Certification has landed!

Certification has landed! This episode covers the upcoming Mautic Developer Certification, alongside key updates including Mautic 7.1 RC1 and current security releases. We look at new developments such as the Media Manager, discuss webhook-based bounce handling, and highlight maintenance tooling with the housekeeping bundle. Community contributions, feature highlights, and major Mautic events complete the episode. A compact overview of current progress and open initiatives in the Mautic ecosystem. COMMUNITY & EVENTS Mautic Fundraiser Status (13,000) https://mautic.org/2026-fundraiser MAUTIC RELEASES Mautic 7.1 RC1 (29/03/2026): Form Types, NHI Filter, Marketplace API (Reviews/Ratings), Plugin Version Display, S/MIME Signing, UX/UI, PHP 8.4 Modernization https://github.com/mautic/mautic/milestone/149?closed=1 Security Releases / ELTS https://bca FEATURES & IDEAS TORN Media Manager: Cropping, Resizing, Tagging, Dynamic/Static Folders, Menu Integration https://forum.mautic.org/t/new-mautic-media-manager-torn/37407 and https://forum.mautic.org/t/global-media-library-accessible-from-main-navigation/37418 KNOWHOW Bounce Handling via Webhooks: Sendgrid Setup https://forum.mautic.org/t/issue-with-sendgrid-webhook-callback-in-mautic-5-dsn-configuration-for-event-processing-transport-not-found-error-does-mautic-5-support-this-by-default-or-is-a-plugin-required/34939/4 Webhook Concepts: Scaleway, Unified Plugin Approach, Mapping Logic, MX-to-Webhook Conversion, Categorization Patterns 3RD-PARTY & PLUGINS Housekeeping Bundle: Table Optimization, Maintenance Tasks https://github.com/Leuchtfeuer/mautic-housekeeping-bundle and https://forum.mautic.org/t/optimised-storage-for-email-statistics-view-in-browser-tokens-open-details/37273 COMMUNITY & EVENTS Developer Call: Review Legacy API Documentation https://forum.mautic.org/t/old-mautic-api-documentation/37317 Interview & Opinion Developer Certification Program https://m.mautic.org/asset/138:mautic-developer-certification-curriculumpdf and https://mautic.org/blog/mautic-developer-certification-is-coming/ and https://mautic.org/mautic-certification/ COMMUNITY & EVENTS Feature Highlight Submission https://m.mautic.org/mautic-feature-highlight Year in Review 2025 https://mautic.org/blog/mautics-year-in-review-2025/ Mautic World Conference 2026 Early Bird https://mauticon.mautic.org/ Mautic World Conference 2025 Videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QEYNIPdDcs&list=PLH3AAYwuwC__Bc_1ojsaoOeN7TZxbtIkU Mautic Fundraiser Call https://mautic.org/2026-fundraiser