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Brandon Ernst at Freemius looks at…

Dan Knauss

April 27, 2020

Brandon Ernst at Freemius looks at trends and data to get an idea of how the Coronavirus might be affecting WordPress plugin and theme shops. Brandon notes "there was a 19.84% growth in plugin downloads on the WordPress.org repository from…

Freemius CEO and cofounder Vova Feldman…

Brian Krogsgard

March 15, 2019

Security

Freemius CEO and cofounder Vova Feldman shares what others can learn from Freemius' recent experience with a significant security vulnerability. Also from Freemius: how Brexit may affect theme and plugin sellers.

Wordfence has started a new podcast, with…

Dan Knauss

March 8, 2019

Wordfence has started a new podcast, with its first episode featuring an interview with Josepha Haden. 🎧 The show also covers recent vulnerabilities in the Freemius library that affect WordPress plugins, the CoinHive shutdown, and the reasons some potential changes to WordPress…

Freemius is launching a “We Got…

Brian Krogsgard

November 16, 2018

BusinessDesign

Freemius is launching a "We Got Your Back" pilot program for WordPress product vendors. This program helps clients handle a few additional non-coding-related tasks (including design and branding), along with other features yet to be announced. To qualify, your business must…

Freemius is extending their insights functionality…

Brian Krogsgard

March 3, 2017

Freemius is extending their insights functionality for people using their sales and analytics platform to themes. If you use Freemius Insights, your users can opt-in to data gathering, giving you access to specific theme events (activations, etc), a list of…

Freemius has a nice interview with…

Brian Krogsgard

June 17, 2016

Freemius has a nice interview with Scott Bolinger, co-founder of AppPresser. Scott on products: "It’s not that hard to get people to see your product in the WordPress world....but is it interesting enough to take a second look?" And on commercial theme…

Vova Feldman gives an analytical take…

November 4, 2015

Vova Feldman gives an analytical take on why lifetime licenses actually are good, on the Freemius blog. He makes a compelling argument, if you price the license right, and make it unlimited time, but not unlimited sites.