Pier #94 – LearnDash, WindPress, Dancepad, Framer, Shots, Cap, LiveAgent, Cosmos, Groundhogg, Encharge, BuddyBoss, Stackable & Merchant

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Stefan from Ahoi.dev   |   The Pier #94   |   April 4, 2025

Welcome to the 94th issue of The Pier. Last week, the LearnDash team has launched a revamped, modern course page with a brand new sleek two-column layout that gives students a clear overview of key course details at a glance. Pricing, access dates, prerequisites and other key information are now also clearly displayed so that students can easily see what they’re getting out of the online course.

Last Chance: Joshua from WindPress has announced a pricing change for the Tailwind CSS integration plugin for WordPress, effective 7 April. They will be switching to subscription only and removing the LTD plan.

Launch: Jose from Dancepad has launched Templates for Breakdance, which allows you to copy an entire template or just parts of it. There are seven Breakdance templates to choose from. He has also introduced a new Dancepad LTD plan that includes both elements and templates.

Exciting: Take a hands-on look at how Etch handles components and component logic.

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!

👋 ZipWP ❤️ Elementor

In addition to the WordPress block editor aka Gutenberg, ZipWP now also supports AI creation of Elementor sites with two designs and more coming soon. Also new is two-factor authentication (2FA) via email for an extra layer of security for your account.

🗞️ Bites & Pieces

WordPress

Elementor enhances its recently launched AI Site Planner with new styling options, WooCommerce layouts, AI-powered meeting notes and multilingual support.

Meta Box introduces Local JSON for field groups, making field management and synchronization faster, easier and more efficient than ever.

Perfmatters 2.4.1 adds built-in JS deferral exclusion for Cloudflare Turnstile and new delay JS quick exclusion for Plausible Analytics.

Elegant Themes introduces Design Variables for Divi 5.

Document Library Pro Power Pack is a new add-on to Barn2’s popular Document Library Pro plugin that provides site administrators with additional analytics and reporting capabilities.

SureTriggers 1.0.78 adds new FluentBoards integration.

Phox Elements 3.5.0 introduces the new Devices element, which allows you to quickly and easily create device mockups directly in Breakdance. Since version 3.6.0, there is a new Matterjs element.

Advanced Themer for Bricks announces Sticky CSS, a new feature that keeps your custom CSS editor always accessible at the bottom of the Structure Panel. Just like SuperPowerCSS, it offers a full-featured editing experience: SASS support, auto-completion, autoindent, and more.

Independent Analytics releases new MainWP extension. The MainWP widget gives you an overview of each site’s performance, including the number of views and visitors, as well as an interactive graph.

E-Commerce & Sales Funnels

Barn2 joins forces with Setary to transform bulk editing in WooCommerce.

Lightfunnels introduces user role management, allowing you to set permissions per funnel, store or app.

Order Delivery Date Pro for WooCommerce will be available next week as a Shopify app called Flexi Delivery & Pickup Date App.

No-Code Website Builder

Framer adds P3 colour support with a redesigned colour picker, selection colours, CMS tables, a mobile version of Framer CMS, offscreen animations, Open Source font previews and more.

WordPress Hosting

ServerAvatar introduces Sandbox, which allows you to deploy temporary WordPress sites with one click – no registration required.

Uptime Monitoring

Pulsetic introduces a new Recurring Maintenance feature and a new Google Analytics integration for status pages. Next: SSO (Single Sign-On) and Cron Jobs Monitoring.

Screenshot Editors & Screen Recordings

BrandBird completely refactors its core rendering engine, resulting in up to 40% faster load times and a smoother editing experience. Also new: Faster, sharper & smarter AI models and the background removal tool is now instant.

Shots.so is now available as a PWA for use on mobile devices.

Cap, the open source Loom alternative, introduces new Studio and Instant modes. Studio captures at the highest quality/frame rate, while Instant shares your screen instantly with a magic link.

Social Media

Publer upgrades its AI Assistant, currently in beta, which will now open and stay on the left side of your dashboard, helping you with posts, drafts, comments, threads, alt text, signatures and more.

Email Marketing

EmailOctopus introduces new Anniversary of Date and Specific Date automation triggers, allowing you to automatically send the right message at the right time, e.g. on a user’s birthday, the date they signed up to your newsletter or when they’re due for their next appointment.

UX Design

Uxcel transforms Assessments into powerful learning experiences, turning every answer into an opportunity to clearly identify strengths, close skill gaps and develop skills with actionable AI feedback.

Job Board SaaS

Job Boardly‘s Turbo Backfiller now supports the ability to exclude keywords when backfilling imported jobs. This makes them more attractive to potential employers and candidates.

Final Cut Pro

mFilmLook Nature Presets is now available in CineStudio, allowing you to showcase the raw beauty of nature with a new pack of cinematic presets designed to bring out the best in your outdoor, wildlife and landscape shots! mBackground Spectrum is a collection of 30 glowing, animated backgrounds for DesignStudio.

Customer Support

LiveAgent rolls out a new AI chatbot feature that can be trained on your data to handle frequently asked and advanced questions. It can also escalate complex queries and provide multilingual support. Available to all customers on our current pricing plans (excluding legacy plans).

Usetiful adds instant, summarized answers to its Assistant. The AI-powered search delivers concise, summarised answers, allowing users to quickly access the information they need without having to comb through every article in the knowledge base.

Virtual Events

HeySummit introduces transcription support for talks, improved email styling and a new option to link a single user to multiple speakers or sponsors – useful for event managers or representatives managing multiple profiles.

Reputation Management

EmbedMyReviews now offers the ability to automatically respond to Google (sign-in only) and Facebook reviews by setting up Auto Respond rules within your account. It supports both global rules at agency level and custom rules per client. Also new: MMS image personalization for Twilio and TextGrid.

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.

Woo

Orderable Finally Supports Native Receipt Printing

Dave from Orderable has just announced the release of one of the most requested features for the online ordering system for WooCommerce. Meet receipt printing, available in the free version!

Customer Feedback

Userback Rolls Out Portal Announcements

Jonathan from Userback has just announced the release of Portal Announcements, which allows you to easily share important updates, feature releases and important notices directly in your feedback portal.

Online Meetings, Remote Work

Cosmos Video Now Supports Large Meetings & Map Builder Beta

Karan from Cosmos Video has just announced the launch of a truckload of features that will open up new possibilities for hosting large meetings, improved team collaboration, better insight for…

WordPress

Groundhogg 4.0 Introduces Redesigned Flow Editor

Adrian from Groundhogg has just released version 4.0 of its marketing automation and CRM plugin for WordPress, introducing a redesigned flow editor and multi-branching.

Marketing Automation

Encharge Releases New WooCommerce Integration

Vince from Encharge has just announced the much anticipated WooCommerce integration for their email marketing automation platform.

WordPress

BuddyBoss Introduces New Hover Cards, Directory Block & Filtering Options

Graham from BuddyBoss has just announced the release of new hover cards, a new directory block, new filtering options and more for the WordPress community and course platform.

WordPress

Stackable Introduces New Global Design System

Alexandra from Stackable has just announced the release of version 3.15 of the Gutenberg Blocks plugin, which introduces a new global design system created for agencies, web developers, and designers.

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That’s all for this week. We hope you enjoyed the 94th issue of The Pier. Until next week! Please tell your friends about The Pier if you like it.

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