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Pier #54 – SiteCare, SureForms, EmbedMyReviews, Eventin & SurelyWP
Hi there,
Welcome to the 54th issue of The Pier. Do you like the SureCart, SureMembers and SureTriggers? Good news: Say hello to a new product in the Sure family. The free version of SureForms has just been released on the WordPress repository. Even though we have quite a few no-code form builder plugins, we are very excited about the upcoming Pro version. Stay tuned!
It’s back: Don’t miss out on the xCloud LTD. Easily manage your servers and WordPress sites with an advanced cloud control panel.
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!
🤙 New: SiteCare Score
The new SiteCare Score plugin for WordPress performs in-depth website assessments, checking critical technical aspects such as SSL, PHP, hosting, outdated code, email deliverability and more, and tracks your site health over time. In short, it’s a diagnostic tool that helps you find hidden issues.
🗞️ Bites & Pieces
WordPress
- Tutor LMS gives an exclusive sneak peek at version 3.0, which introduces a redesigned course and quiz builder, native ecommerce and subscriptions, AI, deep integration with Droip, a huge theme collection and much more.
- AB Split Test 1.7.3 now supports Borlabs Cookie Consent 3.0.
- InstaWP releases new Migrate feature to transfer any WordPress site. Please note that you must be logged into your account to access this feature.
- Max Addons for Bricks 1.10 adds a new WooCommerce stock progress bar and a new free shipping bar.
- Ultimate Dashboard Pro now comes with a dark mode.
- Elementor versions 3.18 – 3.22 have greatly improved loading speed with features such as Element Caching. Visitors now enjoy 50% faster TTFB (time to first byte) and 40% faster LCP (largest contentful paint).
- Perfmatters 2.3.1 adds new Minify JS and Minify CSS features, as well as options to exclude specific files from minification and to delete generated minified files when necessary.
- Eventin 4.0 now comes with an improved UI/UX, intuitive event creation, custom URL for online meetings, ticket selling time, organized and editable tags and more.
Ecommerce
- As mentioned in The Pier #53, SureCart 2.29.0 adds a new subscription setting to prevent customers from purchasing multiple free trials.
- Elementor launches new ecommerce hosting plans that include state of the art hosting, Elementor Website Builder, a premium WooCommerce theme, WordPress and WooCommerce pre-installed – starting at $4.99/month.
AI
- TypingMind now supports Claude 3.5 Sonnet and Google Gemini 1.5 Pro with 2M tokens.
Visual Website Builder
- With Siter.io, you can finally seamlessly integrate animation effects into your design elements, enhancing the interactivity of your landing page or portfolio.
Customer Support
- ThriveDesk launches a new Unlimited plan with unlimited teammates and up to 5 inboxes for its helpdesk and support solution.
Cloud Hosting & CDN
- Now available at DigitalOcean: 5th Generation Intel Xeon Processors, Managed OpenSearch & MongoDB 7.0.
- Bunny.net introduces new and improved Edge Rules that allow you to easily configure caching, load balancing, security settings, authentication, dynamically route traffic to multiple origins and more.
UI/UX Design
- Figma announces new AI features in Figma Design, a redesigned UI, Figma Slides, Dev Mode 2.0 and more at Config 2024.
Social Media
- With Nuelink, you can now schedule posts and threads on Threads, get insights into the performance of your posts, add follow-up comments and cross-post your threads to LinkedIn, X and more.
From the Editor: Biff.codes
We’ve just launched a new side project called Biff.codes, a new free job board for WordPress developers. 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.
🔥 Quayside Deals
A few irresistible offers that might be of interest to you, don’t you think?
- WP Grid Builder offers a 30% discount on annual & LTD plans (21 – 30 June).
- Save 60% on Siren Affiliates with code AHOI60, the new affiliate management plugin for WordPress and WooCommerce (Expires 31 Aug).
- Save BIG with the xCloud LTD.
- 17th Birthday Sale: Save up to 70% on AIOSEO plans (until 29 June).
- Save 25% on new WP Rocket plans (Expires 2 Jul).
- Save 15% on new/upgraded GetResponse accounts and up to 40% off for a 2-year plan (25 Jun – 9 Jul).
- Save BIG on advanced JetPlugins for Elementor, Gutenberg and Bricks with LTDs.
- Save 50% on ClickWhale Pro plans, a link shortener & click tracker for WordPress.
- Save up to $100 on Voxel, the dynamic WordPress directory theme with multi-vendor functionality. Don’t miss out on the lifetime deal.
- Save 40% on annual Conversion Bridge plans.
- Get the Automatic.css (ACSS) Lifetime plan for the CSS framework that works with Gutenberg, Bricks, and Oxygen.
- Save BIG with the WP Inbox LTD and view WordPress data in your Gmail.
- Save 30% on Supademo, the AI-powered interactive product demo platform. Valid for first 3 months.
- Save BIG with the SureTriggers LTD and the ZipWP Founders deal.
- Get $20 or €18 in free MailerLite credits.
- Save 25% on Tabular Pro with code 25FORYOU, the no-code email editor for various email marketing platforms.
- Get €20 in free credits for Hetzner Cloud and enjoy its new ARM64 CAX servers from as little as €4.51 per month.
- Save $10 on Fathom Analytics, privacy-compliant web analytics.
- Get 3 months free on a Framer Pro annual plan with code partner25proyearly.
That’s all for this week. We hope you enjoyed the 54th issue of The Pier. Until next week! Please tell your friends about The Pier if you like it.
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