Pier #127 - Growfund - A New Era of Fundraising in WordPress, Payment Forms in SureForms 2.0 & PayStack Support in FluentCart

Stefan from Ahoi.dev | The Pier #127 | November 21, 2025

Welcome to the 127th issue of The Pier. Userback has launched its new Reports page in early access, providing clearer insight into your feedback data. You can now view charts showing feedback by type, source, priority, category and sentiment, time to resolve, widget impressions and more. It provides visual insights, better filtering and an easier way to spot what matters most in your user feedback.

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Exciting: From the creators of Tutor LMS and Droip – WP Crowdfunding has been relaunched as Growfund, marking a new era of fundraising on WordPress! You can run either reward-based crowdfunding campaigns or direct donation campaigns. Both options come with built-in payment gateways and advanced analytics. Watch this video for more details.

Wow: FluentCart 1.3.0 now supports PayStack, enabling smooth payments throughout Africa. New subscription intervals have also been introduced: Quarter and Half-Year. Additionally, enhanced coupon restrictions by email or domain have been implemented.

Acquisition: Adobe has entered into an agreement to acquire Semrush, a leading brand visibility platform.

Note: Voxel Toolkit used to be free, but has transitioned to a paid pricing model. Make sure you don’t miss out on the Black Friday deal!

Great: For its new A/B testing platform, Sigmize has increased the number of workspaces from 20 to 100, and the number of team members from 50 to 200. In other news, the number of unique visitors for the Early Bird LTD has increased from 100,000 to 120,000 per year. Next up: Element Variation, AI and MCP support.

Multilingual: TranslatePress 3.0.4 adds support for an additional 39 languages, including Irish, Maltese, and Sicilian, as well as the automatic translation of Latin American Spanish using TranslatePress AI. Schema.org data can now be translated too. TranslatePress Business 1.7.0 adds support for 75 languages using DeepL.

New Arrival: We would also like to welcome Sigmize to The Port.

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 BFCM deals. Enjoy!

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🗞️ Bites & Pieces

WordPress

GenerateBlocks releases a new Carousel block and new layout capabilities.

In response to user feedback, SureDash announces a new portal design layout with a similar design to Sigmize.

Perfmatters 2.5.3 introduces a new Code Snippets feature, which is currently in beta. This is now the default view in the ‘Code’ tab. You can now create and manage PHP, JS, CSS and HTML code snippets from within Perfmatters.

Gravity Forms 2.9.22 introduces two new templates to the template library: Stripe Membership and Stripe Event Sponsorship.

Booktics now integrates with Directorist, an AI-powered business directory plugin with classified ad listings (video).

WPSix releases Patterns for Breakdance, a free plugin that enables you to add 200+ beautiful, professional-looking background patterns and gradients to your Breakdance website.

Voxel Toolkit 1.5.0 introduces Dynamic Tags/Mods, as well as a new Table of Contents widget for use in Elementor/Voxel. Version 1.5.1 introduces a new Onboarding widget to Voxel, offering first-time users interactive, step-by-step tours using intro.js.

Simply Static Pro 2.0 introduces client-side form validation, easier 404 pages, a new user access management (UAM) integration and an improved search, among other features.

WP Ulike 4.8.0 rewrites all frontend scripts in vanilla JavaScript for lightning-fast performance. No more jQuery!

Conversion Bridge releases a new Breakdance integration that makes it really easy to set up tracking for form submissions and link/button clicks right inside the builder.

E-Commerce

AB Split Test 2.2.4 adds support for archive, taxonomy and category list pages for heatmaps.

Marketing for SureCart 1.3.1 introduces an evergreen discount mode with full customization options. These include the ability to control the countdown duration on your SureCart store, hide buttons, redirect after expiration and customise the cookie name and duration. You can also choose to display a countdown timer and customise the text.

WC Vendors now allows vendors to set up multiple shipping methods for a given country or postcode.

With Simple Points and Rewards for WooCommerce, you can create a comprehensive loyalty program. It provides your customers with a straightforward way to earn points for shopping, referring friends and more.

Emails

Created by the developers of Maizzle, Mailviews is now available in early access. This collection of production-ready Tailwind CSS email templates and components helps you to quickly build HTML emails.

Server Management

LibreChat is now available as a one-click app on xCloud, enabling the deployment of a fully functional AI chat environment. In other news, you can now also set a default landing page for your server’s IP address.

Project Management

Following the release of the iOS app, the Kitchen Mobile App is now available for Android (video).

Nifty now allows you to create folders within portfolios to group related projects together, helping you to keep your workspace neatly structured. Additionally, subtasks can now have their own dependencies, ensuring that due dates cascade automatically when the timeline of a parent task shifts. A new paid White Labeling add-on is also available.

Social Media

Giststack releases a new character and brand consistency update that allows you to create epic custom images for your social media posts (video).

Online Proposals

Nusii introduces a new ‘Client hasn’t viewed proposal’ filter under ‘Filter by client activity’. You can then send a quick follow-up email or give them a call.

Partnership Management

Partnero introduces an upgraded dashboard featuring new reports and conversion insights, a new Stripe app for simpler integration via the Stripe Marketplace, and tag-based filtering on the Customers page.

AI Audio & Video

ElevenLabs introduces image and video editing in Studio (video).

Digital Signage

Juuno provides global playlists and assets that give account admins full control over every workspace. Upload or update something once and it will stay consistent everywhere. Workspace users can view them, but cannot edit them, ensuring that your screens remain synchronized.

Customer Testimonials

Feedspace introduces its new Review AI Analyzer, which provides detailed insights into customer pain points and offers suggestions for improvements. There is also a new Creative Space in beta that creates social media-worthy images from review text! Finally, you can select reviews for widgets based on review labels. New: Support for Airbnb Experience, GetYourGuide, Hubspot, Vrbo, Checkatrade and Thumbtack.

Reputation Management

EmbedMyReviews releases its new Google Sheets and Google Calendar automations in early access. They allow you to automatically detect new customers and instantly trigger review requests, as well as detect finished appointments and automatically send review requests after each one.

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