient workflow between Figma and Bricks.

WowOptin 1.3.0 automatically detects and moves ‘out of viewport’ elements into the canvas, allowing you to quickly upload and insert images by dragging and dropping them into the builder.

CommandUI 1.7.0 adds integration with Greyd.Suite, allowing you to search and access all your connected sites instantly. Also new: WS Form integration.

E-Commerce

Toolkit for SureCart 1.2.3 adds new options to show or hide Customer Dashboard tabs based on user roles or SureMembers access groups. There are also new user switching links for enquiries in the new B2B for SureCart add-on messaging system.

AB Split Test 1.9.4 now uses your sitemap to analyze more pages more accurately for insight generation. Full page tests are now over 400ms faster and on page tests are 250ms faster. Version 1.9.5 adds support for FunnelKit and any WooCommerce checkout extension that adds upsells or cross sells.

Would you like to attract new customers and generate additional revenue for your online store through lotteries, competitions and giveaways? Check out Lottery for WooCommerce!

SeedProd launches MyPayKit, which allows you to accept Square payments on your website without touching a single line of code.

Lightfunnels now allows you to purchase and connect your domain directly from your dashboard. No third party registrars. No DNS copy-paste.

Server Management & Hosting

xCloud 1.7.7 introduces OPcache control. Previously, OPcache was always enabled by default. However, you can now choose to enable or disable it.

AreaWP is a new Website as a Service (WaaS) platform that makes it easy to launch, manage and resell WordPress sites. There is no Multisite setup — each site is a fully isolated WordPress installation.

Tailwind CSS

Designed with Tailwind CSS and Next.js, Compass is a new starter kit for publishing your own online course.

Email Marketing Automation

MailerCloud introduces advanced audience segmentation, enabling you to create dynamic segments based on behaviour, engagement and location. Also new: Click map!

Pabbly Chatflow revises its credit system: From now on, only outgoing WhatsApp messages will consume credits — incoming messages are completely free.

Customer Support

ThriveDesk improves its Assistant API to include direct Knowledge Base article integration. This means that your users can now access help articles directly through the Assistant or sidebar without having to leave your app.

Digital Signage

The new YouTube app from Juuno lets you stream videos and Shorts, as well as full playlists, directly to your screen. No downloads or formatting.

Final Cut Pro

mIntro Vibrant is now available in MotionVFX’s DesignStudio.

From the Editor: Biff.codes

We’ve launched a new side project called Biff.codes, a free job board for WordPress developers and more. Find out why Biff can get paid in burgers. 🍔

🚨 Latest Posts

The following highlighted articles have been published in the last 7 days. All posts can be found on our blog.

👋 Latest Jobs

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That’s all for this week. We hope you enjoyed the 100th issue of The Pier. Until next week! Please tell your friends about The Pier if you like it.

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