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A few days ago, Adam from SureRank announced the Pro version of the new WordPress SEO plugin, which is currently in alpha (see The Pier #114). They have just provided an insight into what’s coming next. Exciting times lie ahead!…


Rank Math released Content AI back in November 2021. So it was definitely time for an update. And I can tell you, it’s a massive one. Say hello to Content AI 2.0, which brings AI SEO to WordPress. Content AI…

group.one has just announced the acquisition of the BackWPup, Adminimize and Search & Replace plugins for WordPress from Germany’s Inpsyde GmbH. BackWPup, Adminimize and Search & Replace We look forward to further developing BackWPup, along with Adminimize and Search &…

After acquiring WP Media along with WP Rocket and Imagify in 2021, group.one has just announced the acquisition of Rank Math, a popular SEO plugin for WordPress. Rank Math Acquisition Our vision is to empower everyone by making SEO simpler,…

Francisco from BuddyBoss has just announced the launch of the BuddyBoss App for Publishers. It has been designed with blogs, news sites, magazines and other publications in mind, so they can finally launch their own white label native mobile app…

PublishPress has just added a new Block Controls feature to its PublishPress Blocks plugin, giving you more control over how and when Gutenberg blocks appear on your WordPress site. In addition, PublishPress Authors now also supports schema. New Block Controls…

Rank Math has just added another highly requested feature to their SEO plugin for WordPress. Say hello to HTML sitemaps, available in the free version. They have also released a brand new Table of Contents block. Free HTML Sitemaps Rank…