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A chat with Barry Kooij, on running an indie plugin shop

Brian Krogsgard

October 30, 2015

Barry Kooij (pronounced "Coy", America! I just learned it...) runs Never5, an independent plugin shop. He's been running Never5 for a while, but went full time in July after the Woothemes acquisition to Automattic was made official. He has four…

Envira Gallery is quietly gaining in…

October 14, 2015

Envira Gallery is quietly gaining in the image/gallery space. The latest update includes a suite of extensions that will make photographers and people building sites for photographers pretty happy.

Automattic to acquire WP Job Manager from Mike Jolley

Brian Krogsgard

June 2, 2015

BusinessPlanet

Mike Jolley has agreed to terms to sell WP Job Manager to Automattic. Mike is already joining Automattic after the WooThemes acquisition -- under his role as WooCommerce lead developer -- and the sale of WP Job Manager is in part due to Automattic's rules for employee side projects.

Automattic has acquired WooThemes, makers of WooCommerce

Brian Krogsgard

May 20, 2015

BusinessHosting

Matt Mullenweg announced today that Automattic has acquired WooThemes, whose flagship product is the popular eCommerce plugin, WooCommerce. All 55 team members at WooThemes will join Automattic, swelling ranks at Automattic by around 18%.

Obox enters exclusive agreement with Envato to monetize Layers

Brian Krogsgard

May 1, 2015

I covered Layers, by Obox, when it launched. The page building theme showed promise, and it was a big hit during launch. It was downloaded thousands of times, due in part to a very successful run on ProductHunt. They blogged about…

Be on the lookout: Shop Plugins is an upcoming eCommerce marketplace

Brian Krogsgard

January 28, 2015

eCommerce is getting pretty darn big for WordPress. Daniel Espinoza knows eCommerce. He's built extensions for both WooCommerce and Easy Digital Downloads, not to mention some non-WordPress entities. He's working on a third-party marketplace aiming to allow anyone to sell their extensions.…

WP eCommerce: What’s old is new again.

Brian Krogsgard

June 10, 2014

BusinessDraft

WP eCommerce is one of the oldest WordPress plugins you'll find. That it's an eCommerce plugin -- built on WordPress, well before such a thing seemed sensible -- is even more of a testament to just how impressive this plugin…

The cost of running a WordPress website

Brian Krogsgard

May 3, 2014

HostingSecurity

A WordPress website is very affordable to get up and running. You can do it for free, plus the cost of your average shared hosting account. However, running a more serious site can get considerably more expensive. Here's the list…

Interview with Mark Forrester, co-founder of WooThemes

Brian Krogsgard

November 12, 2013

BusinessDraft

Last week I had the pleasure of visiting WooThemes HQ in Cape Town, South Africa. Throughout the week I had the opportunity to interact with WooThemes' co-founders Mark Forrester and Magnus Jepson, as well as the rest of the Cape…

AppPresser: A foundation for using WordPress to make mobile apps

Brian Krogsgard

October 23, 2013

DesignWordPress News

AppPresser is a foundation for people to use WordPress based tools to build mobile apps for the iOS and Android platforms. AppPresser is a collaborative effort between Scott Bolinger, Brad Williams, Brian Messenlehner, and Lisa Sabin-Wilson. You may notice that…

Polish your code

Brian Krogsgard

October 2, 2013

Development

If we can polish a

Yoast introduces commercial version of WordPress SEO

Brian Krogsgard

September 11, 2013

WordPress News

Joost de Valk announced on the Yoast blog yesterday that they're pre-releasing a commercial version of the highly popular WordPress SEO plugin. The plugin will come with additional features with the full release, but for now it's an option for…

Anonymity is bullshit

Brian Krogsgard

August 6, 2013

BusinessWordPress News

I'm a little fired up. Tonight, I saw an open-ended and, honestly, silly post from Torque about a strange WooCommerce extensions shop called WP Avengers. WP Avengers, as it turns out, is a group of essentially anonymous folks who claim…

Plugin aims to make managing nonprofits easier

Brian Krogsgard

July 16, 2013

WordPress News

A company called Wired Impact has released an intriguing new plugin called Nonprofit Board Management. The plugin is a combination of a people / board member content type, event RSVP management, committee management, and document / resource management. It's a…

The Styles plugin integrates a ton of customizer options into the default themes

Brian Krogsgard

June 26, 2013

WordPress News

I ran across the Styles plugin today, thanks to a tweet from Brady Vercher. I was intrigued because Brady said, "I really think this plugin could be the standard for easily customizing themes." That's quite a statement. But after installing…

Core plugin dependency is necessary for a better WordPress ecosystem

Brian Krogsgard

May 9, 2013

WordPress News

The debate over plugin dependency has been around WordPress for years. I strongly believe that WordPress core needs a simple plugin dependency API for a healthier WordPress ecosystem. Building plugin dependency into core does more than make something already possible…

A chat with Barry Kooij, on running an indie plugin shop

Envira Gallery is quietly gaining in…

Automattic to acquire WP Job Manager from Mike Jolley

Automattic has acquired WooThemes, makers of WooCommerce

Obox enters exclusive agreement with Envato to monetize Layers

Be on the lookout: Shop Plugins is an upcoming eCommerce marketplace

WP eCommerce: What’s old is new again.

The cost of running a WordPress website

Interview with Mark Forrester, co-founder of WooThemes

AppPresser: A foundation for using WordPress to make mobile apps

Polish your code

Yoast introduces commercial version of WordPress SEO

Anonymity is bullshit

Plugin aims to make managing nonprofits easier

The Styles plugin integrates a ton of customizer options into the default themes

Core plugin dependency is necessary for a better WordPress ecosystem

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