WP Weekly 246 - Surprise  ## Metadata - Author: [[thewpweekly.com]] - Full Title: WP Weekly 246 - Surprise - Category: #articles - Document Note: --- tags: [#wpweekly, #wordpressnews, #community, #plugins #FAIR] - #issue246 - #wordpress - #wpcommunity Author: The WP Weekly Source: thewpweekly.com/issue-246 Reference: [Issue 246](https://thewpweekly.com/issue-246/) date created: 2025-06-09 17:02 --- # Title: 📰 The WP Weekly – Issue 246 ## Table of Contents: - [📝 Summary](#📝-summary) - [📖 Main Content](#📖-main-content) - [🗒️ Notes](#🗒️-notes) - [📖 References](#📖-references) - [🗣️ Paraphrase](#🗣️-paraphrase) - [📰 Newsletter](#📰-newsletter) - [✅ Action Items](#✅-action-items) - [🧪 Hypotheses](#🧪-hypotheses) - [📊 Methodology](#📊-methodology) - [❓ Questions](#❓-questions) - [🔮 Future Research](#🔮-future-research) - [💡 Implications](#💡-implications) - [🧠 Learning Styles Assessment](#🧠-learning-styles-assessment) - [📊 Accessibility Assessment](#📊-accessibility-assessment) - [🌍 DEIB Assessment](#🌍-deib-assessment) - [✅ Logical Validity](#✅-logical-validity) - [🔍 DARVO Analysis](#🔍-darvo-analysis) - [🔍 SEO Evaluation](#🔍-seo-evaluation) - [🎯 Conclusion](#🎯-conclusion) --- ## 📝 Summary: _A summary of Issue 246’s main topics will go here once content is retrieved._ --- ## 📖 Main Content: _Detailed exploration of key stories, updates, and community shimmers once we access the source._ --- ### 🗒️ Notes - Bullet points to be added once the full issue is available. --- ## 📖 References: - The WP Weekly – Issue 246 (source URL above) --- ## 🗣️ Paraphrase: 1. Placeholder paraphrase excerpt 1. 2. Placeholder paraphrase excerpt 2. --- ## 📰 Newsletter: *Could not extract content from Issue 246. Please provide the content or a summary to craft a newsletter blurb.* --- ## ✅ Action Items: *Awaiting full issue to align actionable steps with your open-source advocacy and WP-focused goals.* --- ## 🧪 Hypotheses: - Would hypothesize further with complete content context. --- ### 📊 Methodology: - Define sources and approaches once data is available. --- ### ❓ Questions: - Could you share the issue’s text? - Do you want this formatted for subscribers or teaching? --- ### 🔮 Future Research: - To be defined after content review. --- ### 💡 Implications: - To be mapped when article themes are known. --- ### 🧠 Learning Styles Assessment: - Visual: - Aural: - Verbal: - Physical: - Logical: - Social: - Solitary: - Naturalistic: (Will complete after reviewing article structure.) --- ### 📊 Accessibility Assessment: - Screen reader compatibility? - Keyboard navigation? - Contrast/readability? (Details pending source review.) --- ### 🌍 DEIB Assessment: - Representation? - Inclusive Language? - Neurodiversity? (Deferred until content availability.) --- ### ✅ Logical Validity: - Sound reasoning and any fallacies to be logged post-content analysis. --- ### 🔍 DARVO Analysis: - DARVO elements: none detected without content. --- ### 🔍 SEO Evaluation: - Keywords, meta, structure to assess once text is available. --- ## 🎯 Conclusion: _Please share the content or confirm that this is the correct issue to proceed with a complete analysis._ - Document Tags: [[fair]] [[FAIR]] - Summary: A new eCommerce cart solution is coming in the form of FluentCart, now run own hosting platform with Arch from RunCloud, tame patterns with pattern builder and pattern css plugin. A WordCamp Europe 2025 surprise in the form of Fair project, an alternate way to distribute WordPress plugins. Check all photos and sessions from WC Europe 2025. - URL: https://thewpweekly.com/issue-246/ The flagship WordCamp and surprises – is a thing now! This year’s WordCamp Europe 2025 side event introduced the Fair project, an alternate way to distribute plugins. Also, check out many new plugin launches and a big surprise for eCommerce users with the upcoming FluentCart plugin! **The WP Weekly** is made possible by WordPress Community Members and Sponsors. 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[Sign up now](https://thewpweekly.com/s-omnisend) ↑ Community Sponsors supporting this weekly ###### What’s Buzzing in WordPress 💖 * Own Hosting Platform… the RunCloud team, during WordCamp Europe 2025, announced an all-new [Arch by RunCloud](https://runcloud.io/arch) platform. It promises to be a complete toolkit for running your own hosting platform (white label version of Runcloud for resellers) using cloud providers like AWS, UpCloud, Vultr, and others. * Mobile App for WordCamps… Sirvelia, the team behind Ploogins plugins directory, has [launched](https://poststatus.com/new-wordcamp-app/) an app that displays the list of official WordCamps and then shows corresponding speakers and sessions. The app is available for [Apple](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wc-wp-events/id6746415350) and [Android](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sirvelia.wcwpeventsapp) users for free. * Code Snippets Cloud UI… the team at Code Snippets has introduced new and improved [Cloud UI functionality](https://r.freemius.com/10565/1557977/https://codesnippets.pro/blog/introducing-the-new-and-improved-code-snippets-cloud-ui/). The new UI for a more unified experience, under the hood, the platform has been optimized, and the process of laying the foundation for upcoming features like conditions, and more. * Hydra Booking… 1.1.11v has introduced the [Unified Host Availability](https://themefic.com/hydra-booking-real-time-notifications-with-slack-twilio-telegram/?go=73) feature that checks a host’s availability across all their scheduled meetings, hence no more scheduling conflicts. It has also added integration for Slack, Twilio, and Telegram. ###### Big Launches: FluentCart, AreaWP, & Klasio LMS New Cart Solution… a new Fluent product is coming, and a possible eCommerce solution alternative for [SureCart](https://thewpweekly.com/surecart), EDD, and WooCommerce. [FluentCart](https://thewpweekly.com/fluentcart) aims to make selling with WordPress faster, lighter, and simpler. Check the first [impression video](https://youtu.be/vNQWgDt86Dk?si=3AEMsvOU-1XDCSpf) (YouTube) by Pascal at WP Roads. AreaWP… Andrea Mada shared about their new all-in-one WaaS (Website as a Service) platform for WordPress [called AreaWP](https://areawp.com/), a possible alternative to [Dollie](https://cloud.getdollie.com/meet-dollie/?sld=4), and Wildcloud. It aims to provide developers and agencies with a robust, secure, and modern solution for managing WordPress at scale. klasio LMS… WeDevs, the team behind many popular WordPress products like Dokan, FlyWP, Happy Addons, has launched [klasio LMS](https://klasio.com?aff=8aEB0bxuvikY) platform (SaaS / online tool) – for courses, webinars, digital downloads, quizzes, and more. ###### New Free Plugins: Woo Recently Viewed & Transitions Woo Recently Viewed… Alfonso Catron has released a free [MATE Recently Viewed Products](https://wordpress.org/plugins/mate-recently-viewed-products/) plugin that allows you to show WooCommerce products that the customer recently visited, even when full-page caching is active. It is compatible with caching plugins like [WP Rocket](https://thewpweekly.com/wprocket), W3 Total Cache, and more. View Transitions… Felix Arntz has released a free [View Transitions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/view-transitions/) plugin that implements support for cross-document view transitions in WordPress. Meaning, when you browse from one URL to another, there will be a smooth animated page transition with the fade effect. #### Extended WordPress Buzz 🔥 1. WP Umbrella + Patchstack… Aurelio Volle [shared](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/aurelio-volle-5b6566193_wceu2025-activity-7336004518964293633-uD-u) (LinkedIn) about a brand new security addon called Site Protect on the [WP Umbrella](https://thewpweekly.com/wp-umbrella) platform. It is powered by [Patchstack](https://thewpweekly.com/patchstack) for protection against plugin/theme vulnerabilities and much more. 2. Do the Woo Rebrands… the ‘Do the Woo’ podcast network has [rebranded to OpenChannels FM](https://openchannels.fm/the-rebrand-do-the-woo-is-now-openchannels-fm/), embracing evolution from being WooCommerce focused in the early days to now embracing a wider conversation about WordPress, open source, and the open web. 3. Filter AI… the team at Filter Agency has opened a wait list for their [Filter AI Plugin](https://filter.agency/news/introducing-filter-ai-our-free-wordpress-plugin-for-ai-powered-content-creation/), which brings the power of the leading AI platforms directly into your WordPress dashboard for content creation like post excerpts, ALT text, post title, tags, rewriting content, Woo product descriptions, and more. 4. The SEO Framework + Gato GraphQL… The SEO Framework plugin users can auto generate SEO tags, migrate SEO metadata, export to CSV with the new [Gato GraphQL integration](https://gatographql.com/guides/plugins/the-seo-framework?aff=g129E) availability. 5. WP Milestones… for creating a travel, hotel booking, or car rental platform, the [Tourfic plugin](https://themefic.com/tourfic/?go=73) has crossed the 2000 active [installs](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tourfic/) milestone in the repository. The InstaWP Connect plugin from [InstaWP](https://thewpweekly.com/instawp) has crossed the 30K [active installs](https://wordpress.org/plugins/instawp-connect/) milestone. ###### New Plugins: Block Patterns & CSS for Patterns Pattern Builder… Jason Crist, founder of Twenty Bellows, is working on the [Pattern Builder](https://www.twentybellows.com/pattern-builder/) plugin, promising to solve the fundamental problem that WordPress patterns are either great for themes OR great for clients, but never both. It creates ‘synced theme patterns’ that can be shipped with themes and safely updated by clients, and allows users to actually edit any kind of pattern. Pattern CSS… Kevin Batdorf created ([Preview](https://x.com/kevinbatdorf/status/1924334824640451038) on X platform) a free [Pattern CSS](https://wordpress.org/plugins/pattern-css/) plugin that allows you to safely add CSS to your reusable patterns or any random pattern, without the need to create a child theme or use an additional plugin. ###### New Plugins: Image Converter & Figma to WP New Image Converter Plugin… Peter from Microbite has launched a [new image converter](https://www.imageconverter.com.au/) plugin solution, which converts your images into AVIF or WebP format. Also, it automatically removes the original files, freeing up space on the server and reducing overall media clutter. New Figma to WordPress… Fabian Kägy over at Fueled shared a new open-source [Figma to WordPress Automation](https://fueled.com/blog/figma-to-wordpress-in-minutes/) plugin that can automatically convert the Figma Variables into the theme.json structure for WordPress Themes. ###### Quick Bits 👍 ###### WordCamp Europe 2025: All the Buzz! WordCamp Europe 2025, the biggest WordPress event in Europe, has wrapped up in Basel, Switzerland. More than 2,000 people attended this event, supported by nearly 250 volunteers. The lead organisers: Laura Sacco, Steve Mosby, and Uros Tasic, made this possible through their eight months of planning. ###### Announced: FAIR Package Manager Project The Linux Foundation has announced the [FAIR Package Manager Project](https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press/linux-foundation-announces-the-fair-package-manager-project-for-open-source-content-management-system-stability), which promises to be an alternative repository source for distributing WordPress Themes and Plugins. This project was revealed in a side event (Alt Ctrl Org), held after Day 1 of the WordCamp Europe 2025 event. The [fairpm GitHub](https://github.com/fairpm) page has more technical information. Learn more about this project from [Joost de Valk](https://joost.blog/path-forward-for-wordpress/), [Karim Marucchi](https://marucchi.com/introducing-the-fair-package-manager-for-wordpress/), [Siobhan McKeown](https://siobhanmckeown.com/a-way-forward-with-fair/), [Ryan McCue](https://journal.rmccue.io/438/a-stronger-foundation-for-the-ecosystem/), [KrautPress podcast](https://kraut.press/podcast/fair/), and [Reddit thread](https://www.reddit.com/r/WPDrama/comments/1l51nkp/fair_package_manager/). 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