by Jeff Chandler | Mar 26, 2018 | guest post, gutenberg, innovation, Opinion, Wordpress Resources
Tevya Washburn has been building websites for more than 20 years and building them on WordPress for 10. He bootstrapped his website maintenance and support company, WordXpress, that he’s worked on full-time for more than seven years. Late last year he launched...
by Jeff Chandler | Oct 20, 2017 | business, clients, education, Opinion, Plugins, Wordpress Resources
Katie KeithThis is a guest post written by Katie Keith, co-founder of Barn2 Media. In this post, Keith shares the lessons she and her husband learned transitioning from client work to selling WordPress products in one year. If you’ve ever dreamed of quitting...
by Jeff Chandler | Aug 11, 2017 | ecosystem, managed hosting, Opinion, Themes, Wordpress Resources, wordpress.com
Earlier this year, WordPress.com launched an experiment giving Business plan subscribers the ability to install third-party plugins and themes. Automattic concluded the experiment earlier this week and officially made the features part of the subscription plan....
by Jeff Chandler | Jun 16, 2017 | industry, interview, marijuana, News, Opinion, Wordpress Resources
Lifted is a new WordPress theme and plugin company founded by Drew Poland that caters to the marijuana industry. I reached out to Poland to learn more about his company, his pricing model, and get his perspective on this space in the WordPress ecosystem. Why did you...
by Jeff Chandler | Jan 7, 2017 | new user experience, new users, Opinion, page builders, Wordpress Resources
When a friend of mine asked for suggestions on what he should use to create a new site, I suggested WordPress. It is well supported, has an amazing community, and a ton of free themes and plugins to choose from. After getting WordPress installed on a new webhosting...
by Jeff Chandler | Mar 30, 2016 | advice, communication, ithemes, Opinion, Wordpress Resources
photo credit: elycefeliz – ccWhether you manage WordPress plugins, themes, or a service, a key component to keeping users happy is communication. Users and especially paying customers want to know what’s going on. Going an extended period of time without...
