Building a plugin takes a lot of time and hard work, and oftentimes promoting it and getting sales is even harder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To be successful, its important to learn from the trial and error of people who have tried it first. The article below, written by a plugin developer, explains some of what did and didn’t work for them, taking you through four lessons they learned to help you get off to better start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Building a great WordPress plugin is hard.<\/p>
There are many different aspects to consider during the planning phase\u2013 you have to develop a solid codebase, and also craft a great user experience. But that\u2019s only half the job. The hardest part of creating a commercial plugin is not developing it\u2013 it\u2019s getting people to use it and growing your user base.<\/p>
A while ago, we managed to launch a page builder plugin named Forge. It is a freemium plugin\u2013 people can use it for free, and then upgrade with some paid extensions. And the actual challenge of creating Forge was not the plugin itself, but rather promoting<\/em> it.<\/p>