The latest in Magento land
Do you know that feeling? You worked long and hard on that blog post? Or that super wicked Magento extension? And then you hit publish and... nothing. No one reads it. No one sees it. It just sits there. Well, not anymore! Mage Dispatch is here to help you get your content out there.
Mage Dispatch is a newsletter for the community and by the community. Here you can share links that you think that the community should know about. We will include it in our next newsletter.
-
https://github.com/markshust/magento2-module-specialrouter
Enables -, ., and ~ within route paths by mapping them to "Dash", "Period", and "Tilda" in controller and action class names, with an example showing class naming for dashed URLs and simple install steps.
414 -
https://github.com/hryvinskyi/magento2-email-template-editor
CodeMirror-powered editor for transactional emails with real-time preview, drafts, scheduled publishing, and version history with diffs. Includes variable chooser, theme/Tailwind support, test emails, and store‑view overrides.
216 -
https://bondar.blog/alpinestore-in-hyva/
Shows how to use Alpine.store to share reactive state across independent Hyvä components, building a promo‑gifts feature that syncs cart totals and drives widgets, drawers, and badges. Includes initialization guards, computed properties, and tips for surviving hyva.replaceDomElement updates.
-
https://github.com/mage2sk/module-malware-scanner
Signature-based scanner and file integrity monitor with quarantine, an admin findings grid, scheduled scans, and email alerts. Includes request-time guards for uploads, REST, and GraphQL to block webshells, polyglots, and other payloads before they reach disk.
26 -
https://magewirephp.github.io/magewire-docs/blogs/2026/04/23/magewire-3---finally.html
Introduces V3 as a full port of Livewire V3 with bundled Alpine, $wire proxy, deferred wire:model, streaming, modern morphing, and lifecycle hooks. Adds Fragments, Flakes, rate limiting, notifications, observer events, synthesizers, plus admin support via magewire-admin and a V1 backwards-compat layer.
-
https://magesmith.app/
Hosted toolkit for generating modules and READMEs, diffing configs, exploring GraphQL/REST APIs, browsing DB schema and events, tracking patches, and running code audits — zero setup and free to sign up.
-
https://www.samdjames.uk/blog/copy-fail-cve-2026-31431/
Explains the AF_ALG kernel bug that allows any local user to escalate to root. Provides an emergency mitigation (disable algif_aead with an Ansible snippet) and advises updating to patched kernels.
-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oie5ZibcEGY
AI is rapidly reshaping the way we build, maintain, and scale software. Over the past few weeks, we’ve seen increasing discussions across the community how this impacts daily work, project delivery, and the broader ecosystem.
-
https://youtube.com/watch?v=OyeqP1aq3jo&si=ITklZ1yVJufqzuVC
Can AI agents help debug real enterprise software problems? In this video I put that to the test by using AI agents, instrumentation, MCP tools, automated tests, and Magento 2 to investigate and fix a performance issue that has been open since 2021.
-
https://magendoo.ro/insights/magento-2-on-php-8-5-having-fun-with-the-pipe-operator/
Refactor common code paths with the |> operator to chain transformations for collections, request sanitization, config pipelines, service workflows, import/export, plugins, and observers. Includes pipe‑friendly helper design tips and when a pipeline isn’t the right fit.