Week in WordPress: April 2024 #4
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1. Popover becomes natively available in browsers
Popover API is now natively supported in browsers as of Baseline 2024. This grants developers direct access to the native popover feature, eliminating the need to include external JS libraries. Learn the full announcement and how to utilize it here.
2. This WordPress week in numbers
In this ongoing section, we highlight renowned plugins with discovered vulnerabilities, alongside newly published plugins and themes from the current week. It's a great chance for you to explore new tools and enhance your workflow.
Your interest is crucial for developers, especially in the early stages, and inspires them to continuously improve. Spin up interesting items to see if they fit your workflow.
2.1) WordFence has identified over 60 plugin vulnerabilities
WordFence found 60+ vulnerabilities in WP plugins, including Rank Math SEO, ElementsKit Elementor addons, WP SMTP, and Simple Membership.
It's recommended to update the plugins to the latest version which includes patches.
2.2) 63 new plugins in the WordPress repository
| Plugin | Author | Downloads per day |
|---|---|---|
| 1. MLSImport – Download and synchronize real estate data from various MLS (Multiple Listing Services) MlsImport is an MLS Wordpress plugin that lets you download and synchronize real estate data from various MLSs (Multiple Listing Services). | MlsImport | 231 |
| 2. ZoloBlocks – Page Builder Blocks for Gutenberg ZoloBlocks comes with a number of amazing custom Gutenberg blocks to extend the power of editing and designing in the Gutenberg block editor. | BdThemes | 115 |
| 3. GetResponse for WordPress Official Maximize visitor potential! Capture emails, automate marketing, track visits, and transfer ecommerce data to GetResponse for precision campaigns. | GetResponse | 105 |
| 4. Smart Address for WooCommerce Enhance your WooCommerce store's checkout experience with the Smart Address Unit-Level Address Autocomplete for WooCommerce plugin. | Smart Address | 31 |
| 5. ACF Block Generator Quickly create ACF gutenberg blocks using block.json. | Adam Wilson | 24 |
| 6. MyD Delivery integration with SumUp MyD Delivery integration with SumUp enable SumUp Payment Gateway options to MyD Delivery Pro. | EduardoVillao.me | 17 |
| 7. Bricks Element Manager Quickly deactivate/activate Bricks elements with easy to use settings page. | BloomPixel | 16 |
| 8. AI Assistant: GPT ChatBot The AI Assistant WordPress plugin integrates an AI-driven chat feature on your WordPress site. | federicopepedev | 13 |
| 9. RemoteMonkey Connecting to the BackupMonkey website management | BackupMonkey.io Team | 12 |
| 10. AI Chatbot by PBrain – collect leads, answer queries and improve conversion AI chatbot to collect data and answer queries. No code, conversational forms, ChatGPT and multi-language for best customer support and FAQ experience. | PBrain | 12 |
| 11. OneAI Agent Plugin Description The OneAI plugin allows you to easily integrate your OneAI Agent into your WordPress site. 3rd party The plugin requires a subscription … | OneAI | 12 |
| 12. CM Blocks CM Blocks is a collection of page building blocks for WordPress block editor. | codemanas | 12 |
| 13. WaMate Confirm – Order Confirmation WaMate Confirm is a powerful plugin designed to streamline your order confirmation process | WaMate | 11 |
| 14. Darkify: WordPress Dark Mode Plugin – Enhance Your Website's Visibility in Low Light Darkmode plugin for WordPress | ThemeAtelier | 11 |
| 15. HeadlessWC: Ultimate eCommerce Decoupler The ultimate solution for integrating headless checkout functionalities into your WC store | Dawid Wiewiórski | 11 |
| 16. Patternly – WordPress Pattern Library for Gutenberg The best WordPress pattern library with 400+ built-in gutenberg block patterns for the Gutenberg block editor. | Optemiz | 11 |
| 17. Affinidi Login – Passwordless Authentication AUGMENT EXPERIENCES WITH A SAFER, SIMPLER AND MORE PRIVATE WAY TO LOGIN | Affinidi | 9 |
| 18. Restricts Date for WPForms Restrict Dates is a WPForms add-on that restricts users from selecting specific dates in your WPForms date picker field. | add-ons.org | 8 |
| 19. Semonto – Uptime monitoring, Broken Links and SSL Semonto watches the health of your website and server. Get notified when something is wrong, so you can fix the issue before anyone notices. | Coding Mammoth - Semonto | 8 |
| 20. SpeedSearch Fast Search filter for WooCommerce. Fast autocomplete and products search. Tags, attributes, categories, custom filters. Customize everything. | TMM Technology | 8 |
| 21. Simple Log Viewer A simple plugin to log errors in real time in a metabox in the admin panel. | Pedro Avelar | 8 |
| 22. Custom Dash Upload your logo for WordPress login page instead of the usual WordPress logo with simple settings. | Arun Sharma | 7 |
| 23. Stan Checkout Vendez plus. Vendez mieux et plus vite avec Stan Xpress Checkout ! | Brightweb | 7 |
| 24. Cryptocurrency Payment Gateway for MemberPress by CryptoPay Cryptocurrency Payment Gateway for MemberPress, Cryptocurrency payments for WordPress, Bitcoin payments, Crypto payments, USDT, BTC, ETH, SOL | BeycanPress LLC | 7 |
| 25. Ficoo – Fatture in Cloud per WooCommerce Connetti WooCommerce a Fatture in Cloud, crea documenti e gestisci l'inventario. | Valerio Demicheli | 7 |
| 26. Automatic FFL Automatic FFL is a powerful extension designed to simplify the process of shipping firearms to Federal Firearms License (FFL) dealers. | Refactored Group | 7 |
| 27. Alpaca Bot A privately hosted WordPress AI chatbot. Chat with your own hosted LLMs and automate workflows with agents. | Carmelo Santana | 7 |
| 28. Flexible Subscriptions Meet Flexible Subscriptions for WooCommerce. The best & free plugin to sell subscriptions in WooCommerce. | WP Desk | 7 |
| 29. PreBook – Appointment Booking and Online Scheduling Solution PreBook is a versatile appointment booking plugin for WordPress, ideal for businesses and service providers. | PreBook | 6 |
| 30. NORDIC SHIPPING Select print shipping labels, track and manage shipit shipments from your dashboard. And you can select pick-up points also from your dashboard. | uniwin | 6 |
| 31. RD Order Note Templates for WooCommerce Create predefined templates for order notes that you can apply to orders | Robot Dwarf | 6 |
| 32. Get Quote For Woocommerce – Request A Quote For Woocommerce Short Description | Cloud Technologies | 6 |
| 33. VisualWP Anti-Spam and Fraud Prevention Increase security and protect against bots, spammers and hackers with VisualWP Anti-Spam and Fraud Prevention | Sightfactory | 6 |
| 34. Vendy Embed your Vendy layout on WordPress. | alibitech | 6 |
| 35. AI Sidekick This plugin integrates AI Sidekick (ai-sidekick.app) as a panel into the WordPress editor. Use ChatGPT and other LLM models directly in the WordPress … | Matteo Savio | 6 |
| 36. PWA App by iFlair PWA App by iFlair plugin is a tool designed to convert a WordPress website into a Progressive Web App. PWAs combine the features of both web and mobil … | The iFlair Team | 6 |
| 37. Auto Update Post Date Keep your WordPress content evergreen with Auto Update Post Date – a FREE simple WP plugin designed to effortlessly update your posts and boost SEO | Temak | 6 |
| 38. WPMozo Addons Lite For Elementor WPMozo Addons Lite For Elementor is a plugin that adds new design widgets to Elementor. | Elicus | 6 |
| 39. Xelation Xelation seamlessly synchronizes your WooCommerce orders with Xero. | Glide Digital Ltd | 5 |
| 40. Quick View Popup For WooCommerce Quick View Popup For WooCommerce brings an array of features to enhance your WooCommerce experience, offering seamless product previews and details. | Anand Upadhyay | 5 |
| 41. Clone Pages/Posts/CPT/Woo Products Adds a button to duplicate pages, posts, custom post types, and WooCommerce products in WordPress. | MN Shariff | 5 |
| 42. HYWD Tools Manager Get access to all our HAYWOOD Digital Tools for wordpress. | HAYWOOD Digital Tools | 5 |
| 43. Linkly for WooCommerce Link your webshop with Linkly! | Linkly | 5 |
| 44. LeanData BookIt LeanData's official WordPress plugin serves as a tool to help attach BookIt to your form in just a few steps. | LeanData | 5 |
| 45. Smart Answer Create custom questions, deploy via shortcodes, manage responses, mark favorites or ban. | @softcialdeveloper | 4 |
| 46. Advance Payment for WooCommerce Accept advance payments on your WooCommerce store to avoid Spam or Fake orders. | Shameem Reza | 4 |
| 47. AI eShop Optimizer Boost sales with AI-powered product recommendations. Effortlessly optimize upsells and cross-sells for store success! | Oxford Metadata Ltd | 4 |
| 48. Related Products for WooCommerce A quick and powerful way to update related for products in your WooCommerce catalog. | SaffireTech | 4 |
| 49. AnotherRead Create posts and pages with Another Read’s activity feeds and stacks. | Line Industries | 4 |
| 50. Aggregator for Elementor forms This plugin brings all your Elementor forms together in one convenient admin page, allowing you to easily edit them and customize notification emails | Luis Zarza | 4 |
| 51. IP Informant Logger Logs and displays visitor IP addresses for website security and monitoring. | Jeremy R Whittaker | 4 |
| 52. 2Coders integration for Mux Video This is a short description of the plugin | 2Coders Studio | 4 |
| 53. Gutefy Social Icons Gutefy Social Icons is a WordPress plugin developed by Gutefy, allowing users to easily enhance their website with a variety of customizable features. | Gutefy | 3 |
| 54. [凹凸曼]一键采集抖音视频 通过抖音分享视频链接，一键采集抖音视频到自己网站上，非常方便实用的工具。 | 凹凸曼 | 3 |
| 55. Vendreo Open Banking Gateway Vendreo's latest payment solution. Accept Open Banking payments online through your WooCommerce store safely and securely. | Vendreo | 3 |
| 56. Wysistat Wysistat is the #1 Google Analytics alternative that gives you full control over your data and protects user privacy. | Wysistat | 3 |
| 57. wanpay wanpay payment gateway plugin for WooCommerce. | 旺沛大數位股份有限公司 | 3 |
| 58. Promaker Chat Inserta un botón de contacto por WhatsApp en tu web. | Jonathan Peralta | Promaker | 3 |
| 59. Img To RSS A simple plugin that ensures images are included within your WordPress RSS feeds. | No Frills Plugins | 3 |
| 60. Iron gForce Lite Integrate Greenhouse ATS into WordPress, streamlining recruitment. Display job listings from your Greenhouse job board. | Ironistic.com | Plugin Settings | 3 |
| 61. Text Summarizer – AI Powered Content Summaries Leverage the power of OpenAI's GPT-3.5-Turbo to generate concise summaries for your WordPress content. | TopTech News | 3 |
| 62. Integrate Dropbox – Browse Manage Your Dropbox Files Into Your Website Dashboard Streamline Dropbox integration on WordPress. Manage, share, and display files effortlessly. Get the essential plugin now! | CodeConfig | 0 |
| 63. Disable Menu Links with Children The Disable Menu Links with Children plugin offers a simple solution to disable links for menu items that have children. With this plugin, you can enh … | Angela Romana | 0 |
2.3) 45 new themes in the WordPress repository
| Plugin | Author | Downloads per day |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Envo Royal Envo Royal is a fast, clean, lightweight, customizable and modern-looking free responsive multipurpose WordPress theme. Suitable for blog, creative, portfolio or business website and WooCommerce storefront. Theme supports popular page builders like Elementor, Beaver Builder, SiteOrigin, Thrive Archi... | EnvoThemes | 218 |
| 2. Blockskit Business Blockskit Business is a modern and versatile WordPress theme designed for various types of websites including business, Business Agency, business coach, Business Consultant, business consulting, business solutions, business startup, business website, consulting business, consulting services, corpora... | BlockskitDev | 167 |
| 3. Agencify The ultimate WordPress theme designed specifically for digital agencies, freelancers, and creative professionals. With its sophisticated black and white aesthetic, Agencify brings a modern and elegant feel to your online presence. This theme is engineered to showcase your portfolio, services, and di... | Blockify | 158 |
| 4. Automobile Repair Blocks Automobile Repair Blocks is a comprehensive and versatile WordPress theme designed specifically for businesses and professionals in the automobile repair industry. This theme offers a wide range of features and functionalities tailored to meet the needs of auto repair shops, mechanics, technicians, ... | pewilliams | 120 |
| 5. WordCraft X WordCraft X is a easy to use WordPress theme designed with travel and lifestyle bloggers and writers in mind. It's compatible with the best popular page builders like Brizy, Elementor, Divi Builder, and Visual Compose, Gutenberg. Its clean and simple minimalist layout is perfect for showcasing photo... | Superb Addons | 110 |
| 6. Experon eDark Experon eDark is the free version of the multi-purpose professional theme (Experon Pro) ideal for a business or blog website. The theme has a responsive layout, HD retina ready and comes with a powerful theme options panel with can be used to make awesome changes without touching any code. The theme... | ThinkUpThemes | 98 |
| 7. Blogxo Blogxo is a fast, clean, modern-looking Best Responsive News Magazine WordPress theme. The theme is fully widgetized, so users can manage the content by using easy to use widgets. Blogxo is suitable for dynamic news, newspapers, magazine, publishers, blogs, editors, online and gaming magazines, news... | themeansar | 98 |
| 8. Haaski Minimal Haaski Minimal is a clean child theme of Savana Lite, perfect for building your personal blog or travel blog. It gives you the flexibility to customize your website's appearance and offers a selection of 18 Google Fonts. Haaski Minimal is also compatible with WooCommerce and the most popular page bu... | alexvtn | 86 |
| 9. Adjustable Blog Adjustable Blog is a light and elegant theme that suits all kinds of blog. It can be used for fashion blog, food blog, travel blog, personal blog, magazine blog websites. | creativthemes | 84 |
| 10. FSE Fashion Designer FSE Fashion Designer is a sleek and modern WordPress theme that embodies elegance, sophistication, and multipurpose functionality, tailored specifically for fashion designers. Its sleek, responsive design and retina-ready display ensure a seamless and visually stunning experience across all devices.... | Creta Themes | 84 |
| 11. Home Improvement Home Improvement is a versatile WordPress theme designed specifically for businesses and professionals involved in home improvement, renovation, and repair services. This theme caters to a wide array of service providers including plumbers and plumbing companies, electricians, general contractors an... | alleythemes | 81 |
| 12. Plus News Plus News ( Newspaperss Child Theme ) is a WordPress theme designed specifically for various types of websites related to news, including magazines, publishers, blogs, editors, online and gaming magazines, and personal blogs. It is also optimized for SEO, and its design is widget-based, allowing ext... | Silk Themes | 79 |
| 13. Carpenter Workshop Carpenter Workshop is a feature-rich and user-friendly WordPress theme meticulously crafted for woodworking professionals, carpenters, and artisans aiming to establish a compelling online presence. Tailored to showcase portfolios, services, and completed projects, this theme is a perfect match for i... | themespride | 78 |
| 14. Publishtify Introducing Publishtify, the ultimate WordPress theme tailored for bloggers, personal storytellers, tech reviewers, and intrepid travelers alike. With Publishtify, dive into a world of seamless website creation through Full Site Editing, embracing a block-based design approach that puts creativity a... | CozyThemes | 75 |
| 15. Digitiva Digitiva is a cutting-edge WordPress theme designed specifically for digital marketing agency, design agency and branding agency. With its sleek and clean design, Digitiva empowers you to showcase your services, portfolio, and team in style. With a focus on modernity, intuitiveness, and cleanliness,... | effethemes | 74 |
| 16. Major News Major News ( child theme of World News ) is a WordPress theme designed specifically for various types of websites related to news, including magazines, publishers, blogs, editors, online and gaming magazines, and personal blogs. It provides impressive demos for a quick start, featuring a flexible la... | Ascendoor | 74 |
| 17. Shopkit Lite The Shopkit Lite WordPress theme is a great pick if you want to build an eye-catching online shop or blog. This free theme is a spin-off of the ShopKit theme, and it can take your upcoming projects to the next level. With Shopkit Lite, your shop's website will look super slick and visually appealing... | Noor Alam | 73 |
| 18. Jeweller Store Jeweller Store offers a stunning platform for showcasing exquisite jewellery pieces, from diamond rings to beaded necklaces. With its clean and delightful design, this theme caters to jewellery artisans, goldsmiths, and designers, providing a seamless e-commerce experience for selling a wide range o... | Misbah WP | 70 |
| 19. Nutofito Nutofito is a responsive multipurpose WordPress Theme & translation-ready that features a beautiful & spacious design. Flexible & modern design make it easy to manage the user interface of the website easily without any programming skills and for readers to focus on your content. Y... | nordicwptheme | 69 |
| 20. Property Listing Elementor Property Listing Elementor presents a sleek and contemporary design tailored for showcasing properties effectively and engaging potential buyers. Its responsive layout ensures seamless viewing across all devices, enhancing user experience and accessibility. Whether you're a real estate agent, broker... | wpelemento | 67 |
| 21. MixMart Mixmart is a powerful e-commerce theme of storeflex that comes with a variety of advanced features and customization options. It offers a variety of presentation styles and features, all of which are designed to increase user engagement and conversions. Check out our pre-build demos here: https://pr... | Mystery Themes | 67 |
| 22. Real Estate Dark House Real Estate Dark House Real Estate Theme for Real Estate Agency, Booking, Realtor, Broker, Agent, Hotel, Single Property, Villa, Rental, Booking or similar usage. Theme is mostly build for Elementor so everything can be customized visually. Real Estate Agency Directory Features: Manage Properties, M... | wpdirectorykit | 65 |
| 23. Summer Camp Summer Camp is a vibrant WordPress theme that encapsulates the essence of outdoor adventures and nature exploration synonymous with summer camp experiences. Tailored to capture the excitement of wilderness activities and camping adventures, it serves as a digital hub for showcasing camp traditions a... | VW THEMES | 64 |
| 24. Featured Blog Featured Blog theme is a minimal, lightweight and customizer based WordPress theme for creating beautiful fast loading and accessible websites and also a new generation clean design blog theme. This theme is perfect for a fashion blog, lifestyle blog, travel blog, food blog, photography blog, and ma... | adorethemes | 63 |
| 25. Surrealist Surrealist is a block theme about the Surrealism art movement. | Automattic | 63 |
| 26. BlogCorner The "Blogcorner" WordPress theme is more than just a platform; it's a vibrant digital hub where creativity meets community. Boasting a contemporary design with clean lines and visually appealing elements, Blogcorner offers a visually stunning backdrop for bloggers to showcase their content. With its... | themeinwp | 58 |
| 27. Koyel Grid Koyel Grid is Wordpress Theme. Koyel Grid Theme is wordpress blog theme for personal use. Fully responsive design displays beautifully across desktop, mobile, and all devices. Easy installation allows you to start post blogs immediately after the activation. This Theme builds with the world's most p... | ashathemes | 56 |
| 28. AveNews Avenews is a free WordPress Theme designed for News website, Magazine, Social News, Politics News, Breaking News, Live News, Magazine or News Portal purposes, Blogging, Editorial Newspaper, Fashion, Health News Magazine, personal blog, publisher magazine, tech news magazine, Movie news magazine. Ave... | themeinwp | 56 |
| 29. Combat Introducing Combat Fitness WordPress theme, a revolutionary full site editing WordPress theme designed specifically for fitness gyms, martial arts schools, and personal trainers who specialize in combat and fitness training. With its robust features and dynamic design, Combat Fitness empowers you to... | flythemes | 55 |
| 30. CorBoost CorBoost Block FSE is a WordPress theme designed specifically for Full Site Editing (FSE) capabilities. It provides a seamless experience for users who want to take advantage of the powerful customization options offered by FSE in WordPress. With CorBoost Block FSE, you can easily create and customi... | techthemes | 53 |
| 31. Monsoon Blog Monsoon Blog is a simple, clean and responsive WordPress blog theme built by Kantipur Themes. This theme is perfect for youtube bloggers, travel blog, food blog, fashion blog and writers who need to create personal blog site with simple creative features and effects to make readers feel the pleasure... | kantipurthemes | 47 |
| 32. Blogcards Blogcards is a flexible blog theme with plenty of options. Optimized for all devices, this theme will stand out with a unique large card design, including dark/light mode. Set to any accent and background colors you want, or add border radius to the design in styling options. Demo: http://demo.alx.m... | Alexander Agnarson | 47 |
| 33. Villa Estate Zone Villa Estate Zone embodies sophistication and luxury, tailored for real estate agencies, property brokers, and individual agents looking to showcase exquisite properties. With its sleek design and intuitive interface, the Villa Estate Zone WordPress Theme offers a seamless browsing experience for po... | themagnifico52 | 43 |
| 34. Bakery Confectionery Bakery Confectionery is a delectable WordPress theme crafted for bakeries and confectionery businesses. Tailored for those who seek to establish a sweet and visually appealing online presence, this theme is a blend of style and functionality. Catering to bakers, pastry chefs, and dessert enthusiasts... | astertheme | 40 |
| 35. ST Dentcare ST DentCare is a professional and modern WordPress theme tailor-made for dentists and dental clinics. ST DentCare comes with a responsive and easy-to-use interface that provides the perfect platform for dentists looking to showcase their services and create a strong online presence. This theme has b... | Spectra Themes | 39 |
| 36. Clothes Rental Services A warm welcome to you all to have a look at our latest Clothes Rental Services WordPress Theme! This theme has been crafted for people who are into business of renting outfits and want to grow it by reaching out to new customers, letting more and more people know about it. When you download the actu... | luzuk Themes | 39 |
| 37. Murti Murti, a dynamic child theme derived from the Martanda WPKoi theme, offers a contemporary, dark design for unique portfolio, business or agency websites. It's a versatile multipurpose theme ideal for showcasing your art, business, event, portfolio, blog, webshop, or products. Murti seamlessly integr... | wpkoithemes | 37 |
| 38. Petpalsi Petpalsi is a responsive multipurpose WordPress Theme & translation-ready that features a beautiful & spacious design. Flexible & modern design make it easy to manage the user interface of the website easily without any programming skills and for readers to focus on your content. Y... | nordicwptheme | 37 |
| 39. Politics Candidate Politics Candidate is a sophisticated and versatile WordPress theme tailored specifically for political candidates and campaigns. With its sleek design and user-friendly interface, this theme offers a comprehensive suite of features to help politicians engage with constituents, showcase their platfo... | Themescaliber | 35 |
| 40. Verdandi Wordpress Theme for Blogging | Rolf Strathewerd | 32 |
| 41. Property Hub Child Theme to IT Residence WordPress Theme featuring a brand new Header Layout for the theme. This new layout offers more in terms of design choice as well as utility. Check out the demo for the theme at https://demo.indithemes.com/property-hub | indithemes | 30 |
| 42. Music Class As you start looking out for free WordPress theme to launch your Music Class online, you’ll find multiple-use themes and niche themes. The Music Class WordPress theme we’ve designed caters to niche audience, comprising professionals giving music lessons to individuals and batches of students, an... | Peccular | 25 |
| 43. Hariko Hariko is a WordPress starter theme framework that designed to be flexible, versatile and applicable to any website. Its collection of templates and patterns tailor to different needs, such as presenting a business, blogging and writing or showcasing work. A multitude of possibilities open up with j... | naokibd | 21 |
| 44. Goldy Books Goldy Books is a clean, modern, user friendly, responsive and highly customizable WordPress Theme. you’ll easily find the design of this theme impressive and suitable for your Website. This Goldy Books WordPress theme, carries an abundance of crucial features and functionalities. For instance, fea... | inpersttion | 17 |
| 45. EcoScape The "EcoScape" WordPress theme is a visually stunning and environmentally conscious design crafted for websites dedicated to sustainability, eco-friendly living, and nature appreciation. With its clean layout, earthy color palette, and intuitive navigation, EcoScape offers an immersive experience fo... | themeinwp | 16 |
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