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Ninja Forms Parent Company Saturday Drive Acquires CalderaWP
Saturday Drive, makers of Ninja Forms, Ninja Shop, and SendWP, has acquired Caldera Forms, a React-based, drag-and-drop forms builder plugin. In addition to the free plugin on WordPress.org, which has more than 200,000 active installs, CalderaWP’s product line includes a Pro version and more than 30 free and commercial add-ons for things like payment processors and marketing integrations.
Feature Project Proposal: WP Notify
WordPress is currently lacking a fundamental mechanism: sending notifications to users to give them feedback about state changes in the system. Traditionally, plugin developers and Core have been using admin notices for this purpose, but this solution is lackluster at best and comes with a lot of disadvantages. there’s a general consensus that admin notice are not up to the task and need a more robust replacement that can deal with current and future notification needs.
WordPress Explores Forming a Nomination-Based Advisory Board
WordPress contributors are weighing in on a proposal for the formation of a nomination-based advisory board with set term limits for its members. Josepha Haden, the project’s Executive Director, published a first draft two weeks ago with ideas for how the board might operate and feedback is rolling in.
