Year in Review

More Power, More Modern

Better than ever UI, versatile Shop
All-new Astra with better-than-ever user interface and versatile Woo shop-building capabilities

UI Revolution Unleashed

Complete redesign of the UI with better navigation and improved usability. All controls and optional plugins are now available in one intuitive dashboard.

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Image Wizard Upgraded

We added new controls for featured images including width, image ration and size within the customizer to leave jaw dropping first impression on your website visitors.

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Your Website, Your Way

Introduced the new Site Builder for effortless customization! From headers to footers, 404 pages to search pages, and even inside post/page content blocks – take charge of your website’s destiny

New Layouts and Containers

Whether you prefer normal, narrow or full width – Choose innovation. Choose distinction. Choose the layout that speaks your language.

Search: Faster & Fuller

The brand new live search performs faster and adds a full screen search option. You can control the size, placeholder text, style and more from within the customizer.

WooCommerce Turbo Boost

Introduced seamless compatibility for High-Performance Order Storage (HPOS) in WooCommerce to ensure lightning-fast order processing

Post Filters in Blog Archives

Redesigned Astra Mega Menu

Brand New Sidebar Styles

More Design Options in Customizer

Secondary Button Design Controls

Page Level Settings for Background

Brand New Featured Image Options

Single Post Social Sharing Options

What’s Next For Astra?

The ‘development in progress’ list for Astra is long! It includes improvements to the global color palette, new custom layouts, more UI improvements, integration of the WordPress commands palette and improvements to the search page.

Web Building, Redefined

The Spectra website builder has also seen significant updates this year. Not least the release of a premium version, Spectra Pro.

Your Images, Your Way

Spectra now supports lightbox effects for images, complete with customization options so your images stand out and attract the attention they deserve.

Styling, Simplified Globally

Global Block Styles make it easy to create a coherent look by implementing standard colors, typography and other elements, while maintaining the freedom to customize individual blocks.

Popups Perfected: Built-in Brilliance

You no longer need a dedicated popup builder if you use Spectra as it is included. It uses the same visual builder as Spectra to make short work of creating engaging popups.

Pro-Level Loops, Your Way

Create custom posts or product loops with the all-new loop builder in Spectra. Select your assets, create the loop, set the timer and customize as you see fit.

Content Unleashed, Dynamically

Select your source of information and display multiple content types dynamically across posts and pages with dynamic content support

Animations Extension

Enable subtle, scroll-based animations to pages in seconds. Control the delay, duration, type and smoothness of the animation for maximum engagement.

Sticky Containers

You now have the option to create sticky containers on posts and pages so they follow the user as they scroll. Great for highlighting special offers, signup forms or other engagement options.

Countdown Block

Nothing builds anticipation like a countdown timer. Promote a sale, event, product launch or whatever you like with this new block.

Maintenance Mode

Inherit from Theme

Instagram Feed

Registration Form

Separator Block

Slider Block

Modal Block

Icon Block

ZipAI Assistant

What’s Next For Spectra and Spectra Pro?

Both Spectra and Spectra Pro will see lots more development in 2024. Things to look out for include an enhanced block editor, motion effects, the inclusion of more blocks into Global Block Styles, animated headings and flexible block positioning within blog posts.

Revolutionary CartFlows Evolution

The CartFlows team has been exceptionally busy this year, with more improvements and new features than we can count. The big news is the release of CartFlows 2.0.

Efficiency Elevated: New Dashboard Era

The entire user dashboard has been optimized and got a fresh look. It is now faster and easier to get work done thanks to better layout, clearer navigation and numerous improvements.

Funnel Templates Unleashed

Funnel templates are a key part of CartFlows, which is why we have redesigned the library interface. It’s now much easier to view and select funnel templates.

One Palette, Infinite Designs

We have introduced the Global Color Palette to other BSF products in 2023 and now CartFlows has it too. Set global color, typography and design presets using a single set of controls.

Checkout Sneak Peek

Want to preview a special offer on your checkout before making it live? CartFlows now supports previewing within the user dashboard so you can try before they buy.

CartFlows + PayPal: Perfect Pair

CartFlows now supports the popular PayPal Payments For WooCommerce plugin. The plugin makes upsells and downsells even easier, which is great news for stores.

Auto-Update Bliss Unleashed

Automatic updates have been a feature in WordPress for a little while and are now supported in CartFlows Pro. That’s one less maintenance job for your to-do list!

What’s Next For CartFlows?

We have a lot planned for CartFlows in the coming year. Much of it will include building on the improvements introduced in CartFlows 2.0, simplifying and optimizing the store management experience and every code improvement we can think of to make the plugin the best it can be.

Site Editing Revolution

Spectra One is our first Full Site Editing (FSE) theme, designed to take full advantage of recent WordPress updates. It’s a completely new way of building websites.

New Browser Styles

We recently introduced new styles available within the customizer. There are 9 in total, covering light all the way through to dark. Your bold new look begins here!

New Block Patterns

Block patterns are your shortcut to amazing pages. They include complete page sections covering most use cases from calls to action to contact sections.

Post and Page Display Options

Use Spectra One and you can choose which pages to show or hide your header and footer or make your header sticky. A single control lets you set it for every individual page.

Responsive Settings

Decide exactly what blocks to show or hide depending on the device the visitor is using. It’s the ultimate tweak for mobile-first design and fully customizable for individual supported blocks.

Support for WooCommerce

WooCommerce comes to Full Site Editing! Spectra One now includes basic WooCommerce support that better embraces WooCommerce blocks.

Sidebar Possibilities Amplified

Seamlessly separate, organize, and amplify your content with ease. Position it left or right, tailor it for archives or singles – the choice is yours! Your content, your rules.

Placeholder Image Support

Beautiful Predesigned Templates

Scroll To Top Option

Perfectly Responsive on Devices

Hide and Show Titles

Dedicated Support from Experts

What’s Next For Spectra One?

Spectra One is being continually developed to make sure it’s at the top of its game. Key things to look out for in the coming months include more complete WooCommerce support and improvements to header block styles.

Hundreds of Templates, Thousands of Possibilities

Starter Templates is the plugin that opens up the world of readymade templates. With over 240 designs to choose from, it’s a key product for Brainstorm Force.

Template Treasury Expansion

We add new templates all the time and there are now well over 240 free and premium templates in the collection. There is something here for every type of website!

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Search Simplicity, Find Faster

The template directory now has a new look. The search and filter functions are easier to use and a new directory structure should make it much faster to find the template you’re looking for.

Template Loading: Turbocharged

Improved data synchronization means templates should load faster when browsing and previewing. This is a quality of life update that makes the whole experience more enjoyable.

Starter Templates Come to Full Site Editing

Decide exactly what blocks to show or hide depending on the device the visitor is using. It’s the ultimate tweak for mobile-first design and fully customizable for individual supported blocks.

Templates, Now SureCart-Ready

Seamlessly import and work with SureCart-based templates, thanks to integrated support that enhances compatibility. Designing your dream online store just got a whole lot easier!

Fortified Security for Unmatched Protection

Starter Templates is loaded with enhanced security measures, forming an ironclad shield against potential threats and vulnerabilities. Your protection, our priority!

What’s Next For Starter Templates?

Next year is going to be a significant year for the Starter Templates plugin. We plan to implement AI that can help you build a full customer website or FSE website and improve every aspect of the plugin.

Selling Simplified: SureCart Magic

SureCart – A simple yet powerful e-commerce platform designed to grow your business with effortlessly selling online

Enhanced Accessibility

Seamless keyboard navigation, detailed voice-over cues, and unparalleled screen reader usability redefine inclusive shopping. Every detail matters for an exceptional experience!

Unlock Limitless Choices!

Craft personalized experiences effortlessly! Manage variants, control stock, set prices seamlessly. Redefine your store, captivate your audience with endless possibilities!

Simplified Shipping Choices

Effortlessly manage shipping zones, set rates, and streamline customer deliveries with easy, intuitive options for a stress-free shopping experience!

Your Store’s Showcase

Effortlessly organize and showcase products in curated collections. Customize collection pages, add badges, enable buyer filters, and enhance product visibility. Transform your store display for maximum impact!

Switch to SureCart with Ease

Easily import customers, products, and subscriptions to SureCart. Make the move hassle-free, maintaining data integrity and ensuring a smooth transition!

Effortless Order Fulfillment

Delight your customers with SureCart’s streamlined order fulfillment. Effortlessly manage shipments, add tracking details, update shipping statuses, and confirm payments for a seamless and satisfying customer experience.

What’s Next For SureCart?

SureCart will see lots more development in 2024. Things to look out for include new layouts, multi-currency support, purchasing power parity, advanced fees & discounts, and much more. Stay tuned.

Easy, Manageable Memberships

SureMembers is a complete membership plugin for WordPress. We created it to make it easy to build and manage membership websites and it’s proving very popular.

Login Sharing Prevention

Login sharing prevention aims to stop people sharing logins. This helps protect your income but also increases security and exclusivity. Members will also appreciate the enhanced protection.

User-level Expiration Dates

You can now set expiration dates at the user level as well as for access groups. A useful feature that enhances flexibility and gives you the freedom to grant or revoke access as required.

Customizable Login URL

The customizable login URL is a requested feature that allows you to create custom login pages for users. This can be useful for security and for branding and is a useful update.

Better Compatibility With Gravity Forms

Gravity Forms is a very popular WordPress forms plugin so it’s only right that SureMembers fully supports it. You now have full control over what forms to use and where.

New Date Options for Drip Content

New date options for drip content lets you set specific dates for access expiration rather than selecting a time period. Ideal for free trials, special access or other uses.

Seamless Integrations Unleashed

Recent updates have improved the compatibility of SureMembers with Elementor containers and the BuddyBoss plugin.

What’s Next For SureMembers?

We have big plans for SureMembers in 2024. Some we can reveal include email notifications, user import function, a simpler and more intuitive onboarding experience and team account feature. There is more to come but we’re keeping that under wraps for now!

Automate, Thrive, OttoKit Style

OttoKit is a brand new product for 2023. It’s a smart automation plugin for WordPress that enables you to automate repetitive tasks. Think Zapier, but more affordable and much easier to use.

Over 300 Integrations

OttoKit can seamlessly integrate with over 300 apps and services including email providers, SaaS services and other WordPress plugins and apps.

Visual Automation Builder

Use a canvas to create automations visually. Select an app, set a trigger and add an action. That’s all there is to it. We designed OttoKit to be as simple to use as possible.

Share Automations Between Websites

Connect multiple websites, share data between them and simplify the management of multiple sites. It’s all possible with OttoKit.

Free Automation Templates

Don’t want to build an automation from scratch? No problem, there are multiple recipes (templates) for many common automations you can customize and use.

Schedule and Condition Features

Flexibility is key with automation. That’s why we include a scheduler, conditions formatter, filter, path configurations and delay action options.

Multi-step Automations

Want to create a more complex automation? No problem with OttoKit. You can create automations that are as simple or as complex as you like.

What’s Next For OttoKit?

The development queue is very full for OttoKit. Even though it’s a new product, we plan to add over 200 more integrations, include AI features, include an app builder so you can create your own apps, improve the canvas builder and add a data import and export feature.

Next-Level Video, Presto Perfected

Presto Player is a video player plugin that helps website owners level up their video experience. It’s another plugin that’s proving very popular with small businesses and hobbyists alike.

New Playlist Feature

The new playlist feature was the key update to Presto Player in 2023. It adds the ability to create customizable playlists and embed them within blocks using a simple shortcode.

Seamless Harmony with Block Themes

With Full Site Editing themes becoming more popular all the time, Presto Player has ensured it’s always ready to play. If you use an FSE theme, Presto Player will work perfectly.

Reliable Streaming, Presto Style

A new updated HLS streaming library improves the streaming experience and makes streams more efficient and more reliable. It’s an important quality of life upgrade for video streaming.

What’s Next For Presto Player?

The Presto Player team plans more optimizations, more code improvements as well as a few features they aren’t ready to share yet.

Blink, and It’s Built

ZipWP is an AI website builder that can create a full first draft custom website in 60 seconds or less. Yep, that’s right, a full website with template, relevant content, images and a working contact form in under a minute!

Full AI-Driven Website Creation

ZipWP helps you create a full website with just a couple of AI prompts. It creates all pages, site content, images and forms for you to customize and optimize as required.

Simple User Interface With AI Prompts

ZipWP reflects other Brainstorm Force products by being well-designed, intuitive and powerful. The UI is very straightforward to use with everything you need to create websites.

AI Fine-Tuning Function

The website builder has fine-tuning built in. If you’re not completely happy with your website, you can select an area and use AI to change or improve placeholder content.

Uses Free Astra Templates

ZipWP uses free Astra website templates in all builds. This provides the highest quality design with the flexibility and reliability of the world’s most popular WordPress theme.

ZipWP aims to help anyone, anywhere create engaging websites. If you’re a hobbyist or want a personal blog, you can create one in 60 seconds and begin using it right away. If you’re a designer or developer, you can use ZipWP to create a usable first draft that you can make unique with your own creativity.

Either way, ZipWP is changing the way we make websites!

What’s Next For ZipWP?

As ZipWP has just launched, we are concentrating on optimization, speed, reliability and flexibility. We are also monitoring customer feedback to decide what features to add next.