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Make Money Selling WordPress Themes & Plugins: A Free Cheat Sheet
Vova Feldman by Vova Feldman

Make Money Selling WordPress Themes & Plugins: A Free Cheat Sheet

This is not your average, generic business guide. The insights we’re sharing are backed by data, experiments, and accumulated first-hand experience from the makers of hundreds of WordPress plugin and…

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136 WordPress Business Tips For Selling Plugins & Themes (From the Experts)
Yash Rana by Yash Rana

136 WordPress Business Tips For Selling Plugins & Themes (From the Experts)

About a year ago we started the Experts Corner video series. We reached out to influential, experienced product business owners in the WordPress space, asking them to share their thoughts…

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New Feature: Email Styler – Freemius Transactional Emails Customized With Your Brand’s Look & Feel
Vova Feldman by Vova Feldman

New Feature: Email Styler – Freemius Transactional Emails Customized With Your Brand’s Look & Feel

Based on your requests, we are excited to announce the launch of a WYSIWYG Email Styler, enabling you to manage the appearance of the transactional emails we send to your…

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How Mark Zahra Led Spotlight Instagram Feeds Plugin to 10k+ Active Installs in Less than 9 Months
Milos Tanasijevic by Milos Tanasijevic

How Mark Zahra Led Spotlight Instagram Feeds Plugin to 10k+ Active Installs in Less than 9 Months

The next in our series of success stories is Mark Zahra, CEO of RebelCode – the company behind WP Mayor, WP RSS Aggregator and several more WordPress plugins. His team…

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Can Plugin Developers Succeed on the AppSumo Marketplace?
Nicole Evans by Nicole Evans

Can Plugin Developers Succeed on the AppSumo Marketplace?

If you’re a new plugin creator, there’s a good chance that you’ve probably heard of AppSumo. For new plugin creators especially, AppSumo can seem like an answer to your prayers….

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Getting The Most out of Feature & Customization Requests for Plugin & Theme Developers
Brandon Ernst by Brandon Ernst

Getting The Most out of Feature & Customization Requests for Plugin & Theme Developers

Building a WordPress website is all about customization to make it look and act the way a customer wants. So, what does that mean for plugin and theme developers like…

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WordPress SDK 2.4.2, License Activation Enhancements, Beta Programs Fix, Pricing Page Conflict Resolved, and Streamlined Activation for Add-ons
Vova Feldman by Vova Feldman

WordPress SDK 2.4.2, License Activation Enhancements, Beta Programs Fix, Pricing Page Conflict Resolved, and Streamlined Activation for Add-ons

WordPress SDK 2.4.2 was just released with some great license activation improvements, a bugfix for the Beta Programs feature, and streamlined activations for Add-ons. Oh yeah, and we fixed a…

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Why You Should Make Your Plugin or Theme Multilingual-friendly (+How to Do it)
Allison Rivers by Allison Rivers

Why You Should Make Your Plugin or Theme Multilingual-friendly (+How to Do it)

It’s a lot of work to build a plugin or theme, and it can seem like extra, unnecessary work to add multilingual support to your project. However, based on our…

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From Side Project to 200K Users: The Bootstrap Success Story That’s Disrupting WordPress Theme
Milos Tanasijevic by Milos Tanasijevic

From Side Project to 200K Users: The Bootstrap Success Story That’s Disrupting WordPress Theme

We’ve had the pleasure of talking with two amazing young guys from the Republic of Moldova, Sergiu and Andrei, the creators of Blocksy and the founders of CreativeThemes. Blocksy started…

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Customer Portal JS Customization, New Way to Onboard Affiliates, Affiliate Coupons, and Improved Affiliate Agreement
Vova Feldman by Vova Feldman

Customer Portal JS Customization, New Way to Onboard Affiliates, Affiliate Coupons, and Improved Affiliate Agreement

The Customer Portal is now even more customizable with custom JavaScript injection, you can onboard affiliates more easily in the new “Earn” section of the Customer Portal, and better manage…

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Developer Dashboard Revamped Earnings Page, New Email Notifications Center, Shareable Review Cards, and Upgrades to Coupons Management
Vova Feldman by Vova Feldman

Developer Dashboard Revamped Earnings Page, New Email Notifications Center, Shareable Review Cards, and Upgrades to Coupons Management

I’m glad to share these Release Notes including some unique upgrades to the Developer Dashboard – most of which are a response to community requests. The revamped Earnings page lets…

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Checkout Enhancements, Improved Management of Licenses/Subscriptions (+ new events), and Increased Visibility on Disputes & Chargebacks
Vova Feldman by Vova Feldman

Checkout Enhancements, Improved Management of Licenses/Subscriptions (+ new events), and Increased Visibility on Disputes & Chargebacks

This release is packed full of great updates, including Advanced Checkout Tracking to give you the ability to track many aspects of the checkout (like time to complete, coupon usage,…

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How do WordPress Plugin Developers Make Money?
Brandon Ernst by Brandon Ernst

How do WordPress Plugin Developers Make Money?

Plugin development is one of many ways to make money with WordPress, but if you’re just starting out as a plugin developer, figuring out the path to success isn’t easy….

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WordPress SDK 2.4.1, Deployment Update Notifications, Install Paid Products with Composer, DKIM Self-Verification, Improved Login As User and Login Security
Vova Feldman by Vova Feldman

WordPress SDK 2.4.1, Deployment Update Notifications, Install Paid Products with Composer, DKIM Self-Verification, Improved Login As User and Login Security

The latest WordPress SDK 2.4.1 is now available with easier white labeling via the WP Admin and updates for WP 5.5. Plus, we enriched the Deployment mechanism to show the…

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Staged Rollouts for WordPress Plugin & Theme Developers: Avoiding a “Clusterbug Release”
Vova Feldman by Vova Feldman

Staged Rollouts for WordPress Plugin & Theme Developers: Avoiding a “Clusterbug Release”

Do you recall the last time you released a new version of your WordPress plugin or theme to quickly discover that you mistakenly added a new major bug that slipped…

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