Pier #59 - Lemon Squeezy Acquisition, Practical UI, Fluent Roadmap, SEOBoost & Blockli Podcast

Stefan from Ahoi.dev | The Pier #59 | August 2, 2024

Hi there,

Welcome to the 59th issue of The Pier. This week saw an acquisition that was definitely not on our radar and we didn’t see it coming at all. Stripe has acquired Lemon Squeezy, helping them to finally build a global merchant of record solution.

Philip from Blockli has just launched Blockli Podcast, a new WordPress plugin designed to transform your podcasting experience in the BuddyBoss app. You can easily import your existing podcasts, create and manage multiple podcast series and generate iTunes-ready RSS feeds with ease. Of course, you can also seamlessly integrate your podcast into the BuddyBoss app for on-the-go listening. Check out the demo video.

The WP Fusion Logins Addon now provides additional login tracking features specific to the BuddyBoss app. For example, you can apply tags and lists in your CRM when users first log in to the app, and sync their last login date to a custom field for use in automations and reports.

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: SEOBoost

The AIOSEO team has launched a new product. SEOBoost is an all-in-one platform for optimizing your content and boosting your search rankings. It allows you to create detailed topic reports and content briefs, optimise your content for better SEO rankings, perform content audits and more. SEOBoost is perfect for bloggers, marketers, agencies and small business owners.

🗞️ Bites & Pieces

WordPress

FluentBoards releases a new roadmap and feature request board add-on called FluentRoadmap that is completely free for all FluentBoards Pro customers.

GeneratePress Cloud is now officially available, allowing you to host your own Pattern Library cloud. Simply connect your sites and add your patterns anywhere.

FluentBooking 1.5.10 adds a new Date Picker option, a manual confirmation email and a new Rebook Appointment option that automatically fills in all the necessary fields.

Want to switch from Pods to Meta Box? The new MB Pods Migration plugin allows you to transfer all your data from Pods to Meta Box, including fields, posts, settings pages, terms, users and more, with just one click of the Migrate button.

The Events Calendar Pro releases a new past = “yes” attribute for the tribe_events shortcode that allows you to add an archive of events, aka a calendar of past events, which has been a highly requested feature for our shortcode.

Thrive Architect adds built-in spam protection and a custom number field to forms. Thrive Apprentice now lets you create a Stripe customer portal for your students and members. Check out the full details of the July update.

Independent Analytics 2.7 adds a new option to automatically delete old data (video) and the ability to give authors access to analytics for their content only.

WooCommerce & Sales Funnels

VendBase (formerly WooBase) announces support for WooCommerce Subscriptions and changes its name to VendBase.

With the FunnelKit Email Builder, you can now exclude specific products from campaigns, automatically showcase the latest products and run enhanced recovery campaigns with direct cart links. Localization for global audiences has been simplified and subscription information integrated.

Custom Order Status Pro for WooCommerce 2.7.0 allows you to set orders to automatically update their status after a certain time or number of days. For example, you can now automatically change the status of an order from “Processing” to “Completed” after 7 days.

PersonalizeWP 2.3 adds full support for WooCommerce cart and checkout blocks and accurate segmentation with flexible condition matching.

Lightfunnels introduces Funnel AI, designed to help you set up and optimize your funnels with ease.

Shopify

Debutify 6.5 for Shopify adds a new product price visibility setting, product image filtering, and Klaviyo and Mailchimp integrations.

Marketing Automation

Following the recent acquisition of Growmatik (see The Pier #48), Convesio has renamed its omnichannel marketing automation platform Convesio Convert.

Design, AI & Icons

Canva is on a shopping spree: After acquiring Affinity in March 2024 (see The Pier #41), Canva is now acquiring Leonardo.AI, a leading generative AI content and research company.

Streamline revamps the Plump Line set of 4,000 icons and introduces two new styles: Plump Remix and Plump Gradient. There is also a zoom slider in the app that allows you to zoom in on both icons and illustrations.

Eagle 4 is now available, introducing a completely new plugin system, new AI tools, a redesigned user interface, and much more.

User Feedback & Testimonials

Userback adds the ability to follow a feedback and be notified when someone comments, reassigns or changes its status, allowing you to monitor its progress. Plus, watch this video for a sneak peek at the completely redesigned navigation menu, improved widget and survey designer.

A lite version of the SocialJuice Designer is now available for anyone to use for free without an account. You can simply add a review and download the image for social media.

Visual Website Builder

Framer introduces Text Effects and Fetch, a new feature that lets you harness the power of APIs to bring dynamic data to your site – without writing any code. Drafts are now available for Pages, CMS and Locales.

Brizy announces a major update to the Brizy Cloud and WordPress Compiler, delivering faster loading speeds and a remarkable 200% increase in performance.

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

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That’s all for this week. We hope you enjoyed the 59th issue of The Pier. Until next week! Please tell your friends about The Pier if you like it.

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