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How NOT to monetize a free plugin: One Click Demo Import acquired by Awesome Motive
One Click Demo Import plugin was acquired by Awesome Motive (Syed Balkhi) from ProteusThemes. Version 3.0 now includes aggressive monetization.
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Yet another Conflict of Interest? WordPress.org gives priority to a handful of Hosting Providers
WordPress.org continues to push a very limited list of "recommended" hosting providers to millions of users. Since the beginning of 2021 they took it one step further. Here's a quick explanation of the situation.
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Abuse or Luck? The Real Story of Astra Theme’s Suspension on WordPress.org
In this video I will explain how the Astra theme was able to avoid a 6 week suspension on WordPress.org for multiple serious violations, which would have cost them hundreds…
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The State of Themes and Plugins on WordPress.org in 2020
In this article I want to analyze the themes and plugins that are available in the official WordPress.org repository. I’m looking at the most liked and disliked themes and plugins,…
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Security Issue in WordPress 5.5 with the XML Sitemap Feature
WordPress 5.5 was released to the public on August 11, 2020. A new feature was introduced that adds basic, extensible XML sitemaps functionality into WordPress core. Sounds good, right? Right?…
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Who Hates Gutenberg the Most? Analysis of 1,095 Public Gutenberg Ratings
Yes, this is yet another post about the infamous Gutenberg plugin. No, this post is a little different from all the other ones. Onward!
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[Updated] AlienWP.Com is Listed on Flippa with a $90,000 Reserve
Here’s a rare opportunity to get into the WordPress community with a bang: AlienWP.com, one of the earliest blogs dedicated to WordPress has been listed for sale on Flippa, with 24 hours left to go at the time of writing this.