Contributing to WordPress: The Good, the Bad & the Polyglot
Five months into my WordPress writing career, I watched a rerun of an old Top Gear episode where Jeremy Clarkson admits that he doesn’t know a thing about how engines…
Two Years In: The Impact of COVID-19 on WordPress and eCommerce
After a period of massive growth that saw the majority of markets scramble online to survive, we’re entering a time of deceleration. Growth is slowing, the COVID-19 Stock Market bubble…
Shaping the Space & Driving Change: 56 WordPress Experts to Follow Online
Being a newcomer to WordPress can be daunting, especially when you’re a writer, not a developer, and have no great knowledge of the space. As I started this journey (AKA…
2021’s WordPress Mega-Deal: Marieke van de Rakt on the Yoast Acquisition
At the end of 2020, then-Yoast CEO Marieke van de Rakt and her husband Joost de Valk (Yoast’s Founder and Chief Product Officer) had reached a crossroads. Though they’d created…
How to Optimize Your Checkout’s UX While Protecting Against Credit Card Testing Fraud
Taken at face value, the UX and security fundamentals of a high-converting WordPress checkout are straightforward. If you want prospects to stay the course, you strip away friction points and…
The Gamechangers: Awesome Motive’s Syed Balkhi on Charting a Lucrative WordPress Business Exit
In November 2021, we launched The Gamechangers: a video series that deep-dives into WordPress mergers and acquisitions with the leading entrepreneurs, founders, investors, and business mavens responsible for the big…
How I Got Happier & More Productive: Actionable Tips for Busy WordPress Entrepreneurs
In the last two years, I’ve gone through a growth journey that has helped me transform my life from constantly feeling anxious and unsatisfied to becoming happy, more positive, and…
Is the WooCommerce Marketplace a Good Platform to Sell Your WooCommerce Extensions?
It’s a WordPress tale as old as time (well, at least since monetization became popular). You’ve hit on a great idea for a plugin that fills an underserved niche. You…
Managing Security Issues in an Open Source Ecosystem — Freemius SDK Security Disclosure
Running a startup is a rollercoaster. And like any good rollercoaster, there’ll be peaks, troughs, and curves that throw you for a loop along the way. During the last two…
WordPress SDK 2.5.0-RC.1 Is Ready for Testing: Clone Resolution, Deactivation Feedback UX Enhancements, Assets Mix-Up, and More
It’s official! WordPress SDK 2.5.0 RC1 is now available with awesome (and relevant) enhancements that tackle what we’ve identified as your topmost common and time-consuming issues to date.
Acquisitions & Exits: How Much Is Your WordPress Business Worth?
You design incredible products, and it’s driving profitable growth for your WordPress business. With an ‘official’ declaration that WordPress powers 43.4% of the internet based on the latest reports, it’s…
The Gamechangers: Meet the Players Driving Change With WordPress Acquisitions
On the cusp of 2022, the market share of WordPress is bigger than ever. But as new plugin and theme developers enter the market to seize the perceived opportunity, major…
All-in or Nothing! How Trial & Error + a Drive to Be the Best Led to Success for Unlimited Elements
In November, I had the pleasure of chatting with Amit Keren and Maxim Vendrov, Founders of one of Elementor’s leading plugins, Unlimited Elements. From a realization that they weren’t working…
The WP Job Openings Success Story: Don’t Build From Assumptions, Build for Demand
Hi Aravind, thanks for joining us today! Please tell us about yourself, your interests/talents, and where you’re from Thanks for the opportunity! My name is Aravind Ajith, and I am…
How to Hire Your First Customer Support Agent as a WordPress Solopreneur
The life of a solopreneur lends itself to a certain level of solitude (at least in the beginning). From the day you push your product live to the moment you…