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Pier #88 – SureForms, Gato Plugins, Rapyd Cloud, FluentCommunity, Meta Box, Ycode, Affinity, Partnero, SurelyWP, SureCart & North Commerce

Welcome to the 88th issue of The Pier. Gato Multilingual for Polylang is a new WordPress plugin that automatically translates your content including posts, taxonomies and media using DeepL, Google Translate and ChatGPT.
New: Rapyd Cloud launches Rapyd CDN, its new next-generation content delivery network.
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: Community Moderation
FluentCommunity has added a new moderation feature to its community plugin for WordPress. It works similarly to Facebook’s reporting system, allowing any member to report a post or comment.
Admins will then receive a notification along with a list of all reported content. The admin can then choose to delete or ignore the content.
🗞️ Bites & Pieces
WordPress
Meta Box AIO 2.0.0 now includes the Meta Box framework.
Gravity Builder allows you to extend Gravity Forms with AI-powered tools for quick form creation and editing.
WPML 4.7 brings a revamped Translation Dashboard and easier theme and plugin string translations.
WP Social Ninja 3.16.0 allows you to export and import testimonials, feed templates, notification popups and chat widgets. Also new: improved Instagram display with new 4:5 aspect ratio support.
Kadence Blocks 3.4.9 now allows you to upload design files such as ai, ait, eps and psd in the Advanced Form Block.
SnapWP, rtCamp’s new headless WordPress solution, is now publicly available on GitHub.
MailOptin 2.2.73 brings the long-awaited Google Sheets integration, allowing you to add your subscribers to a spreadsheet.
SureTriggers 1.0.72 adds new SureMail integration, its new free SMTP plugin.
E-Commerce
AB Split Test 1.8.12 introduces an advanced tracking mode that enables server-side / AJAX conversions and Google Tag Manager conversions.
Jack from WP Fusion releases a free plugin that adds a nice changelog display shortcode for Easy Digital Downloads products.
Phox Elements 3.1 adds two new Breakdance elements for WooCommerce, including Add to Favourites and Recently Viewed Items.
Web & Product Analytics
Usermaven brings a fresh new navigation for a better analytics experience.
Creative Software
Affinity 2.6 brings some very exciting features and app enhancements, including brand new machine learning tools in Photo, improvements to Pencil in Designer and Multi-Page Spreads, and other advanced page management updates in Publisher.
No-Code Website Builder
Ycode is currently exploring AI-powered tools to speed up layout creation, a Figma import feature for seamless design transfer, and an e-commerce solution with integrated payments and shopping cart.
Community SaaS
Heartbeat now allows users to block members and introduces the ability to mention everyone in a channel using the @everyone tag. Finally, members can report posts, DMs, chat messages or comments for inappropriate content.
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.
Partnero has just added new partner registration pop-ups to the partnership management platform that will make it easier to recruit new partners.
Benjamin from SEOPress has just announced the release of version 8.6 of their SEO plugin for WordPress, introducing new AI models and Table of Contents block enhancements.
Nelson from SurelyWP has just released Services for SureCart 1.5, introducing support for multiple services per order, subscription services, and much more.
Bilal from Nuelink has just introduced enhanced link analytics for both the Link Shortener and Link in Bio to the social media management platform.
SureForms has just introduced Conversational Forms to the AI Form Builder plugin for WordPress, creating engaging, interactive form experiences for your audience with ease.
Nelson from SurelyWP has just released a new update for the Toolkit for SureCart add-on, adding support for external products and affiliate products.
Kelley from North Commerce has just introduced North Commerce Blocks to the e-commerce plugin for WordPress, making it easy to create custom online stores with Gutenberg.
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That’s all for this week. We hope you enjoyed the 88th issue of The Pier. Until next week! Please tell your friends about The Pier if you like it.
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