You have probably seen the hashtag #IloveWP that is currently sweeping the WordPress nation. It’s a call to contribute to the new WordPress.org testimonial page, which has been woefully out of date for a while. (In fact, some of the testimonials in the version that is being replaced dated back to 2003.) To populate the new page, Matt Mullenweg has posted a call to the community to share your WordPress story with the #IloveWP tag attached and submit them as testimonial material. So, if you’d like your story to be featured on WordPress.org, here’s your chance. Besides a shot at […]
What to Know Before Starting a WordPress Plugin Business
WordPress powers over 28 percent of the web. With that comes 150,000 plugins and themes, which adds up to over 1.3 billion downloads on WordPress.org alone. It’s truly a powerful platform that can allow for a lucrative plugin business. However, when we examine the space more thoroughly, we find that only less than 5 percent of the products have a paid offering. You may think that these 5 percent own 99 percent of the market, but it’s actually far from it. The monetized items are only 22 percent of total active items. The vast majority of installed and active plugins […]
WordPress Custom Post Type, A Tutorial For Beginners
WordPress has changed a lot over time. What used to be a pure blogging platform has evolved into a robust and full-fledged content management system that is used by brands, companies, and celebrities worldwide. One of the milestones and breakthroughs of this development was the creation of Custom Post Types (CPT). By default, WordPress comes with a number of standard content types, such as posts, pages, and attachments. Each type has its own set of formatting, settings and other options. However, there are many cases in which these types just aren’t enough. With WordPress running millions of websites, it’s only […]
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