How Imagely Optimizes User-retention & Keeps ‘NextGEN Gallery’ Popular
This time I want to bring forth a special success story of the very popular WordPress plugin: NextGEN Gallery, by Imagely. In fact, it’s our most popular plugin maker here…
How to Outrank Your Competitors’ SEO on the WordPress.org Plugin Repository
The new WordPress plugin repository was officially released, replacing the old “legacy” one. Many community members (including me) feel that most of the issues that were addressed during the feedback…
Dunning, New In-Dashboard Checkout & Site Trials! – March Product Release Notes
Release Notes is our monthly update that highlights the recent product improvements we’ve made, so you can easily stay up to date on what’s new. Here’s what we launched in…
This WordPress Agency Turns Its Custom Plugins/Themes Into a Recurring Income
At Freemius, we work closely with our makers, so we get a unique opportunity to encounter some very interesting monetization use cases and business models. Today I’d like to share…
ThemeForest Or CodeCanyon: Should WordPress Devs Sell Plugins Or Themes?
This is the final part (Part III) in our series of WordPress themes & plugins market analysis, where we’re looking at the unit economics of Envato, the company that owns…
CodeCanyon By The Numbers: Can You Pay Your Bills Selling Premium WordPress Plugins on CodeCanyon?
Owned by Envato, a digital marketplace conglomerate, CodeCanyon is the leading marketplace for selling premium WordPress plugins. The marketplace grossed over $70,000,000 since 2009, processed 2.3 million sales of WordPress…
Trials, Upgrade Flow, 100% Coupon Code & Editable Billing Information – December Product Release Notes
Release Notes is our monthly update that highlights the recent product improvements we’ve made, so you can easily stay up to date on what’s new. Here’s what we launched in…
ThemeForest By The Numbers: Thought The WordPress Theme Gold Rush Was Over? Think Again!
Envato’s ThemeForest and CodeCanyon are de-facto the leading marketplaces for WordPress plugins and themes. With a growing community of over 7 million subscribers, both marketplaces sound like a lucrative place…
Jason Lemieux from Postmatic: Balance Life & Business
Jason Lemieux is an expert WordPress developer and the founder of Postmatic, a nifty and not to mention stylish plugin that allows users to engage in and respond to posts…
Localization, Feedback Form, After Upgrade Instructions & Mobile Friendlier – September Release Notes
These are the release notes for a major release (more than 80 commits) with a bunch of enhancements and one crucial license related bug fix for developers who monetize with…
Licensing, Billing, Themes Support, Bug Fixes – August Release Notes
This is a major version release (89 commits) with many important bug fixes and significant enhancement of the licensing mechanism for the paid plugin authors. Bug Fixes Quotes Localization: I’m…
Josh Pollock Is A Busy WordPress Guy – An Inspiring Interview
Josh Pollock is a co-founder at Ingot and one of the lead developers behind CalderaWP.
How ‘Pootle Pagebuilder’ Sold Licenses for $9K on Its 1st Month
This is a deep dive into a very interesting success story with Freemius. You’ll see why it’s interesting in a few paragraphs. This time we are exploring a WordPress plugin…
An Interview with Scott Bolinger about WordPress Businesses And Life
A graduate of San Diego State University, Scott Bolinger is the Co-Founder of AppPresser, a WordPress plugin that lets users to easily and conveniently convert WordPress Websites into mobile apps. Scott…
License Key Activation And Bug Fixes – June Release Notes
Here’s the Freemius Release Notes update that highlights recent product improvements made, so you can easily stay up to date on what’s new for June 2016.