Comments on: The Market for “Premium” Plugins

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By: Kevin

Kevin — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 06:27:42 +0000

I tried to present what I believed to be best for the community and for the plugin users. You brought forth some great points. While I would like to see more people open their eyes to WordPress (primarily the developer-hosted .com version) from Blogger, there are still some ways to go before serious users consider the platform. Although not directly related, the ability to use features like HD video and editable CSS, plus an ad-free experience detract from the chance that they will even begin to consider the platform.

I can see where hosting comes into play, but if you pay the $29.97 per year for no ads, you should be able to bring your Google AdSense code over to the system in place of their ads. This is why more people move directly from Blogger to WP.org or start with the self-hosted version first.

More than anything else, the WP.com version should be a stripped down, but not limited version of WordPress that offers similar functionality, but lacking the plugin options that you come to expect when you “upgrade.” A seamless marketplace and solutions area would draw in and keep people using WordPress. Although the software still needs to be updated every few months, there should still be development in the areas that convince people that WordPress is the best solution for their needs.

This is just my personal feedback and shouldn’t really be taken as criticism because as far as I am concerned, the WordPress team continues to do a great job at creating the software and continuing the blog platform.

By: Kevin Eklund

Kevin Eklund — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 20:28:04 +0000

Thanks Kevin. You did a great job of summarizing the issues and I believe your desire to have a well supported premium marketplace is shared with many WP users. WordPress.org should really make it an effort to do this as it would only benefit them and the community. But alas, just like the WordPress.com theme marketplace that Matt proposed back in 2007 which is still yet to be , plans for a premium marketplace is something that is most likely far off in the distant future.