Pier #95 – OttoKit, LatePoint, Slim SEO Pro, SureForms, Ycode, Figma, Pabbly Chatflow, Conversion Bridge, Castmagic & Gravitec

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Stefan from Ahoi.dev   |   The Pier #95   |   April 11, 2025

Welcome to the 95th issue of The Pier. This week the BuddyBoss team announced the exciting roadmap for Q2, including multilingual app support, app onboarding slides, image & video carousel blocks, native app support for The Events Calendar, activity topics and – most excitingly – BuddyBoss ReadyLaunch, which will allow you to use BuddyBoss Web with any WordPress theme without the need for subdomain or multisite setup.

Finally: LatePoint has just released a highly requested new integration with SureCart that allows you to easily accept payments for appointment bookings.

Rebranding: SureTriggers is now called OttoKit. The next step is the launch of AI Agents, your “digital teammate”. Stay tuned!

Acquisition: Tyler from PaywallProject has acquired Newsletter Glue, which also powers The Pier. Lesley and Achmed have already started work on a new plugin called EventKoi.

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!

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🗞️ Bites & Pieces

WordPress

Amelia now provides you with even more payment options through Stripe, including popular methods like Google Pay and Apple Pay,

Kadence Blocks adds a new Custom CSS indicator that makes it easy to see which blocks have custom styles applied. Also new: Box shadow presets and smarter text editing.

FluentBooking 1.7.0 brings new offline payment options, improved multilingual support, better calendar management and more.

Novashare 1.6.0 adds share button support for the Nextdoor network.
There are also new Total Share Count and Network Share Count options for the share button section with additional frontend styles.

SEOPress 8.7 adds support for Composer, a popular PHP dependency manager, and support for the native WooCommerce Global Trade Identification Number (GTIN) field. Also new is the ability to import Yoast global settings.

Elegant Themes completely revamps Divi 5’s layout system to use Flexbox and introducing a wide range of new row templates and Flexbox controls for all elements.

SureMail 1.5.0 introduces a new option to resend any email directly from your email log with a single click. Also new: Email simulation capabilities to test your email setup.

Uncanny Automator 6.4 brings new Bluesky and Facebook Lead Ads integrations.

Elementor introduces visual layout presets, form submission, a visual contact widget and more designer-made kits to its Hello Biz theme (see The Pier #83).

E-Commerce & Sales Funnels

SureCart announces a new Content Designer that allows you to create visual and interactive product pages. Coming next Tuesday!

No-Code Website Builder

Ycode makes content creation feel more like your favourite writing tools, giving you a Notion-like editing experience. Combine it with the recently launched AI Assist for even faster content creation.

Framer teams up with Work Louder on the V2 of their hit Creator Micro Keyboard – designed with Framer workflows in mind.

Partnership Management

Partnero introduces new Weekly Program Activity Emails. Get a snapshot of your affiliate and referral program performance delivered straight to your inbox every week.

Server Management

xCloud v1.7.3 introduces a new WordPress Integrity Checker that allows you to check the integrity of your WordPress core files and plugins directly from your xCloud dashboard.

Sales CRM

Breakcold releases a new native integration with La Growth Machine, allowing you to manually or automatically push leads to LGM campaigns (video). Also new: A native Lemlist integration (video).

Design Tools

Penpot 2.6 introduces native design tokens developed in collaboration with Tokens Studio by Hyma, themes, comment bubble groups and more.

Figma Slides is officially out of beta.

Appointment Scheduling

Trafft releases a new Make integration and a new Coupon API, allowing you to automate the entire process from generating coupons, setting expiration dates and usage limits, to tracking usage. You can now also set custom policies that your clients must agree to when booking their appointments.

UX Design

Uxcel launches new Instructor program. What you can expect: Industry pros joining the Uxcel team to create online courses, new expert-led courses focused on real-world applications, refreshed existing courses and live events.

Digital Signage

The Juuno Instagram Hashtag app displays posts from any public hashtag directly on your screens – great for social walls or showing customer reviews.

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.

Product Analytics, Web Analytics

Usermaven Rolls Out LinkedIn Ads Integration & Google Ads Parameter Analysis

Waqar from Usermaven has just released a new LinkedIn ads integration, Google Ads parameter analysis and enhanced SaaS insights for the privacy-friendly web and product analytics platform.

WordPress

SureForms Launches AI-Powered Calculator Creation

SureForms has just released one of the most anticipated features for its AI form builder plugin for WordPress. Say hello to calculators in version 1.5.

WordPress

Groundhogg Introduces New Flow Simulator for Easy Testing

Following the recent launch of a new redesigned flow editor in version 4.0, Adrian from Groundhogg has just introduced a new flow simulator in version 4.1 of its marketing automation…

WhatsApp

Pabbly Chatflow – All-in-One WhatsApp Communication & Automation Platform

Neeraj from Pabbly has just announced the launch of Pabbly Chatflow, a new all-in-one WhatsApp communication and automation platform.

Podcasts

Castmagic Rolls Out Improved Magic Chat

Blaine from Castmagic has just announced some major upgrades to Magic Chat, one of the first core features within the Castmagic platform.

WordPress

Conversion Bridge Releases Enhanced Conversions, Microsoft Clarity & PostHog Integrations

Derek from Conversion Bridge has just released version 1.7 of his analytics and conversion tracking plugin for WordPress, introducing Enhanced Conversions, new integrations with Microsoft Clarity and PostHog and more.

Website Builder

Ycode Launches AI Assist for Smart Text Editing

Ycode has just introduced a new AI Assist feature to its no-code website builder that allows you to generate, improve and polish your text – right where you’re editing it.

SEO, WordPress

Slim SEO Pro Combines Schema & Link Manager In A Single Plugin

Anh from Meta Box and Slim SEO has just announced the launch of Slim SEO Pro, which combines the Slim SEO Schema and Slim SEO Link Manager plugins into a…

WordPress

LatePoint Now Supports Recurring Bookings & WhatsApp

The LatePoint developers have just added support for recurring bookings and WhatsApp to the appointment booking and scheduling plugin for WordPress, available in all Premium plans.

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That’s all for this week. We hope you enjoyed the 95th issue of The Pier. Until next week! Please tell your friends about The Pier if you like it.

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