Progress Needs Money

Progress needs money: Updates on Mautic 7 RC, critical security releases, community plugins, PostgreSQL PoC, email throttling, AI initiative, budget challenges, ambassadors, and future Mautic conferences.

MAUTIC RELEASES

Mautic 7.0 Release Candidate “Columba”

mautic.org/blog/welcome-to-mautic-7-0-release-candidate-columba-edition/

Security releases with critical severity (CVSS score 9)

github.com/mautic/mautic/security/advisories and www.cvedetails.com/vulnerability-list/vendor_id-16465/year-2025/Mautic.html

3RD-PARTY & PLUGINS

Frédéric Wouters: Mautic Email RSS Plus Bundle (Mautic 4/5)

github.com/woutersf/MauticEmailRssPlusBundle

Frédéric Wouters: Unique Login Links bundle

github.com/woutersf/mauticUliBundle

Frédéric Wouters: GDPR role-based masking of sensitive personal data (PII)

forum.mautic.org/t/masking-of-pii-data-in-mautic/36864

7Cats / WooCommerce: WordPress plugin bridging Mautic webhooks to WhatsApp Business API

github.com/rcarabelli/7C-Mautic-Wordpress-Waba-Bridge and mautic.slack.com/archives/C02GEN0SG/p1758154187081719

FEATURES & IDEAS

Wiesław Golec: PostgreSQL proof of concept

forum.mautic.org/t/proof-of-concept-restoring-postgresql-support-for-mautic/36313/13 and community.mautic.org/processes/roadmap/f/4/proposals/200

Frédéric Wouters: Email sending in waves

forum.mautic.org/t/send-out-emails-in-waves/36434

Frédéric Wouters: Data aggregation functionality and alternatives via n8n

forum.mautic.org/t/data-aggregation-functionality-in-mautic/36435

Mautic editor and builder improvements including GrapesJS and CKEditor

forum.mautic.org/t/lets-make-the-builder-much-better-incl-grapesjs-and-ckeditor/37005

Mautic Campaign Library:

mautic.org/blog/mautics-campaign-library-initiative-phase-2-funded-by-nlnet-and-the-european-commission/

Mautic AI initiative with Lukas Siegel as initiative lead

mautic.slack.com/archives/C08RQBCGLCE

COMMUNITY & EVENTS

Mautic General Assembly on January 21, 2026, including budget deficit discussion and the need for increased corporate memberships

community.mautic.org/assemblies/general-assembly/f/20/meetings/364 and mautic.org/blog/introducing-global-pricing-to-make-mautic-security-and-membership-accessible-worldwide/

Mautic Ambassador program for country, regional, and university-level contributors

mautic.org/become-a-mautic-ambassador/ and mautic.org/blog/launching-mautic-ambassador-program-first-country-regional-level-ambassadors/

Mautic Conferences 2025–2026 and experimental “Mautic World Conference” format with London and online components

www.youtube.com/@MauticOrg/playlists and mautic.slack.com/archives/C8B89CLSF/p1764719132683359