Pier #99 - BricksSync, Conditional Blocks, SureRank, Encharge, Dokan, Figma, WP Interactions, Ploi, Filament, xCloud, LiveAgent & Replug

Stefan from Ahoi.dev | The Pier #99 | May 9, 2025

Welcome to the 99th issue of The Pier. SureRank is an upcoming simple, lightweight SEO plugin developed by the SureCart team. From site and page level checks to indexing controls, content optimization and more, it’s designed to guide you without overwhelming you with unnecessary features. They’ll be starting beta testing soon. Sign up to be notified!

Finally: Encharge releases new Shopify integration for its email marketing automation platform. A whitelabelling option is currently under consideration.

Milestone: SureForms now powers more than 200k WordPress sites.

Acquisition: Dokan acquires StoreGrowth, a conversion-boosting toolkit with advanced marketing modules for WooCommerce.

Exciting: During Config 2025, Figma launched Figma Sites, allowing teams to take their designs to the finish line by publishing them directly to the web with one simple click.

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!

👋 Conditional Blocks ❤️ CRMs

Morgan from Conditional Blocks has just added a new FluentCRM integration to the Pro version of the no-code content visibility plugin for WordPress, allowing you to show and hide blocks based on contact tags or lists.

In addition, they have released a new integration with WP Fusion that allows you to use CRM tags to condition blocks.

🗞️ Bites & Pieces

WordPress

PersonalizeWP 2.9 introduces two new REST API endpoints that allow developers to access detailed visitor profile information such as activities and segments. You can then use this information to customize what you show visitors in your own blocks and templates.

SleekPixel 1.1.0 adds support for custom fonts and introduces a live image preview in the sidebar to improve your dynamic image creation workflow.

Meta Box now integrates seamlessly with popular multilingual plugins, including Polylang and WPML.

Perfmatters 2.4.4 adds new Exclude Leading option for CSS background images. You can now also disable speculative loading.

According to the SureDash Progress Report #3, version 1.0 of the WordPress community plugin will finally be released the week of 12 May.

WP Social Ninja 3.17.0 adds enhanced chat features, including new SMS chat and Instagram DM widgets, as well as an improved WeChat widget and a new Microsoft Teams integration. Previously Pro-only WhatsApp features are now available in the free version. Also new is support for Facebook albums, video playlists and Facebook events.

Kadence Blocks Pro adds a new Mosaic Gallery layout to the Advanced Gallery block. In addition, the Kadence Row Layout block now offers the ability to set dynamic content for videos in the background settings. Now also available in the Pro version.

Diff for Gravity Forms compares Gravity Forms entries field by field, highlighting differences between entries.

Nectarblocks 2.0 introduces dynamic content with out-of-the-box support for ACF, a new Portfolio post type and two new demos. There is also a new templating system that allows you to visually build custom archive and single post layouts using the block editor.

Thread Block is a Twitter/X-style thread builder that lets you chain tweets into a seamless, engaging flow of conversation. Perfect for storytelling.

Scripts Organizer now lets you store code snippets in the cloud. Google Drive is supported for now.

E-Commerce

The AB Split Test Teams plan is now unlimited and comes with unlimited sites for just $49/mo or $399/yr with AI included! Prefer a LTD? Just $999 once.

Virtual Reviews transforms product details into authentic-looking reviews using AI to increase trust, engagement and sales.

Server Management

Ploi introduces full IPv6 support for all supported providers, including UpCloud, Hetzner, Amazon, Vultr, DigitalOcean and more.

Laravel

Get all the details on the Filament v4 beta release. Stay tuned for the launch on 10 June 2025 at Laravel Live UK.

First look at Laravel Nightwatch, which will give you great insight into the performance of your application.

Client Feedback & Bug Reporting

Userback adds network request tracking to its developer tools. Now, in addition to console logs, you can track failed or delayed HTTP requests, giving your team deeper insight into what’s impacting the user experience.

Virtual Events

HeySummit now allows you to automatically create an attendee record for each speaker. There is also a new Gumlet integration for live sessions and pre-recorded talks, as well as a new Pabbly integration.

No-Code Website Builder

Brizy AI now allows you to create multi-page websites in Brizy Cloud with just a few clicks. Watch the video for more details.

Product Demos

Supademo now lets you search for leads within your analytics dashboard, filter your interactive product demos and export them to PDF and PNG.

Final Cut Pro

The new mRotoAI Funky Pack comes with 30 fun, expressive and instantly eye-catching effects for your masks. Now available in MotionVFX CineStudio.

From the Editor: Biff.codes

We’ve launched a new side project called Biff.codes, a free job board for WordPress developers and more. 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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🔥 Quayside Deals

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That’s all for this week. We hope you enjoyed the 99th issue of The Pier. Until next week! Please tell your friends about The Pier if you like it.

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