7 Lessons to Learn from Presidential Campaigns for Marketing Your Plugin
Well, the 2016 presidential race is definitely in full swing. The candidates for each party are set and not a day goes by that we don’t hear something in the…
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.
Best Practices for the First-Time User Experience in WordPress Plugins
The plugins that consistently dominate the plugin scene have a few things in common: they work as advertised, have few conflict issues, and are regularly updated. But more important than…
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…
WordPress Frameworks Get A New Cozy Home – IncludeWP
Earlier this year (March 2016), the plugins review team issued a statement on make.wordpress.org that frameworks are no longer allowed in the official plugins repository.
Important Lessons Learned on Building a Freemium WordPress Plugin (what worked / what didn’t)
Building a great WordPress plugin is hard.
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Writing Smart WordPress Plugin Copy That Drives Installs [case-study]
With over 45,000 plugins in the official repository, and many more on personal websites or even marketplaces such as CodeCanyon, how can you possibly increase your chances of success?
Is Your Plugin Homepage Ineffective? Learn How to Spruce it Up
It doesn’t matter if your latest WordPress plugin is the greatest thing since sliced bread — if your home page doesn’t rock, nobody’s going to want to download it.
How to Reevaluate WordPress Plugins After Launch
You put your heart and soul into creating and perfecting your WordPress plugin. You slaved over your code. You even made it through the wrenching, drawn-out process of submitting it…
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.
Introducing Freemius Checkout: Sell Your WordPress Products Anywhere
I’m excited to announce the all new Freemius Checkout we’ve been hard at work on in the past few months. It is now finally out.
Is the WordPress Plugin Repository Worth the Hassle?
If you’re a relatively experienced WordPress plugin developer, you’ve most likely already asked yourself this question – possibly more than once. If you’re a relatively new WordPress plugin developer, you’re…
Interview with Matt Medeiros – Owner of Matt Report Podcast
When I started working on Freemius, one of the first things I did was conduct a market research to see how much the WordPress community cares about business. We all know…