WordPress News

Pippin Williamson has discontinued memberships on…

Brian Krogsgard

December 23, 2017

Pippin Williamson has discontinued memberships on his website to provide free and open access to his tutorials. The product side of his business has grown enough that he can't consistently produce new tutorials and provide code reviews, so he's opening up…

Here are some other recent links…

Brian Krogsgard

December 23, 2017

Business

Here are some other recent links to share regarding Gutenberg: If you haven't seen Morten Rand-Hendriksen talk at WordCamp US, I would highly recommend it. He also has two articles on LinkedIn: one high level post on what we need…

Still on the subject of Gutenberg,…

Brian Krogsgard

December 12, 2017

Business

Still on the subject of Gutenberg, Tony Perez shares his thoughts after watching Matt's State of the Word where Matt talks about the ways Gutenberg may affect the WordPress business ecosystem. For those most likely to see their niche market disrupted…

Modern Tribe appears to be getting…

Brian Krogsgard

December 12, 2017

Business

Modern Tribe appears to be getting into the "Calendar as a Service" business as it previews Lumin. Lumin is an "online calendar for users of WordPress and non-WordPress-based sites." In order to maintain its current WordPress calendar plugin and the…

Interview with Matt Mullenweg on the WordPress ecosystem — Draft Podcast

Brian Krogsgard

November 14, 2017

BusinessDesign

In this episode, I talk to Matt Mullenweg -- co-founder of WordPress and the CEO of Automattic -- about what's happening in the world of WordPress, and his role in it all.

The WordPress product market is completely different now

Brian Krogsgard

October 30, 2017

BusinessPlanet

Building a WordPress-based product business is a much different process than it used to be. People have to do something different and better than what has come before.

How Easy Digital Downloads acquired 55 plugins

Brian Krogsgard

October 25, 2017

Business

Over the course of several weeks, the Easy Digital Downloads team executed a series of changes to their marketplace to remove all third party plugins from their ecosystem. The move affected 55 plugins from 27 authors. Some were acquired. Some…

Taking a new product from concept to launch

Brian Krogsgard

October 5, 2017

BusinessDesign

When you launch a new project there’s always a buzz of excitement, hope, and relief, but also that of fear of failure and disappointment. This is something I’ve experienced for all the projects I’ve been part of over the past…

Jesse Watson, Software Development Manager at…

Brian Krogsgard

September 21, 2017

Business

Jesse Watson, Software Development Manager at Amazon Fulfillment Technologies, explores what makes software development "hard." One of his sources claims that over 40% of software projects fail! The insight Jesse draws from all this failure is expressed in the "One Skull Rule."…

If you’re looking for some good,…

Brian Krogsgard

August 23, 2017

BusinessSecurity

If you're looking for some good, recent podcasts, you might want to check out this interview with Brad Williams over at Robojuice. It's an hour-long show focused on security and the question of whether WordPress is secure enough for Microsoft. The…

Envato has acquired Pressed to create a complete hosting solution

Brian Krogsgard

July 6, 2017

BusinessHosting

In 2015 Envato invested $1.5 million dollars into Pressed -- the white-label WordPress hosting service -- for a one third stake in the company. Now they've fully purchased ownership in the business, and the majority of the Pressed team is…

The future of the WordPress economy, and why I’m not worried

Joshua Strebel

June 22, 2017

BusinessHosting

Joshua Strebel -- the CEO of Pagely -- shares his view of the current state of the WordPress economy, and why he is confident in both its strength and future.

WooCommerce ending renewal discounts is a good thing

Brian Krogsgard

June 22, 2017

BusinessHosting

WooCommerce has — at least for now — decided to end renewal discounts for extension sales. This is a smart business move and the right thing to do, even if it could've been rolled out better. Matt Mullenweg said in…

Rebecca Gill announced the Web Savvy…

Brian Krogsgard

June 14, 2017

Business

Rebecca Gill announced the Web Savvy Marketing Genesis theme business has been sold to 9Seeds.

Much more interesting than a regular…

Brian Krogsgard

June 14, 2017

Business

Much more interesting than a regular Jetpack upgrade is how (as I predicted) Jetpack is bringing "professional themes" to the plugin, effectively making it a full-on marketplace. I am very, very interested in how that's going to work, specifically in…