Ghost

Ghost 3.0, the open-source blogging platform…

Dan Knauss

October 25, 2019

Ghost 3.0, the open-source blogging platform founded by John O'Nolan, was released this week. The headline feature is a "new business model," which aims to help writers use memberships and subscriptions to make a "sustainable living" as "independent publisher[s] in…

Rob Hope interviewed Ghost founder John O’Nolan…

Brian Krogsgard

April 12, 2019

Rob Hope

It’s the fifth anniversary since Ghost…

Dan Knauss

May 18, 2018

It's the fifth anniversary since Ghost appeared on KickStarter, and John O'Nolan shares some lessons he's learned during that time. "Centralized wins on simplicity, and open source wins on flexibility" are two of them. Also, the least fun part of…

Ghost reached it’s 1.0.0 milestone at the end…

Brian Krogsgard

August 23, 2017

Ghost reached it's 1.0.0 milestone at the end of July. Ghost 1.0.0 is a major overhaul with an impressive list of features. Defaulting to MySQL, a new editor, and theme API changes were among the changes that stood out to me, as…

Here’s an insightful interview with John…

Brian Krogsgard

March 15, 2017

Business

Here's an insightful interview with John O'Nolan on Indie Hackers about raising money and growing Ghost to $750k a year. Even if you don't use Ghost, it's a nice peak into how you can approach a business that is born…

Time flies! Ghost is celebrating its 3…

Brian Krogsgard

May 2, 2016

Time flies! Ghost is celebrating its 3 year anniversary. John O'Nolan reports $600,000 in annual revenue and over a million downloads, with 9 people on staff. There are quite a few things I really dig about Ghost (the level of transparency…

Ghost is looking for beta testers…

March 26, 2016

Ghost is looking for beta testers for a new desktop app. They have a "developer build" that is available for Windows, Mac and Linux. I talked to John O'Nolan about this a while back, and he said that because of their…

Loopconf highlights

Brian Krogsgard

May 9, 2015

I mooched off of Loopconf for two days straight, watching the live stream for free. I caught at least half of the sessions, and most of the speakers were terrific. I highly recommend you just peruse the Loopconf Youtube channel to…

LoopConf: A new WordPress conference that’s only for developers

Brian Krogsgard

October 14, 2014

HostingPlanet

Early May 2015 will be the first ever LoopConf, a WordPress conference that's geared solely toward developers. Ryan Sullivan, the owner of WP Site Care, is hosting the conference that is to be held in Las Vegas. LoopConf describes…

WordPress isn’t falling behind

Brian Krogsgard

November 7, 2013

WordPress News

When Tumblr first appeared, everyone wanted WordPress to begin emulating its features. Then came Medium and the same cry. Then Ghost launched and again the retort sounded that “WordPress is falling behind!” But is WordPress really lagging behind the pack?…

Ghost has launched to the public

Brian Krogsgard

October 14, 2013

WordPress News

I know it's not the WordPress platform, but it should be of interest to WordPress people. Much of the buzz around Ghost centers around it being an alternative to WordPress for blogging. Well, Ghost's source code is now public on…

WordPress podcasts to keep an eye on

Brian Krogsgard

July 16, 2013

BusinessWordPress News

The WordPress podcast landscape seems to be exploding. I've been keeping my queue filled for a while now with the shows available. Let's talk about a few. The DradCast The DradCast is a carryover from WP Late Night, hosted by Sucuri CEO…

How much are the big WordPress companies making?

Brian Krogsgard

June 18, 2013

BusinessHosting

It's a question many of us have pondered. Just how much money do these "big" WordPress product companies make? WooThemes, Copyblogger (makers of StudioPress), Gravity Forms, WP Engine, Sucuri, and many more companies are clearly making significant revenues compared to…

DevPress aims to create a new hosted website platform

Brian Krogsgard

June 12, 2013

WordPress News

Tung Do, the owner of DevPress, has written a post that he knows may be more ambitious than he can handle. He notes a longstanding desire to "revolutionize the WordPress-experience" and he wants to do so by transforming DevPress into…

Ghost reaches funding goal in twelve hours

Brian Krogsgard

April 29, 2013

WordPress News

John O'Nolan's Ghost Kickstarter has reached (more than) full funding in just under twelve hours. I just posted about Ghost this morning, and while I'm impressed it funded so damn quick, I'm not at all surprised by the interest. It's…

Ghost hits Kickstarter, seeks £25,000

Brian Krogsgard

April 29, 2013

WordPress News

John O'Nolan's Ghost project, a re-think of WordPress, is now a Kickstarter project. O'Nolan gives a good deal of detail about Ghost's longer term plans, licensing, etc. on the Kickstarter page. The funding goal for the project is £25,000, which…