Pier #144 – Apple Acquires MotionVFX, Mosaic Announces Launch & Giststack Supports Reddit

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Stefan from Ahoi.dev   |   The Pier #144   |   March 20, 2026

Welcome to the 144th issue of The Pier. Bit Assist 1.7.0 is now ready for translation, enabling users to effortlessly translate the chat widget plugin into their preferred language with the help of standard WordPress translation tools.

Milestone: FluentCart has just crossed 5,000+ active installations.

Launch: Following a successful beta, Mosaic will officially launch on 25 March.

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 more. Enjoy!

Reddit Communities

👋 Giststack Now Supports Reddit

Just like any other website publication, you can now follow any subreddit inside Giststack using the subreddit URL.

This allows you to read new posts from your preferred subreddits without the noise of replies, get summaries and create content for LinkedIn, X, Threads, your newsletter or YouTube scripts with just one click. Watch this video to find out more.

🗞️ Bites & Pieces

WordPress

Etch 1.4.4 lets you insert HTML snippets from the AI chat directly into the builder canvas and adds property data attributes for third-party developer integrations.

With Bricks 2.3, you can paste HTML and CSS directly into the builder, where they are automatically converted into native Bricks elements, classes and variables.

SureForms 2.5.2 introduces a new ‘Send as Raw HTML’ option for fully structured HTML emails in email notifications.

With Formidable Forms, you can now add virtual fields to your forms. The value for this field type is stored entirely on your server. This value never appears in the page HTML, either as a hidden input or anywhere else (video).

Phox Facets is a comprehensive filtering and faceting system that is integrated into Phox Elements. Phox Studio is a new admin toolkit that allows you to build custom data structures without writing code. Both are available for Breakdance and Oxygen 6.

Beta 6 of the new Droip UX introduces new Google Maps and OpenStreetMap features. With on-canvas gradient editing, you can now edit gradient backgrounds directly on the canvas for faster visual adjustments. With Beta 7, you can paste images or SVG files straight from your desktop onto the canvas. Additionally, a new infinite ruler has been added to the canvas to assist with spacing and alignment when designing on the infinite canvas.

MapSVG, an interactive WordPress map plugin, is the newest addition to the Amelia portfolio.

The new Private Trips add-on from WP Travel Engine lets you create hidden, custom trips for your most valued clients. There are no public listings or rate comparisons. Just an exclusive experience.

The FormGent plugin is now integrated into the core Directorist plugin.

Object Cache support is now available in FastPixel.

E-Commerce

With FluentCart 1.3.15, you can now visually edit your transactional emails using the same block editor that you use for pages and posts. This includes order confirmations, subscription updates and digital product instructions. In other news, FluentCart now automatically sends reminder emails before upcoming subscription renewals and instalment payments.

A/B Testing

Sigmize now connects directly to Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT and many more. So, if you ever need information about your A/B tests, simply ask for example, “Which variant is winning?” or “What is my pricing page conversion rate right now?”

Digital Adoption

With Usetiful, you can now embed surveys, edit survey buttons, display a survey progress bar, and open surveys via banners.

LMS / E-Learning

Product Vision & Strategy, a new course created with product leader Moshe Mikanovsky, teaches you the frameworks product leaders use to define direction, align their teams, and make prioritization less of a fight.

Product Tours

Flook now supports dynamic URLs, enabling you to build once and target every matching page across your app. There is also a redesigned tour builder, simpler tour launching, and smarter SPA support — tours now reliably navigate across single-page apps without losing their place.

Automation

Pabbly Connect adds a new “Test Workflow” button to the automation builder. Now, before activating your workflow, you can run a test to ensure that everything works the way you want it to.

With Pabbly Chatflow, you can now resend failed broadcasts in one click. Instantly resend your broadcast messages to contacts where delivery previously failed, without having to recreate or restart the campaign.

Laravel & Tailwind CSS

Managed PostgreSQL databases are now available in Laravel Forge.

Social Media

The Nuelink Android app is now available on the Google Play Store.

With Linkie (by Publer), you can now choose to display your link-in-bio cards in two or three columns. This new setting applies to social media posts and square link cards.

Personalized Outreach

You can now use SendrAI in Sendr‘s automation builder (see The Pier #133) to clean and enrich contact data automatically, personalize outreach at scale, trigger AI actions based on engagement, and save time by removing manual steps from your outreach. For instance, you could set up a trigger to listen out for a particular keyword on someone’s LinkedIn profile and then instruct SendrAI to craft and send a personalized LinkedIn message automatically.

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

WP Umbrella Introduces Performance Monitoring

Aurelio from WP Umbrella has just announced the release of a new performance monitoring feature, a redesigned navigation and a new bulk update interface for the WordPress management and maintenance…

WordPress

FluentCommunity Rolls Out Custom Profile Fields

Jewel from FluentCommunity has launched version 2.3.0 of the WordPress community plugin. This introduces custom profile fields and a new feature that allows users to send messages via FluentCRM automations….

AI Audio, AI Voices

ElevenLabs Launches Flows in Beta

ElevenLabs has just introduced Flows, a new canvas in ElevenCreative that brings your entire creative process together in one visual workspace. With Flows, you can transition from producing isolated assets…

Job Boards, SaaS

Job Boardly Introduces Job Alerts Preferences & Categories

Nelson from Job Boardly has just introduced job alerts preferences and categories, search filter customization and custom translations to its no-code job board builder SaaS.

eCommerce, WordPress

SurelyWP Introduces Scheduled & Limited Products for SureCart

Nelson from Marketing for SureCart has just released two powerful new features that give you much more control over product availability and scarcity in your SureCart-powered store.

Reputation Management

EmbedMyReviews Introduces AI Insights & Search AI

Mannie from EmbedMyReviews has just introduced AI Review insights and Search AI to the white label online reputation management platform. 

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