TL;DR: immense changes are coming to StudioPress on or around June 8th,2021. Here are the highlights, with more detail below.
ProPlus customers will pick up access to Genesis Blocks Pro and Genesis Custom Blocks Pro for FREE in their StudioPress portal. This includes all future “Collections released within Genesis Blocks Pro.
Genesis Framework and the Sample Theme will be available for free. Anyone wanting access to Genesis Framework & Sample Theme in the future will be able to simply add your email address on the download form to download and be notified of future updates for FREE. Technical support for Genesis Framework / Sample Theme users will be if for existing StudioPress customers or customers using Genesis Pro, or WP Engine,or Flywheel. Of course, Genesis Framework and Sample Theme will continue to be maintained so you can keep building with the tools you savor!3rd party themes in the StudioPress marketplace will link directly to buy the theme on the theme provider’s own store. StudioPress / WP Engine will no longer be taking “marketplace fees” for 3rd party themes, and nor will StudioPress be a bottleneck for 3rd party theme providers distributing theme updates and support. Additionally,because Genesis Framework will be if for free, 3rd party theme providers will be able to include Genesis Framework in their store without requiring customers to buy Genesis Framework in addition to their theme. No more “icky funnel” for 3rd party theme providers!Certain 3rd party themes will be “Archived” in the StudioPress portal for existing customers. This only applies to themes where the theme authors bear agreed to supply theme updates directly to StudioPress customers who purchased their theme. Our current approach of providing 3rd party theme updates through the StudioPress portal creates delays for users trying to pick up access to the most recent theme updates. This change will end that problem by providing direct access to theme downloads for StudioPress customers who bear purchased 3rd party themes.
StudioPress-made themes will no longer be sold individually. StudioPress-made themes will only be available for new customers via Genesis Pro, or WP Engine hosting,or Flywheel hosting accounts. Hosting on WP Engine or Flywheel is not required to run Genesis products. Existing customers will still bear access to their themes in the StudioPress portal. People interested in buying a theme individually are encouraged to check out those sold by a 3rd party Genesis theme provider. Genesis Framework & Sample Theme will be available to anyone for free. Please support 3rd party Genesis premium theme providers!In order to prepare for Full Site Editing themes in WordPress, all but our top 10 StudioPress-made themes will be Archived in the StudioPress portal for existing customers. This is similar to what StudioPress and other theme companies did around the shift to HTML5 themes. Archived themes will continue to be available for download and will be updated for security patches as always. Full details below.
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Source: studiopress.com