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…
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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…
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…
100K+ Active Installs: How FiboSearch Became the Leading WooCommerce Search Plugin
A warm welcome to Damian Góra, the brains behind the most prominent WooCommerce search plugin, FiboSearch, and the latest guest in our Success Story showcase of awesome products and awesome…
High-Converting Pricing Pages: 23 Tips and Examples to Help You Build One for Your Software Business
We’ve analyzed hundreds of pricing pages and spotted the same issues over and over — from both Freemius makers and other WordPress developers. Most are making simple mistakes that kill…
How to Get Way More Freemium Upgrades for Your WordPress Plugin or Theme
The freemium business model is popular among WordPress and SaaS solutions because it increases the likelihood of users upgrading to paid licenses. It typically includes a free product and the…
How to Start a WordPress Gutenberg Block Plugin Business
It’s been more than two years since Gutenberg made its public debut. While it had a rocky start, the team has made significant improvements and the slow uptake has accelerated…
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…
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…
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…
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….
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…
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…
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…
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….