There is a new plugin that might be of interest to developers and power users called WP Debug Toolkit. It is created by Elias Lista, who is a member of the Soflyy team. I created a short video walk-through. YouTube video: youtu.be/3ooQKKE1wIw Plugin website: wpdebugtoolkit.com

First Look at the WPDebugToolkit Plugin

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SureDash is a new WordPress plugin for creating member dashboards and courses. This video provides a complete walk-through using SureDash to create a dashboard for discussion and courses. It also shows how to use SureMembers and SureCart to sell access to your courses. youtu.be/mOs-flhpfL0

Creating a Member Dashboard with SureDash, SureMembers, and SureCart

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I looked at the data from the 2024 Survey of WordPress Professionals, focusing on “one person agencies” in the United States. There were some unexpected findings from which I drew a few conclusions. I hope you find it interesting and thought provoking. www.webtng.com/2024-survey-...

2024 Survey of WordPress Professionals and What It Tells Us About the One Person Agencies - WebTNG

Kyle Van Deusen of the Admin Bar recently released the results of the 2024 Survey of WordPress Professionals. There were 1,233 responses and he shared some general insights, as did others. One of the ...

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Freelancers and agencies, do you want to add an accessibility package to your offerings? Gen Herres is offering a 5 day workshop challenge to help you get started. easya11yguide.com/product/sell...

5-Day Accessibility Selling Challenge – Easy A11y Guide

This is a 5-day accessibility selling challenge for agencies. March 24 to 28 at 1 p.m. US ET each day. After each call, Zoom recordings will be sent. Over 5 days you will achieve: Monday: Qualify your...

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In a surprise move yesterday the Oxygen team released version 6. It is a rewrite and modernization of the code base. In this video I review the information available for current lifetime license holders and do a walk-through of the UI. youtu.be/0dzqpY4-S34

The New Oxygen 6.0: What We Know and First Look

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Joost and Karim Fork of WordPress? Matt has removed Joost and Karim from WordPress org and challenged them to create their own fork. wordpress.org/news/2025/01...

The Meta Box team has released a new free plugin that makes it easier to use Meta Box features for creating Custom Post Types, custom taxonomies, and custom fields. In this video I show what was involved previously and how it is now more convenient. youtu.be/FRdKX-m4_PY

Introducing Meta Box Lite

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Here are some suggestions for #WordPress plugin and theme developers following on the WPE / Matt Mullenweg conflict. youtu.be/g7l7eEiduko

WordPress Plugin and Theme Developers Do This Now

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Here is a summary of today's events and a discussion of what they might mean for the project in 2025. Is a fork, or maybe a community distro, inevitable? youtu.be/JQwmgCT2Y9o

Is a WordPress Fork or a Community Distribution Model Coming in 2025?

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And the controversy continues! Checkout the new WordPress org login form. I hope you like pineapple on pizza :)

@patchstack.com - How do I report a problem with the Patchstack plugin? I tried submitting the PHP error via chat and tried searching for how to submit a bug, but cannot get past the bot.

The latest issue of @idavinder.bsky.social's WP Weekly is out. Voting is open for the WP Awards 2024 (link near the top of the newsletter). This issue is a great summary of everything going on. thewpweekly.com/issue-221/

WP Weekly 221 - Bluesky - WP Assets on CDN, Limit Font Subsets, ACF Pro Now

Easily offload media assets of WordPress website on CDN with Asset Management Framework, limit Google Fonts subsets with Perfmatters plugin. New Releases: CrawlWP, FluentCommunity, Indystack’s AI Buil...

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ACF Pro has also just been added to the WordPress plugin directory, also under the name Secure Custom Fields. I take a look at this new plugin. Is this a nulled plugin or a fork? youtu.be/nYHKSpfhrRE

ACF Pro: Nulled by WordPress.org

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Admin and Site Enhancements Pro lets you create Custom Post Types with custom fields, similar to ACF. It includes advanced field types like repeater fields. Here is a video showing how to use the Custom Content Type feature of ASE and then display it using Breakdance. youtu.be/dStObVN0h3U

Custom Content Types with Admin and Site Enhancements and Breakdance

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