Week in WordPress: May 2024 #2
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1. Google I/O shared year Baseline achievements
At Google I/O, the Web Platform Dashboard was announced, which allows tracking of Baseline achievements for the current and previous years. While it isn't a direct replacement for CanIUse or MDN, it serves as a useful 'historical' tracker, enabling developers and speakers to see exactly when features were released and to monitor new features.
This year saw significant advancements, with the following major features landing:
- CSS Nesting
Allows writing nested CSS like in SASS. - Popover API
Enables the creation of popover elements that can be used for tooltips, menus, and other transient overlays. - Screen Wake Lock API
Prevents the device's screen from dimming or locking. - Declarative Shadow DOM
Allows the creation of Shadow DOM content using HTML rather than JavaScript. - @container query
Enables querying based on container size instead of the screen, similar to @media. - :has selector
Allows styling elements based on their content. - 'inert' attribute
Makes an element and all its children inactive to any actions, including hover and click. - :user-valid and :user-invalid pseudo-classes
These do not cause an initially failed state like :valid. - New math Functions in CSS
Functions like round, mod, and rem
2. This WordPress week in numbers
In this ongoing section, we feature plugins and themes that were published within the current week. It's an excellent opportunity for you to discover new tools and improve 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) 71 new plugins in the WordPress repository
| Plugin | Author | Downloads per day |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Video Downloader for X Integrate download buttons next to embedded tweets and X posts, enabling users to download videos in MP4 and MP3 format. | X Downloader | 19 |
| 2. Secure Signups Secure Signups helps to filter user registrations based on email domain, enabling a secure and controlled signup process. | Daffodil Web & E-commerce | 17 |
| 3. Easy Text-to-Speech Easy Text-to-Speech is a powerful, user-friendly WordPress plugin designed to transform your textual content into high-quality synthesized speech. | HandyPlugins | 15 |
| 4. Juno – Progress Bar Block Progress bar block plugin with customizable circle, square and semi-circle shaped progress bars. | Pono Press | 14 |
| 5. FastBots AI Powered Chatbots Trained On Your Data. Create a fully automated AI chatbot like ChatGPT to help you or your customers get fast answers about your b … | FastBots | 13 |
| 6. Search with Wine-Searcher Search with Wine-Searcher | Matteo Enna | 12 |
| 7. Docs to WP Pro – Convert Google Docs to WordPress with RankMath or Yoast metadata and internal linking support Plugin to interact with the "Docs to WP Pro" Google Docs Editor add-on that allows you to publish SEO-optimized posts from Google Docs. | Thinksolv technologies private limited | 12 |
| 8. Upgrade Store – Improve Your Online Store Conversions Boost Your Online shop sales and conversion with better product information, attachments, and more. | ProgrammeLab | 11 |
| 9. Telephone field for Elementor Forms The plugin helps you in creating a country drop-down list with country flag. | add-ons.org | 11 |
| 10. XML Sitemap for Google Generate XML sitemap to enhance SEO and expedite website indexing. | WeblineIndia | 11 |
| 11. CocoPopup – WordPress Popup Plugin Maximize your website's impact with CocoPopup. Boost sales, leads, and conversions effortlessly with our smart WordPress popup plugin. | Franchi Web Design | 11 |
| 12. AI Image SEO Toolkit Powered by the advanced OpenAI GPT-4o model, automate image text generation with smart, SEO-friendly titles, ALTs, captions, and descriptions. | Fingers Crossed | 10 |
| 13. Panelhelper – SMM Panel API tool Connect your Wordpress website to an SMM Panel API. | Appalify | 9 |
| 14. Osom for YouTube – Make YouTube embed block privacy-friendly Osom for YouTube enhances the user experience with the YouTube embed block. | OsomPress | 9 |
| 15. WpLoadGraph – Log and display server load of your WP site Stress test tool for logging and measuring all requests to your WordPress website and displaying in timeline format. | Miroslav Curcic | 8 |
| 16. Ultimate Customized Options for Woocommerce – ShopGlut Here is a short description of the plugin, | AppGlut | 8 |
| 17. Quick Edit ACF Content Quickly edit your ACF content without having to leave your page. | MJ/LS / Quick ACF | 8 |
| 18. Product Recommendations for WooCommerce Elevate your sales and improve customer experience with smart, dynamic suggestions. | SaffireTech | 8 |
| 19. Crypto Support Box A simple, effective, and elegant support box to help your visitors make cryptocurrency donations. | AI Scores | 8 |
| 20. Sales Counter For WooCommerce WooCommerce Sales Counter Plugin For WordPress. | Themepoints | 8 |
| 21. Multilingual Comments for WPGlobus Empower multilingual commenting on WPGlobus-enabled WordPress sites seamlessly. | seojacky | 8 |
| 22. ContentLock Secure access to your content (Pages, Posts, or Custom Post Types) with ContentLock's email-based two-step verification! | Adam Solymosi | 7 |
| 23. Better WP-Admin Search Add essential search functionality to your WP Admin. | CloudSponge, Productive | 7 |
| 24. Ranking Post Ranking Post | Ranking AI SEO | 7 |
| 25. Coinscribble Integration Integrate your wordpres site with Coinscribble posts | Coinscribble | 7 |
| 26. Make Estimate Simulation 簡易見積りシミュレーションを生成できます。 | BRISK | 7 |
| 27. Dynamic Post Grid Elementor Addon Post Grid Elementor Addon offers various options such as grid, list & slider. Create any kind of News, Magazine, and Blogging sites with Dynamic P … | DynamicWebLab | 7 |
| 28. EventOn Connect Show Eventbrite events on website and create Eventbrite events directly from Wordpress. | MoMo Themes | 6 |
| 29. Conditional Hide Block by Gutenmate Hide any block with conditions for the Gutenberg editor. | Gutenmate | 6 |
| 30. WPC Mystery Box for WooCommerce WPC Mystery Box allows you to sell boxes that contain randomly products. | WPClever | 6 |
| 31. Creditop Conectamos comercios con múltiples opciones de financiamiento para sus clientes | Creditop | 6 |
| 32. LPCode Flutuante BTN This plugin adds a floating button to the website with the aim of prompting the user to start a WhatsApp conversation with the website owner. | lpcode | 6 |
| 33. Sentiment Analysis with Tensorflowjs Guternberg block to detect sentiment of the paragraph as you write using Tensorflowjs | Ujwol Bastakoti | 6 |
| 34. BucksBus Cryptocurrency payment gateway for WooCommerce and BucksBus. Accept coins: Bitcoin, Ethereum, TRX and more. | BucksBus | 6 |
| 35. WP Frequently Replies If you are tired of copying/pasting duplicate responses to your user's comments, this plugin is for you | Hamid Reza Yazdani | 6 |
| 36. Rentware Addon for Elementor Integrate Rentware into your WordPress website, using the popular Elementor Page Builder | Rentware.com | 5 |
| 37. ThumbsUpSurvey WP Client Short Description: Add any TUS surveys in pages or posts, including all possible options, such as web or form, even for SalesForce embedded chat. | Nexus Media Co Ltd | 5 |
| 38. Customer Address Change Notification for WooCommerce Receive email notifications when your WooCommerce customers change their addresses. | penthouseplugins | 5 |
| 39. Easy YouTube Automate Enhance content with Easy YouTube Automate, adding relevant videos via keyword search or automatic title matching. | Wondercode | 5 |
| 40. Hide SKU's From Customers WooCommerce SKU Visibility plugin allows you to hide product SKUs from customers | sacredcactus | 5 |
| 41. Easy Website Form Integrate forms from Easy Website Form Builder seamlessly into your WordPress site with the Easy Website Form plugin. | SeoIdaho | 5 |
| 42. ShareIt Easy Enables the first "shareIt easy" settings screens in Settings – ShareIt Easy. | Wings Tech | 5 |
| 43. DocoDoco Country Redirection サイト訪問者のアクセス元の国もしくは匿名アクセスを判定して、表示するページを切り替えるためのプラグインです。 | Geolocation Technology, Inc. | 5 |
| 44. Sy Mailer Sy Mailer is a WordPress email plugin that makes it convenient for users to configure SMTP settings. | 沈唁 | 5 |
| 45. Mediebank This plugin allows you to insert pictures and videos from your Mediebank (NTB or TT) directly into WordPress articles and pages. | NTB AS | 5 |
| 46. Recover Fees for Gravity Forms Recover Fees for Gravity Forms for Gravity Forms | My Custom Software | 5 |
| 47. Team Builder Showcase The top WordPress Team plugin helps you display profiles of your team members in a grid or slider layout easily by using a simple shortcode. | Plugin Wale | 4 |
| 48. Wolfix Checker Wolfix Checker va trimite date către Wolfix Web Design pentru a ajuta la menținerea sănătății site-ului dvs. | Wolfix | 4 |
| 49. Stop Search Spam The plugin blocks internal site search spam (what lowers your site's ranking in the Google). | Dmytro Kudleichuk, RockStarLab | 4 |
| 50. Form Refresher for Gravity Forms Reload the Gravity form on the AJAX submission. Useful in situations where you would like to allow multiple form submissions by refreshing the page. | Galaxy Weblinks | 4 |
| 51. WPApps Draft Notifier The FREE solution to automatically notify users about old unpublished drafts in WordPress. Enhance content productivity and stay organized with WPApps … | WPApps | 4 |
| 52. Video Lightbox For Guten Blocks Elevate WordPress with "Video Lightbox for Guten Blocks". Streamline video embedding effortlessly for engaging content. | ZealousWeb | 4 |
| 53. Swipe n buy A WooCommerce plugin to make the purchase process easy and fast. | bPlugins | 4 |
| 54. SliderX Easily Create Attractive slider / Carousel On Your WordPress website & label up you site showcase experience. | Spark Coder | 4 |
| 55. Describr Adds personal information and photo upload fields to user profiles. | profiletoggler | 4 |
| 56. Zeepay Payment Gateway Zeepay payment plugin allow you to accept secure payments from multiple local and global payment channels. | James Obeng | 4 |
| 57. Show Posts list – Easy designs, filters and more Easily show a list of posts and custom types of posts on your website using shortcode. | Swati Agarwal | 3 |
| 58. Eventful – Events Showcase For The Events Calendar Events Showcase For The Events Calendar | ThemeAtelier | 3 |
| 59. CITS My Account Customize for WooCommerce Customize your WooCommerce 'My Account' page! Easily adjust menu positions and pick from simple, modern, or dark designs. | Coder IT Solution | 3 |
| 60. Current Date Shortcode For WordPess Easily display the current date anywhere using a simple shortcode, Gutenberg block, Elementor addon | Noruzzaman | 3 |
| 61. All Social Share "All Social Share" is a WordPress plugin designed to enhance your website by providing easy social sharing options. | Kirtikumar Solanki | 3 |
| 62. Product Ticket System For WooCommerce Boost customer support with our WooCommerce Product Ticket System. Let customers create tickets from orders; admins manage with ease. | Yudiz Solutions Ltd. | 3 |
| 63. WPayo Payment Gateways – Authorize.Net for WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads WPayo is a Wordpress Payment Cateways plugin that seamlessly integrates Authorize.Net and Instamojo as payment gateways with WooCommerce, Easy Digital … | atomoo | 2 |
| 64. XML/RSS Guardian Safeguard your content by easily disabling XML/RSS feeds with XML/RSS Guardian. | John Jezon Ajias | 2 |
| 65. HNP OpenStreetMap External Services | Christopher Rohde | 2 |
| 66. Thumbs Ein einfaches Tool zur Verwaltung von Thumbnail-Dateien in WordPress, das Speicherplatz spart und die Website-Leistung verbessert. | Sebastian Rieder | 2 |
| 67. EAI – Elementor Animation Interactive Enhance Elementor with stunning ThreeJS animations. Add interactive 3D content effortlessly. | Denis O. | 2 |
| 68. Multipurpose – Point of Sale for WooCommerce Multipurpose-Point of Sale plugin for WooCommerce! Sell online and in your physical retail store - no monthly fees, no need to sync inventory. | TMD Software Pvt. Ltd | 2 |
| 69. tappi reviews Easily embed tappi reviews widget on a WordPress website | tappidev | 1 |
| 70. Sap Shipping Plugin Automate your order fulfillment process by syncing to Strictly Auto Parts’ software. | Strictly Auto Parts | 1 |
| 71. Dashboard Reader Displays multiple RSS feeds in the WordPress admin dashboard, each in its own widget. | Felix Krusch | 1 |
2.2) 30 new themes in the WordPress repository
| Plugin | Author | Downloads per day |
|---|---|---|
| 1. BlogHash BlogHash is the perfect pick for bloggers seeking a lightweight, customizable theme that suits them just right. With plenty of options to adjust colors and typography, making your site unique is a breeze. It's SEO friendly and fully compatible with WPML, Gutenberg, Elementor, WooCommerce, and suppor... | peregrinethemes | 178 |
| 2. Savora Savora is a sophisticated WordPress theme meticulously crafted for organic restaurants, health-conscious eateries, and culinary ventures focusing on wholesome ingredients. With its elegant and inviting design, Savora enables you to showcase your menu, ambiance, and ethos with flair. Embracing the es... | effethemes | 173 |
| 3. Authentic News Authentic News ( child theme of Ace News ) is a specialized WordPress theme tailored for various news-related websites such as magazines, blogs, publishers, and online gaming magazines. It offers multiple demos to kickstart your site, presenting a flexible layout with customizable color options and ... | Ascendoor | 131 |
| 4. Shop Toolkit Sell Better with Shop Toolkit Pro Theme. Shop Toolkit is the ultimate WordPress WooCommerce theme. The Shop Toolkit theme is designed to elevate your online shopping experience. Shop Toolkit WordPress theme brings a new level of customization to WooCommerce-based shops, allowing you to create a uniq... | Noor Alam | 109 |
| 5. Garden Lawn Care Garden Lawn Care is a picturesque online sanctuary for gardening enthusiasts and lawn care professionals alike. Its charming design and user-friendly interface make it the perfect digital hub for anyone passionate about nurturing outdoor spaces. With its lush green imagery and vibrant color palette,... | pewilliams | 106 |
| 6. Flixify Lightning Fast Speed & Responsive Theme. Flixify is a responsive and fully customizable theme to create any kind of websites. The advanced admin panel will enable you to customize it without any technical knowledge. This theme is lightweight, it will enable you to create almost any type of websi... | Themes Daddy | 100 |
| 7. Marsh Travel Marsh Travel is a multipurpose theme built in elementor developed specifically for travel websites. This theme provides a pre-built demo that can be imported in just few seconds with the help of creativ demo importer plugin. This theme can be edited very easily as it is built in elementor which is u... | creativthemes | 91 |
| 8. Business School Business School is a versatile and modern WordPress theme designed for businesses, startups, and tech-focused entities. With its clean and elegant design, this theme caters to corporate needs while offering creative elements for showcasing software solutions, IT services, and tech startups. Its resp... | classictemplate | 87 |
| 9. Outdoor Kitchen Outdoor Kitchen is a specialized WordPress theme designed to showcase outdoor cooking spaces, offering a comprehensive solution for homeowners, designers, and businesses alike. Whether you're a barbecue enthusiast, a professional kitchen designer, or a contractor specializing in outdoor living space... | Creta Themes | 87 |
| 10. Football Coach Club Football Coach Club is a comprehensive WordPress theme designed to meet the needs of football clubs, coaches, and enthusiasts. With its sleek design and powerful features, this theme caters to all aspects of football management and development. From player transfers and contract negotiations to spon... | pewilliams | 85 |
| 11. Pointify Pointify - Listing Directory WordPress Theme is more than just a WordPress theme; it's a comprehensive solution for building and managing a successful listing directory. Whether you're launching a local business directory, an event listing site, a real estate platform, or a travel guide, Pointify pr... | Astoundify | 78 |
| 12. Cloth Rental Shop Cloth Rental Shop is your ultimate solution for launching a rental marketplace online. Whether you're in the business of clothing rental, wardrobe rental, or apparel rental, this theme has you covered. With its versatile design and robust features, you can create a seamless rental experience for you... | Misbah WP | 75 |
| 13. Shuttle Dark Grid Shuttle Dark Grid is the awesome free version of Shuttle Pro. It is really good for professionals. If you want to make a business, for big or small this theme is good for you. So if it is a restaurant, sport, medical, startup, corporate, business, ecommerce, portfolio, freelancers or any type of onl... | shuttlethemes | 73 |
| 14. Spoken English Classes Spoken English Classes offers a sleek and professional design tailored especially for language learning institutions. Its layout facilitates interactive learning experiences, featuring customizable sections for English speaking, pronunciation, and communication skills enhancement. With an emphasis o... | WP Radiant | 68 |
| 15. Consulting Blocks Consulting Blocks is a versatile and professional WordPress theme designed for businesses and consultants across various industries. With its clean and modern design, this theme offers a sleek and professional aesthetic that helps businesses establish a strong online presence. It provides a range of... | WP Radiant | 67 |
| 16. Fashion Shop Fashion Shop is a user-friendly and powerful WordPress theme. This is a fully responsive WooCommerce-ready theme. The theme has many useful and pleasant options that will help you create a fashion store website on WordPress as quickly and easily as possible. The top bar, header, pages, and footer ha... | wpdevart | 63 |
| 17. Ronny Introducing Ronny, the epitome of modernity in WordPress themes, seamlessly blending functionality with aesthetics to cater to the dynamic demands of news, magazine, business, and agency websites. Ronny is more than just a theme; it's a comprehensive solution tailored for the Gutenberg era, offering... | themeinwp | 56 |
| 18. Sten Sten is a simple blogging theme with a functional design. It is ideal for taking notes, writing short or long text, and includes a post sidebar and comment section. | Automattic | 55 |
| 19. Garden Care Lite Garden Care Lite WordPress theme is flexible and scalable built using Elementor. Can be used for Planting, horticulture, cultivation, landscaping, farming, tending, nurturing, sowing, seeding, growing, greening, floriculture, botanizing, agrology, arboriculture, floristry, rake & shovel, Gloves,... | sonalsinha21 | 55 |
| 20. BlackVideo Empower your video content: Take control of your online videos with BlackVideo, a responsive and mobile-friendly WordPress theme built for effortless publishing from diverse sources. Theme demo: https://demo.wpenjoy.com/blackvideo/ | WPEnjoy | 50 |
| 21. Newstory Lite Newsstory Lite Theme is wordpress blog theme for personal use. Fully responsive design displays beautifully across desktop, mobile, and all devices. This Theme builds with the world's most popular responsive CSS framework Bootstrap 4.5, HTML5, CSS3, jQuery and so many modern technologies. Easy insta... | ashathemes | 47 |
| 22. Aster Dental Clinic Aster Dental Clinic offers a sleek and professional platform tailored for dental clinics and practitioners. Its design is characterized by clean lines, modern typography, and a crisp color scheme, instilling a sense of trust and professionalism in visitors. The layout is carefully crafted to priorit... | astertheme | 46 |
| 23. Gaming News Stay Ahead of the Game: Your Daily Dose of Gaming News! Publish the latest updates on releases, reviews, and industry buzz. From console wars to esports showdowns, we've got you covered. Level up your gaming website with our perfect template for gaming news. Get free support at https://codeworkweb.c... | codeworkweb | 42 |
| 24. Event Planning Management Event Planning Management is a sleek and intuitive WordPress theme tailored for event organizers and planners. Its elegant design and user-friendly layout offer seamless navigation and easy access to essential features. With customizable templates and stunning visuals, users can create captivating e... | Misbah WP | 41 |
| 25. Marketr A marketer theme encapsulates the essence of marketing strategies, tactics, and principles in a cohesive narrative or visual representation. It typically highlights the dynamic nature of marketing, emphasizing elements like creativity, consumer behavior analysis, brand building, and communication. | ThemePixels | 41 |
| 26. Bosa Accounting Bosa Accounting is multipurpose business theme. Bosa Accounting is beautiful, fast, lightweight, responsive, extremely customizable theme that you can use as a foundation to build versatile sites such as account, accountant, accounting, audit, bookkeeping, business, company, corporate, dark, finance... | Bosa Themes | 38 |
| 27. Cricket League Cricket League is a versatile and comprehensive WordPress theme designed specifically for cricket enthusiasts, teams, clubs, and event organizers. Tailored to meet the unique requirements of the cricket community, this theme offers a range of features and functionalities to elevate the online presen... | VW THEMES | 31 |
| 28. Poesis Poesis pays homage to the literary figures represented in the painting “Six Tuscan Poets” by the Italian Renaissance painter, architect, and art historian Giorgio Vasari and is ideal for poetry or short stories. The theme's main feature is its split layout, with a full height column containing a... | Automattic | 27 |
| 29. Goldy Tech Goldy Tech 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 Tech WordPress theme, carries an abundance of crucial features and functionalities. For instance, featu... | inpersttion | 26 |
| 30. BeautyStyle BeautyStyle is a beauty center, beauty spa salon Wordpress theme. It consists of a front page that is easy to modify in appearance and enrich with sections such as sliders, link pages and recent articles. | iarno1980 | 25 |
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