Pier #81 - Conversion Bridge, SureForms, Voxel, Bit Social, Tourfic, Fancy Framework, Next Bricks, SureCart & Webstudio

Stefan from Ahoi.dev | The Pier #81 | January 3, 2025

Welcome to the 81st issue of The Pier. First of all, a Happy New Year to you!

Derek from Conversion Bridge has announced enhanced conversions coming to the WordPress conversion tracking plugin in 2025 that will pass more detailed information to ad platforms such as first/last name and email. Also on the roadmap: New integrations with more conversion APIs for various ad platforms and WordPress plugins.

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!

🌍 SureForms Goes Multilingual

The SureForms team has added multilingual support to the AI form builder for WordPress, including translations for Spanish, German, French and Dutch.

🗞️ Bites & Pieces

WordPress

FluentCRM 2.9.31 adds a new Email Preview option to the All Campaigns screen, replaces Google fonts with Bunny Fonts, and allows you to set a custom From Name and From Email as your address for private emails.

Good news for agencies: Groundhogg 3.7.3 adds support for white label branding to the admin area and email reports. In addition, the Advanced Email Preferences add-on now supports custom fields and sending Broadcasts with Postmark and SendGrid is now much faster.

WowOptin announces an upcoming Popup Design Canvas, a Canva-like drag & drop builder for custom pop-ups and banners. There will also be new pre-designed templates, full support for FluentCRM, MailChimp, HubSpot and more, and improved stability.

SureTriggers announces the upcoming Workspaces feature, providing a new recurring revenue stream for agencies looking to sell automation to their clients, aka Automation as a Service (AaaS).

Bit Social announces a new integration with Instagram, allowing you to easily create, schedule and manage your Instagram posts directly from your WordPress site.

ZipWP now provides easier access to active Blueprint sites. There is also a new option to enable/disable experimental features such as the Custom Website Builder.

WP ULike 4.7.7 adds support for the NitroPack cache plugin to enhance caching capabilities and improves compatibility with FlyingPress.

In 2025, Hydra Booking plans to release more built-in form templates, frontend dashboards for users, clients and vendors, and integrations with more form plugins, automation tools and calendar systems.

In 2025, Tourfic plans to release new demo templates for an improved frontend experience, compatibility with Elementor and Bricks Builder, as well as a new Channel Manager to sync with travel platforms such as Booking dot com, Agoda, Airbnb and more.

MagicChecklists 1.3.1 now supports images inside list items and allows you to export checklists. Upcoming price increase on 6th January!

Fancy Framework (see The Pier #77) now offers greater flexibility when working with the colour palette: You can enable/disable colours and there are new tones, including tertiary, accent, neutral and black. A premium version will be available soon.

WindPress is compatible with DasiyUI 5, which is currently in beta and has its own theme generator.

Currently in beta, Bricksforge 3 features a new Node Editor (video) that allows you to visually create dynamic, interactive actions without writing any code.

E-Commerce

SureCart announces an upcoming Related Products component to be displayed on product pages.

AB Split Test 1.8.7 adds an on page test popup that allows you to create new tests in the editor for Gutenberg, Beaver Builder, Elementor and more in seconds. Also new: Test name suggestions for inline tests.

SurelyWP announces a new option for the Services for SureCart add-on to display the requirements form directly on the SureCart product page.

Siren releases a new Easy Digital Downloads integration for the affiliate marketing plugin for WordPress, including support for EDD’s recurring subscriptions and EDD discounts. Coming soon: A new integration with North Commerce. Stay tuned!

SaaS

WP Travel Engine releases Tripcart, a new SaaS version of the travel and tour booking plugin for WordPress.

Reputation Management

With EmbedMyReviews, agencies will now be able to apply coupons codes to existing customers, not just for new subscriptions or when they change their plans. If they want customers to enter payment details but also offer a free trial, you can now do this with built-in Stripe payment links.

In addition, the campaign opt-in form now includes compliance text. This is required for US/Canada based customers for 10DLC.

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.

👋 Latest Jobs

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That’s all for this week. We hope you enjoyed the 81st issue of The Pier. Until next week! Please tell your friends about The Pier if you like it.

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