October 2025
October was a month of substantial updates to the Airfleet ecosystem, with a focus on enhancing performance, caching, and block editor capabilities. Several plugins received attention for optimizing their codebases, implementing object caching, and refining their user interfaces.
Performance Optimizations: The airfleet/elements-media-plugin and airfleet/elements-videos-plugin saw updates to support forced previews in the block editor, improving performance by reducing unnecessary computations. This change also enabled more contextual information to be displayed during preview mode.
Caching Enhancements: Object caching was added to various parts of the airfleet/airfleet-views-plugin, including views registration services, asset registration with WordPress, and enqueueing resources. These improvements aimed to boost performance by reducing database queries and improving efficiency.
Block Editor Functionality: The airfleet/airfleet-elements-core-plugin introduced a feature allowing users to force block editor placeholder previews instead of rendering full views. This change is particularly beneficial for views that are JS-heavy, as it reduces the load on the browser.
Other Updates: Several plugins received minor updates, including bug fixes and dependency bumps. The airfleet/airfleet-elements-people-plugin added new blocks and filters for team members, while the airfleet/airfleet-elements-testimonials-plugin introduced new blocks and filters for testimonials.