Launching Paid Features for Your Free WordPress Plugin: How to Do It Right
Ever wondered if going freemium is the smart move for your plugin? Well, we’ve got some juicy data that might convince you.
How To Reduce The Abandonment Rate Of Your WordPress Plugin
There are various performance indicators used to determine the success of a WordPress plugin. Most plugin developers tend to focus on distribution — i.e., how to get more installs —…
Careful! This Simple Pricing Experiment Cost Us $2,000 in Revenue
This is the most expensive blog post I ever posted – it cost our plugin company over $2,000, and I’m not kidding nor exaggerating.
Interview with Adam Warner – Co-Founder at FooPlugins
This is the second interview in our WordPress plugin business owners series. We want to inspire WordPress enthusiasts to get into the plugins ecosystem by sharing real stories from plugin…
The Ultimate Guide to Legally Protect Your GPL WordPress Plugin Business Against Trolls
Software licensing can be very confusing subject, especially in the open-source world. Boundaries of legality and ethics aren’t always clear. But as business owners focused on selling WordPress GPL plugins,…
How to Promote Your Premium Plugin Within Your Free Version (Without Making People Angry)
Creating a popular premium WordPress plugin is a real challenge. People will generally only part with their cash if they have a genuine need that isn’t already met by the…
How to Price Your WordPress Plugin (The Right Way)
If you want to thrive in the plugin development business, pricing must be at the forefront of your mind.
How to Promote Your WordPress Plugin With Content Marketing & Outreach
Promoting a WordPress plugin the ‘old-fashioned’ way is becoming harder and harder. People have become savvy to outbound marketing strategies.
Lifetime license for WordPress plugins – the right way!
The post is a followup to WP Rocket’s Transparency Report – Why You Shouldn’t Offer Lifetime Licenses. The reason I was so intrigued by the title is because I was…
How to Decide What Features in Your Plugin Should be Free or Premium
Deciding which features should be free or premium can be a daunting task as a plugin developer.
How to Brainstorm New WordPress Plugin Ideas
According to Ecclesiastes, there’s nothing new under the sun. That thought certainly hits home when you’re trying to come up with an idea for the next must-have WordPress plugin. With…
Is CodeCanyon a Good Place to Sell Your Premium WordPress Plugin?
So, you’ve started out as a WordPress Plugin Developer and are looking to make it big. You may be looking for a means of successfully selling your plugin, or perhaps…
8 Ways to Get Your WordPress Plugin Featured on Blogs
You’ve done it: You’ve written a WordPress plugin that addresses the most (Word)Pressing problem ever. Now, here’s the kicker: No matter how much time you’ve invested or how brilliant it is,…
Freemium WordPress Developers: Should You Provide Support for Your Free Plugin?
There’s no denying it: WordPress plugin support can be a real time suck. For particularly popular plugins with lots of users, support can stretch into hours-long sessions. With that in…
Premium vs. Freemium WordPress Plugins: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
If you’re new to WordPress plugin development You might be asking yourself whether you should release a limited, free version of your plugin with an option to upgrade, or maybe just…