Revisiting Plugin Activation Behavior
Being smart about the experience your users get directly after plugin activation is important and vital to your product getting good adoption. Here’s some methods and thoughts and tools for you.
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The Significance of WordPress Plugin Download Counts and How to Automate Getting Them
What’s the value of daily downloads for WordPress plugins and themes? And how can you automate getting them? Here’s my take.
The Case for the WordPress Plugin Freemium Model
Despite increased competition in the WordPress plugin landscape, I’m still a strong believer in the freemium model and the power of the WordPress Plugin Directory. Here’s why.
First Impressions: WordPress Full Site Editing and Gutenberg 7.7
Full site editing in WordPress is in development and ready for testing.
What Does Gutenberg Mean for Plugin Authors?
Matt Cromwell recently chatted with plugin authors, page builder authors, and Gutenberg contributors to understand how it impacts the WordPress ecosystem.
The Best Way To Check Your WordPress Site for PHP Compatibility
Are you using the PHP compatibility checker to determine which plugins to use on your site? What are its limitations? Let’s talk about it.
The State of WordPress Publishers
In this post Matt chats with Marie Dodson, Brian Krogsgard, and Nathan Weller about the state of WordPress publishing. Read and watch the interview here.
The New WordPress Plugin Directory and Why It Matters
The WordPress Plugin Directory is getting a facelift which could result in users finding relevant plugins more easily — both there and by Google.
SaaS and WordPress: A Conversation with Chris Lema
Whether your WordPress-product should be a stand-alone plugin or built on a SaaS model, you still need to know your customers.
Shiny New Toys: WP Forms, LoftBuilder, Unit Testing, and more
Each week we review the latest, shiniest new plugins on the WordPress Plugin Directory and discuss whether any of them are worth paying attention to or not. We call this weekly report: Shiny New Toys.