Business

📆 Upcoming Events Gutenberg Full-Site Editing:…

Dan Knauss

July 23, 2021

📆 Upcoming Events Gutenberg Full-Site Editing: Unlocking Agility for Enterprise WordPress: WordPress VIP is holding a webinar on Full Site Editing on July 29th (10 AM PT / 1 PM ET / 5 PM UTC) led by Tess Needham, David…

Podcast Picks 🎙️ Here are my…

Dan Knauss

July 23, 2021

BusinessHosting

Podcast Picks 🎙️ Here are my podcast picks: Open Sourcery: Jonathan Bossenger had a discussion with Mika Epstein about the horrific experience she had when a member of the open-source community harassed her. This leads to a good talk about…

Is The Growth Of Active Installs of WordPress Plugins Declining in 2021?

David Bisset

July 22, 2021

BusinessPlanet

Many plugins in the WordPress.org repository have shown a significant drop in active install growth this year.

How to Read Like a Vampire and Improve Your Skills as a WordPress Professional

Cory Miller

July 21, 2021

BusinessDesign

How to read a lot without giving up your personal time — and three books worth reading on business and life.

Yash Rana lays a finger on…

Dan Knauss

July 16, 2021

BusinessDesign

Yash Rana lays a finger on common mistakes and mixed messages that many product makers are unknowingly making on their pricing pages. The list includes: not creating urgency (or overdoing it), not reducing exit points, keeping design and copy simple,…

Can small, independent WordPress makers still make it?

David Bisset

July 16, 2021

BusinessDesign

Is it still possible to make a living as a small WordPress company, freelancer, or solopreneur? The community says yes!

Post Status Excerpt (No. 15) — Jon Christopher on Finding A New Home For SearchWP

David Bisset

July 9, 2021

BusinessPlanet

Jon Christopher recently sold SearchWP to Awesome Motive. Learn what motivated Jon to make the sale, and get his view of search in WordPress core.

🌟 Featured Partner: Gravity Forms Gravity…

Dan Knauss

July 2, 2021

Business

🌟 Featured Partner: Gravity Forms Gravity Forms is the easiest and most trusted advanced forms solution for your WordPress website. Packed with time-saving tools and features, Gravity Forms is the only WordPress form management plugin you will ever need. Stop…

Post Status Excerpt (No. 14) — Starting Your “Next Chapter” Project

David Bisset

July 1, 2021

BusinessPlanet

Cory and David talk about building a "career raft" or "next chapter" project and congratulate Ninja Forms on their 10-year anniversary.

Lauren Sternecky explains in some detail…

Dan Knauss

June 25, 2021

Business

Lauren Sternecky explains in some detail how The Events Calendar team tackled recurring events and why they needed to overhaul their system. She shares this because many companies often find themselves in a similar scenario — trying to fix “a…

HeroThemes has released Heroic Inbox which…

Dan Knauss

June 18, 2021

Business

HeroThemes has released Heroic Inbox which “manages multiple business emails from different sources and from one powerful, shared mailbox inside WordPress.” 📨

DAVID’S PICKS 📬 Videos 📺 Here…

Dan Knauss

June 18, 2021

BusinessDesign

DAVID'S PICKS 📬 Videos 📺 Here are my video picks for the week: WordCamp Europe 2021: The video feeds from all three days of WCEUE are available on YouTube, with individual videos to be published in the coming weeks on…

Jilt has announced they have stopped…

Dan Knauss

June 8, 2021

Business

Jilt has announced they have stopped taking new accounts, and they will be shutting down on April 30, 2022. Existing customers will be able to use Jilt's service and support until that time. 🛒 I spoke with Beka Rice and…

Jason Coleman was interviewed by Starter…

Dan Knauss

June 8, 2021

Business

Jason Coleman was interviewed by Starter Story. Their conversation focused on how Paid Memberships Pro averaged $100k per month in revenue and is on track to grow an additional 25-50% this year. Over 100,000 sites run Paid Memberships Pro, but…