The Meaning of Freemius’ Dashboard Stats

4 minute readEver since WordPress.org removed the Active Install Growth Chart I’ve been more reliant on the stats provided by Freemius, but their meaning wasn’t obvious. I talked with Freemius’ support, Leo, to get some clarification and thought I’d share what we found. What I thought Freemius’ Stats Meant Most of the Freemius stats around money (what […]

Setup PHPUnit In WordPress Plugins With Composer (Especially for Windows)

6 minute readHow to setup PHPUnit tests for a WordPress plugin without the WP CLI or setting up a WP Develop repository

How to Validate Freemius Licenses Outside of a Plugin

8 minute readThis technical tutorials shows how I enable a SAAS site to validate a Freemius license key sent from a user’s site.

All Done My Event Espresso

8 minute readAfter 7 years, I’m moving on from Event Espresso. I reminisce on what it’s been like, and what I look forward to in the future.

Print My Blog Transparency Report – December 2019

5 minute readActive 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.

How to Add Print, PDF, & eBook Buttons to your WordPress Website with Print My Blog

4 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 […]

Print My Blog Transparency Report – November 2019

6 minute readThis month author-related features were added, image sizing was tweaked, and I began adding front end print buttons for version 2.0.

Print My Blog Transparency Report – October 2019

5 minute readThis 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.

Print My Blog Transparency Report – September 2019

6 minute readThis 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.

How Print My Blog Makes YouTube Videos Look Good When Printed, and You Can Too

4 minute readPrint My Blog 1.12.0 makes posts printed with embedded YouTube videos look much better than in standard printouts. In this post I’ll describe the problem with printing videos, how the WordPress Plugin Print My Blog solves it, and how you can replicate it in your posts.