How to Validate Freemius Licenses Outside of a Plugin
8 minute read This technical tutorials shows how I enable a SAAS site to validate a Freemius license key sent from a user’s site.
Read More How to Validate Freemius Licenses Outside of a Plugin8 minute read This technical tutorials shows how I enable a SAAS site to validate a Freemius license key sent from a user’s site.
Read More How to Validate Freemius Licenses Outside of a Plugin3 minute read For my WordPress plugin Print My Blog, I wanted to change WordPress’ “Publish” button to instead say “Save”, and it was complicated enough to merit sharing a blog post. My Situation The plugin registered a custom post type called “Print Material”, which isn’t publicly visible on the website. So the button “Publish” was misleading because […]
Read More How to Relabel WordPress’ “Publish” Button for Custom Post Types5 minute read I used to take pride in my work, especially building software, but I’m learning that’s actually a problem. Building something great can actually get in the way of doing something great. Before I explain, here’s a couple examples. You Heard of the $400 Squeezing Machine, Right? If not, this is the summary: a Silicon Valley […]
Read More Take Shame in your Work, Not Pride3 minute read I finally created a new site dedicated to my WordPress plugin Print My Blog: printmy.blog Important: if you’d like to continue following development of Print My Blog, please subscribe to the mailing list. Thanks! All posts about Print My Blog transparency reports and tutorials will be on that site going forward; this site will still […]
Read More Introducing printmy.blog6 minute read This month post titles in printouts were improved, there are more options for hyperlinks in printouts, there was a lot of code cleanup, and I have more accurate active install growth to report.
Read More Print My Blog Transparency Report – January 20205 minute read Active Installs took a hit upon release of version 2.0 and front end print buttons, but there were lots of new features and donations nearly doubled.
Read More Print My Blog Transparency Report – December 20194 minute read “Print My Blog” 2.0 adds the option to place print buttons onto your posts. This lets visitors convert a post into paper, PDF, or eBook for easier reading, sharing, and storing. In this post, I’ll show what the buttons are like and how easy they are to add. Print My Blog does such a good […]
Read More How to Add Print, PDF, & eBook Buttons to your WordPress Website with Print My Blog6 minute read This month author-related features were added, image sizing was tweaked, and I began adding front end print buttons for version 2.0.
Read More Print My Blog Transparency Report – November 20195 minute read This month the display of YouTube videos in printouts was significantly improved, the printout header content was made more customizable, fatal-error protection for PHP 5.2 sites was added, and policies about free support were added.
Read More Print My Blog Transparency Report – October 20196 minute read What did I do to get my plugin Print My Blog to 1,000 active installs in a year? Here’s what I think helped, and even a few things I think didn’t.
Read More 7 Reasons my WordPress Plugin Grew to 1,000 Active Installs in a Year