Pier #134 – The Jack-of-all-Trades for Voxel, Razorpay for FluentCart & Invoice Manager for SureCart

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Stefan from Ahoi.dev   |   The Pier #134   |   January 9, 2026

Welcome to the 134th issue of The Pier. Anh Tran, developer of Meta Box and Slim SEO, has released Falcon: a free WordPress plugin containing over 49 carefully crafted optimization modules.

Directories: Massive update for Voxel Toolkit, the jack-of-all-trades for Voxel.

Milestone: WP Umbrella reached $1.3 million ARR in 2025.

Exciting: Motion.page Desktop beta (see The Pier #128) is now available not only for Mac, but also for Windows and Linux.

Streaming: HeySummit has announced that its new streaming studio will be available in beta in early 2026.

Price Increase: FireBox has grown steadily over the past few years. What started as a pop-up plugin has become a tool that helps WordPress site owners and e-commerce stores to capture leads, recover lost sales and boost revenue. To reflect this progress and continue improving the product, they will be updating their pricing on 1 February 2026.

Launch I: Quill CRM is a new CRM system for WordPress offering pipelines, campaigns, automation, analytics and reports.

Launch II: With BricksMembers, you have access to all the tools you need to create customizable membership and LMS platforms using Bricks Builder.

CRO: Want to increase your website conversions sevenfold? Watch this video to find out how Supademo‘s clickable interactive demos can help.

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!

👋 Replug’s Vision for 2026

In 2026, Replug will release a mobile version and a browser extension for managing and optimizing links, as well as a ChatGPT integration for smarter insights and automation. They will also improve the API, launch built-in image hosting, and enhance URL analytics for links, bios, and UTMs.

🗞️ Bites & Pieces

WordPress

FlowMattic announces that AI agents will be available in version 6.0 in a couple of weeks. These agents will transform the way you build your workflows.

ZoloBlocks 2.5.0 introduces new Flexbox, Circle Info and Switcher blocks for the WordPress Editor. In version 2.5.1, there is also a new Custom Masking option for the Image block.

wpDataTables Enhanced Blocks is a new drop-in replacement for blocks that provides live previews of your wpDataTables charts and tables directly in the WordPress editor.

Etch releases a new pricing section in alpha.

PinkDocs 1.1.6 adds email notifications for user feedback, a search bar for the settings, as well as link and image support and emoji reactions for changelogs. There is also a new Tools section that helps you to debug plugin conflicts and environment compatibility issues, and generate support requests with detailed reports.

MainWP 6.0-er.1 adds support for the Abilities API and new REST API v2 endpoints for monitoring, settings and client fields. It also adds support for telemetry via PostHog. A new ‘Plugin and Theme History’ feature provides an accessible history of actions by item and by day.

Formidable Forms now integrates with n8n, enabling you to send form entries directly into your workflows.

EventKoi is in the final stages of testing its biggest feature yet: Custom fields! This feature will enable you to add any fields you want to your events. Coming soon: Support for Bricks and Beaver Builder.

E-Commerce

SureCart 3.17.5 introduces a new option that makes the VAT and tax ID fields mandatory at checkout. There is also a new filter to customize the list of countries for shipping, billing and compact address settings.

ThriveCart adds precise product filters, enabling you to manage a growing catalog without any unnecessary clutter. Subscription lifecycle views help users to forecast churn and see exactly where their recurring revenue stands (active, overdue, cancelled, etc.).

LMS / E-Learning

Tutor LMS 3.9.5 introduces a new ‘Certificate Download’ button for admins and course instructors.

Uxcel launches two new courses. ‘Ethical and Responsible Product Design’ and ‘Introduction to Design Systems’.

No-Code Website Builder

Framer introduces Squircle, a modern feature that enables you to create incredibly smooth corners (video). The new Flow Effect enables you to animate sections in response to interactions or components (video).

Tailwind CSS

Oatmeal is a new, beautiful SaaS marketing kit that has been built using Tailwind CSS and Tailwind Plus Elements.

Job Boards

Job Boardly adds a new field to the Magic Aggregator, enabling users to specify the location of imported jobs. Users can select from on-site, remote, or hybrid location types. This means that roles can be mapped as remote or hybrid without the need for manual editing of each listing.

AI Voices & Content Creation

Murf Falcon (Beta) is a next-generation text-to-speech model designed for real-time, conversational AI. Falcon delivers a time-to-first-audio of under 150 ms with expressive, natural prosody, and supports multilingual and code-mixed speech. With the capacity to handle over 10,000 concurrent sessions and region-specific data processing, Falcon is optimized for voice agents, IVR systems and large-scale interactive applications.

Contentpen now integrates with both Webflow and Wix. Any content that you write, edit or organize in Contentpen can be published directly to your website, eliminating the need for additional steps or copying and pasting.

Interactive Demos

With Supademo, you can now zoom and pan on HTML demos, as well as record your screen and webcam using the Chrome browser extension (video).

Server Management

Custom Docker is now officially live on xCloud, offering Docker Compose to all users.

Affiliate & Referral Marketing

Partnero introduces Partner Message, a new in-app messaging system that allows you to communicate directly with your partners. This feature is available with Partner or Advanced plans.

Customer Testimonials

Feedspace officially introduces Creative Space, which enables you to create stunning, social media-worthy photos from your customer reviews. You can now also allow your customers to upload an image alongside their text review, and add a CTA to review widgets. Feedspace also integrates with Framer.

Reputation Management

With EmbedMyReviews, you can now add an external URL if you manage billing outside of this platform, for example via SureCart, WooCommerce or FluentCart. When your customers try to access premium features, they will be redirected there.

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.

WordPress

BricksSync Launches New Invoice Manager for SureCart

Gert from BricksSync has just announced the launch of the Invoice Manager for SureCart, which was born out of the need for proper invoicing UI for SureCart.

eCommerce, WordPress

FluentCart Introduces Product Bundles & Razorpay Integration

FluentCart has introduced product bundles, a new Razorpay integration, and a Stripe-hosted checkout to its e-commerce plugin for WordPress.

Link Management, Link Shortening

Replug Announces New Link Shortener API

Waqar from Replug has just announced the release of the new link shortener API for its all-in-one branded link management platform. This is a developer-ready way to integrate Replug’s powerful…

WordPress

Elementor Releases Atomic Tabs & Entrance Animations

Elementor continues its journey towards version 4 and the evolution of the Atomic Editor. Version 3.34 of the WordPress website builder introduces new atomic capabilities, flexible layout tools and lightweight…

WordPress

Voxel Toolkit Rolls Out New AI Search, RSVP System & Route Planner

Following the launch of the Voxel Payment Gateway, Donald from Code Wattz has introduced a new AI search feature, an RSVP system, a route planner and more to the Voxel…

WordPress

SureForms Adds Duplicate Forms & Preselect Options

The SureForms team has just introduced duplicate forms and preselection options, as well as password-based form restrictions to the AI Form Builder plugin for WordPress.

WordPress

Divi 5 Introduces Semantic Elements & Custom HTML Wrappers

Nick from Elegant Themes has just announced the release of semantic elements and custom HTML wrappers for Divi 5, which is currently still in beta.

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That’s all for this week. We hope you enjoyed the 134th issue of The Pier. Until next week! Please tell your friends about The Pier if you like it.

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