Pier #96 - Shapo, aThemes, SureCart, Oxyfolio, WowAddons, WowOptin, Claspo, AB Split Test, Slim SEO, Lightskool & OttoKit

Stefan from Ahoi.dev | The Pier #96 | April 18, 2025

Welcome to the 96th issue of The Pier. Both Pabbly Connect and Elevenlabs have announced the launch of MCP servers (video).

Acquisition: Awesome Motive has acquired aThemes, the company behind the popular Sydney and Botiga WordPress themes and the Merchant plugin.

Milestone: With 100,000 stores, SureCart has just reached a major milestone!

Another Milestone: Slim SEO now powers 50,000 WordPress sites.

All Time Favourite: Phox Elements 3.7 introduces the new Phox WP Grid Builder Facet element, which allows you to display and design your WP Grid Builder facets directly in Breakdance.

New Arrival: We would also like to welcome Shapo to The Port.

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!

👋 Advanced Themer – Massive Update

Advanced Themer 3.1 for Bricks adds a host of new features including the AT CSS framework, tracking class usage, detecting unused global classes, custom fluid scales and more.

🗞️ Bites & Pieces

WordPress

WowOptin 1.2.0 brings a major UI/UX overhaul to the Optin Builder, advanced customisable shapes, image element filters, frame and blend mode settings, and new coupon and headline element presets.

Perfmatters 2.4.3 adds new preload options to control Speculative Loading for sites running WordPress 6.8+.

Beaver Builder reveals upcoming features in version 2.10, including dynamic global templates, 60+ module templates, a new Star Rating module and accessibility improvements.

Greenshift 11.4.5 adds WPML support for GreenLight Blocks.

The Astra theme finally supports dark mode.

Conditional Blocks 3.2.1 introduces a new GTranslate integration that allows you to create content conditions based on the current site language.

FluentCRM 2.9.50 adds shortcode support for multiple email campaign archives and a new Voxel integration that allows you to view a contact’s product purchase history. Shortcodes are also now searchable.

WPSix Exporter now allows you to import images and videos used in your Breakdance designs. There’s also a new UI and an option to export/import ACF groups, post types and posts.

CommandUI 1.5 releases its first deep integration with a third party plugin: wpDataTables.

Contextual Related Posts 4.0 brings drag & drop manual post ordering, custom database tables, a taxonomy weighting system and more.

E-Commerce & Sales Funnels

AB Split Test 1.9.1 adds a new UI and settings for advanced server-side WooCommerce conversion tracking. Also new: Support for ChatGPT 4.1 and server-side events now send analytics events on the next page load.

WC Vendors launches a new live demo site, your free all-access pass to try every feature of the WooCommerce multi-vendor marketplace risk-free. There are also new Quick View Order buttons.

Lightfunnels now lets you add audio reviews to your products to add authenticity and personality to what you sell.

FunnelKit announces that StoreRadar is now in beta. It’s a new analytics solution for WooCommerce and an alternative to Metorik.

Paddle for Easy Digital Downloads (EDD) 2.0.9 now lets you choose the checkout style that works best for your customers: Single-page checkout for a fast, clean experience, or multi-page checkout for a more guided flow.

No-Code Website Builder

Ycode expands its collection of pre-designed layouts with over 50 new designs, giving you even more options to get projects up and running faster.

Server Management & Hosting

xCloud 1.7.4 now integrates with WP Fail2Ban for added protection, including automatic IP bans, real-time login attempt logs, spam protection, username blocking and more. Works with both NGINX and OLS servers.

Final Cut Pro

Now available in DesignStudio, MotionVFX’s new mCollage Collection is a collection of versatile, modern collage elements for Final Cut Pro. Style your shots with overlay effects, drop them onto animated drop zones, add stylish typography and camera movement, and complete your collage with tapes, pins, clips and doodles.

Sales CRM

Breakcold now integrates with Salesforge, allowing you to manually or automatically push leads from Breakcold into Salesforge sequences (video).

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 Port Arrivals

The following fine new tool has arrived at The Port.

👋 Latest Jobs

Looking for a new professional challenge? Find your new job.

🔥 Quayside Deals

A few irresistible offers that might be of interest to you, don’t you think?

Spring Sale: Save up to $100 on Voxel plans (annual, LTD & LTD Lite).
Special Offer: Save 50% on the Oxygen Lifetime Bundle, which includes Oxygen Classic & Oxygen 6 (Expires 20 April).
New: Try PersonalizeWP free for 14 days.
Early Adopter: Save 30% on SnipVault LTD. Only 200 licenses available.
Exclusive: Save 15% on PassiveWP with code AHOIDEV.
Save $200: Get Breakdance Pro for just $199.99 per year.
Extended LTD: Don’t miss out on the Bit Flows lifetime deals.
Bundle Deal: Save €250 on the SleekWP Bundle, which includes SleekPixel, SleekAI, SleekMotion & SleekView.
Recurring: Save 10% on Publer, the social media management platform.
It’s Back! Get the FlowMattic LTD. Split payment options available.

That’s all for this week. We hope you enjoyed the 96th issue of The Pier. Until next week! Please tell your friends about The Pier if you like it.

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