Pier #104 - The Most Expressive Text-to-Speech Model Yet

Stefan from Ahoi.dev | The Pier #104 | June 13, 2025

Welcome to the 104th issue of The Pier. Paul from Filter and PersonalizeWP has announced the release of Filter AI, a free WordPress plugin for AI-powered content creation. Simply enter your own API key from OpenAI, Anthropic or Gemini.

Ending: WP SiteLauncher will soon be leaving beta. Make sure you don’t miss out on the 30% off (LTD) launch offer!

New: Breakfusion announces that every animation component now has its own interactive configurator. You can use sliders to adjust the timing, preview the effects instantly, and customise the parameters visually. Then, simply copy the perfectly tailored code. The current LTD price will increase on 15 June.

Exciting: The PHP Foundation now officially supports FrankenPHP.

Acquisition: Automattic has aquired Clay, a relationship management tool.

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!

🚀 Launched: Arch by RunCloud

Announced at WordCamp Europe 2025, Arch by RunCloud is a new toolkit that enables you to run your own hosting platform on AWS, UpCloud, Vultr, Hetzner, DigitalOcean and more. It enables you to manage clients, billing and support via your own branded dashboard.

🗞️ Bites & Pieces

WordPress

SureForms 1.7.1 introduces support for rich text in the text area field, as well as a new width option of 67%, helping you to fine-tune your form layouts. Version 1.7.2 introduces a new ‘Current Page URL’ smart tag under Generic tags. This is helpful for tracking form submissions based on page location.

Groundhogg 4.1.3 introduces RTL language support in the email editor, as well as a new Blocked opt-in status.

Kadence Blocks 3.5.10 introduces mobile header control with custom breakpoints.

The new Agency Template is the first in a series of Signature Templates developed by Astra with real businesses in mind.

With the new Fancy Figma to Bricks feature, you can now copy variables from Figma and import them into ACSS.

View Transitions is a free plugin that implements support for cross-document view transitions in WordPress.

FluentAuth 2.0.0 introduces a Login/Signup Page Customizer, the ability to log in with Facebook, system email customizations and more (video).

SureRank 1.0.0 beta 2 brings a new SEO bar that now displays page SEO suggestions directly on pages, posts, categories and more. Four new schema types have also been added: AboutUs, ContactUs, NewsArticle and BlogPosting.

Thrive Apprentice now integrates with Square (video).

E-Commerce

FunnelKit Automations 3.6 introduces a new ‘Export Carts’ feature, Thrive Architect form compatibility and a new date of birth (DOB) field, as well as new ‘User Total Points’ and ‘User Unclaimed Points’ merge tags for Advanced Coupons (video).

Laravel

The Fathom Analytics package for Laravel Livewire provides Alpine.js directives and helpers for seamless Fathom Analytics event tracking in Blade templates and Livewire components.

Laravel Echo 2.1 features improved installation and frontend hooks.

Form Builder

In its May 2025 product update, Formbricks announces the release of audit logging, an Android SDK, RTL support and spam protection.

Icons

Streamline adds 550 new Micro icons covering various themes, such as AI, business, project management, healthcare and travel, as well as other essential interface elements.

CRO

With Claspo‘s JavaScript API, you can now target and trigger a widget based on JavaScript variables, enabling you to communicate more personally with your visitors. Also new are subtle widget animations.

Screen Recordings

With Screen Studio 3.3.1, you can now share video links of up to 30 minutes.

Partnership Management

With Partnero, you can now add partner tags to organize and manage your partners more efficiently. For example, you can group partners by custom criteria, categorize and filter partner lists, apply custom rewards and more.

Client Portals

Kitchen completely redesignes its Inbox feature, introducing Chats, Tasks, Files, and Updates tabs, as well as new filters, layout options, bulk actions and much more besides (video).

Private Podcasting

With Hiro, you can now add photos, videos and custom HTML to your profile page. You can add things like welcome videos, lead magnets, testimonials and countdown timers, for example.

Final Cut Pro

Recut releases a new video tutorial showing how to use the automatic video editor for multicam workflows with Final Cut Pro.

No-Code Website Builder

Siter.io introduces a dark mode and global font swap.

Email Builder

Postcards completely redesignes the image gallery, introducing a cleaner layout, faster performance and a more seamless experience.

Reputation Management

Following the recent launch of a new UI/UX, EmbedMyReviews introduces a clean, modern, mobile-friendly opt-in form design. You can now also generate Stripe payment links for your customers directly from the agency dashboard.

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

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That’s all for this week. We hope you enjoyed the 104th issue of The Pier. Until next week! Please tell your friends about The Pier if you like it.

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