Scaling vs Coding: Should You Hire a Lead Engineer for Your WordPress Business?
Do you hand over the coding keys to a lead engineer or do you keep them? This is a question most technical founders will have to answer as their WordPress…
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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…
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…
The Top 13 Online WordPress Plugin Development Courses & Tutorials
WordPress is an ever-evolving beast, and whether you’re new to the platform or an experienced product maker, there’s always a new advancement to wrap your head around.
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…
How to Submit Plugins to the WordPress.org Repository
Hosting a plugin on the WordPress.org repository is one of the most popular (and effective) ways of kickstarting a successful freemium business. If it’s your first time submitting a plugin…
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…
Is AppSumo Worth the Hassle for WordPress Plugin Developers?
Building a WordPress plugin and launching it are two different things. As developers, we are always fascinated with the idea of building something meaningful and solving a problem. But, a…
9 Sites to Promote Your Plugin or Theme (Ranked by Domain Authority)
There are so many paid promotional options when you’re looking to market your plugin or theme that it’s hard to know which sites will actually have a positive impact on…
Divi Sensei: Jan Thielemann’s Story of Traveling the World While Building a Plugin Business
Today we’re excited to interview Jan Thielemann – a self-taught Divi module developer who built his WordPress business Divi Sensei and sells a host of other Divi modules and add-ons!…
The Marketing Handbook for WordPress Plugin and Theme Developers
As you might already know, product people—especially developers—usually don’t enjoy doing marketing. Developing plugins, themes, or other types of digital products gets their creative juices flowing, but when it comes…