Hacker News with Generative AI: Plugins

Build a Figma plugin to add stroke to bitmaps directly in Figma (figma.com)
Show HN: I'm 14, I made a Figma plugin to import any app design into Figma FREE (figma.com)
UnrePress: WordPress updater to core and plugins without using Wordpress.org (github.com/EstebanForge)
UnrePress is a WordPress plugin that allows you to update WordPress core and plugins/themes directly from git providers (like GitHub, BitBucket or GitLab), instead of the "official" WordPress dot org repository.
I Built a Figma Plugin That Generates Custom SVG Illustrations with AI (figma.com)
Show HN: An Open Source Equilizer Plugin (github.com/ashafq)
a5eq.lv2 is an LV2 plugin featuring a 5-band equalizer that includes a Low Shelf, three Peaking filters, and a High Shelf. It's crafted to assist both amateur and professional audio engineers in precise sound sculpting and can be employed across various audio engineering tasks such as studio production, mastering, or live sound tweaking.
Show HN: SQLite Plugin for Jekyll (github.com/captn3m0)
A Jekyll generator plugin to lets you use SQLite database instead of data files as a data source. It lets you easily create APIs and websites from a SQLite database, by linking together a database file, your template, and the relevant queries.
Wordpress.org released Secure Custom Fields "PRO" version with ACF pro features (reddit.com)
Wordpress.org has apparently released Secure Custom Fields in a "PRO" version with Advanced Custom Fields pro features.
Leaving Wordpress.org: Here's Why and What It Means for Paid Memberships Pro (paidmembershipspro.com)
On October 17, 2024 we emailed [email protected] and asked them to close the Paid Memberships Pro listing in the WordPress.org Plugins Repository. They complied.
Leaving Wordpress.org (paidmembershipspro.com)
On October 17, 2024 we emailed [email protected] and asked them to close the Paid Memberships Pro listing in the WordPress.org Plugins Repository. They complied.
Ask HN: Why does Chrome Android not support extensions/plugins? (ycombinator.com)
Chrome on Android certainly has its own code paths but it's also got shared DNA with Chrome for windows/osx both of which support plugins.
Developers Remove Plugins from Wordpress.org Repository After ACF Controversy (wptavern.com)
Following the recent ban and ACF to Secure Custom Fields fork/takeover incident, some plugin authors have announced their decision to remove their plugins from the WordPress.org repository.
Wordpress.org locks out developer of Pods, plugin similar to ACF (twitter.com)
ActivityPub Plugin v2.0 took Mastodon federation from "good" to "amazing" (wordpress.org)
Version 2.0 takes this plugin from “good” to “amazing,” with full reply federation, which means:
In latest move against WP Engine, WordPress takes control of ACF plugin (techcrunch.com)
The dispute between WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg and hosting provider WP Engine continues, with Mullenweg announcing that WordPress is “forking” a plugin developed by WP Engine.
ACF Plugin no longer available on WordPress.org (advancedcustomfields.com)
We were saddened and appalled by Matt Mullenweg’s actions this morning appropriating the Advanced Custom Fields plugin that our ACF team has been actively developing for the WordPress community since 2011.
Good Plugins send C&D to WP.com (twitter.com)
WordPress.org's latest move involves taking control of a WP Engine plugin (theverge.com)
WordPress.org has taken over a popular WP Engine plugin in order “to remove commercial upsells and fix a security problem,” WordPress cofounder and Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg announced today.
The ACF plugin on the WordPress directory has been taken over by WordPress.org (twitter.com)
Secure Custom Fields (wordpress.org)
On behalf of the WordPress security team, I am announcing that we are invoking point 18 of the plugin directory guidelines and are forking Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) into a new plugin, Secure Custom Fields. SCF has been updated to remove commercial upsells and fix a security problem.
"Please consider my plugins hosted on wordpress.org to be abandoned." (twitter.com)
WPGraphQL Becomes a Canonical Plugin: My Move to Automattic (wpgraphql.com)
WordPress Plugin Mirror Downloader (Proof of Concept) (github.com/centminmod)
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DJP: A Plugin System for Django (simonwillison.net)
DJP is a new plugin mechanism for Django, built on top of Pluggy. I announced the first version of DJP during my talk yesterday at DjangoCon US 2024, How to design and implement extensible software with plugins. I’ll post a full write-up of that talk once the video becomes available—this post describes DJP and how to use what I’ve built so far.
Automattic blocks WordPress plugin repository on WP Engine-hosted websites (reddit.com)
Malware infiltrates Pidgin messenger's official plugin repository (bleepingcomputer.com)
Avante.nvim: Use Your Neovim Like Using Cursor AI IDE (github.com/yetone)
Gato GraphQL: Released v4.1 with better integration with Polylang (WordPress) (gatographql.com)
Exploiting authorization by nonce in WordPress plugins (nowotarski.info)
Auditing Atlassian Plugins, 53 0-Days Later (cyllective.com)
TiddlyWiki 5.3.4 released with new Tour and Geospatial plugins (alternativeto.net)