For our 50th episode, Jack and I discuss his recent plugin updates, WordPress 5.9 and what Full Site Editing means for site builders, and WordCamp EU 2022 happening in Portugal this summer. This episode is sponsored by FastSpring – the full-ser

Episode 49 – 2022 Goals

Jan 11th, 2022 52m 23s

Back in the saddle for 2022, Jack and I discuss our business goals for the year and how we plan to achieve them, as well as some personal goals after we both had very busy ends to 2021 with house renovations. This episode is sponsored by FastSp

Episode 48 – Black Friday

Nov 16th, 2021 48m 6s

This week Jack and I discuss our approach to Black Friday and email marketing (or lack of), the recent ACF release, the Lemon Squeezy WordPress plugin and GoDaddy’s acquisition of Pagely. This episode is sponsored by FastSpring – the full-servi

Episode 47 – Performance, EDD & Selling Products

Nov 10th, 2021 53m 18s

This week, after another break, Jack and I discuss the new WordPress performance team, the acquisition of Sandhills Dev by Awesome Motive, and we think about what platform we would use to sell WordPress plugins if we started today. This episode

Episode 46 – Moving, Plugin Rank & FlipWP

Jul 23rd, 2021 37m 33s

This week Jack and I return after a short break, catching up with Jack’s house move and further client work, the sale of Plugin Rank, Delicious Brain’s acquisition of ACF, and the launch of my new project FlipWP. This episode is sponsored by Fa

Episode 45 – Plugin Releases and University

May 6th, 2021 43m 22s

This week Jack and I have a catch up talking about taking time off, the rise in Jack’s client work, the recent releases of WP User Manager, tracking active installs of your plugin, EDD 3.0, the 2.0 release of WP Migrate DB Pro, and a final thou

Episode 44 – Quick Catch Up

Mar 29th, 2021 41m 20s

This week Jack and I have a quick catch up where we chat about taking time off when it comes to running a business, outsourcing WordPress plugin support, my struggles wrangling freelance developers, and Jack’s wife applying for a role at Automa

Episode 43 – WordPress 5.7 and WP Trends

Mar 15th, 2021 35m 18s

This week Jack and I catchup discussing the latest WordPress core release – WordPress 5.7, and I talk about my new WordPress business focussed newsletter – WP Trends This episode is sponsored by FastSpring – the full-service ecommerce solution

Episode 42 – Hello 2021

Feb 23rd, 2021 47m 7s

We are a bit late with our first podcast episode of 2021. Happy New Year… This week Jack and I have a good catchup, discussing improvements to the BNFW website, the server issues I was having for Plugin Rank, and how to grow revenue without jus

Episode 41: That’s a Wrap 2020

Dec 18th, 2020 47m 27s

In the last episode of 2020, Jack and I reflect on the year, chat about our plans for working less over Christmas, and what our focus will be for 2021. Merry Christmas to our listeners and a happy New Year. Let’s hope 2021 is a good one! This e

Episode 40: Hannah Smith and the Environmental Impact of Tech

Dec 3rd, 2020 1h 12m

The Internet is the World’s sixth biggest polluter This Jack and I chat to Hannah Smith, a freelancer WordPress developer from Bristol in the UK, who is passionate about the environmental impact of tech. We cover what work Hannah does for clien

Episode 39: Lesley Sim of Newsletter Glue

Nov 17th, 2020 55m 5s

This week Jack and I chat to Lesley Sim, a marketing expert, plugin owner and indie hacker. We talk about her plugin Newsletter Glue which makes it simple to send WordPress posts to your subscribers without leaving WordPress, finding a co-found

Episode 38: Peter Suhm from Branch

Nov 2nd, 2020 51m 36s

This week Jack and I chat to Peter Suhm, an entrepreneur, developer and podcaster building products for WordPress developers. We talk about his WordPress plugin WP Pusher, that enables theme and plugin deployments with Git, his latest SaaS prod

Episode 37: Introducing Content Notify

Oct 13th, 2020 1h 22m

This week Jack talks about his new plugin Content Notify, and we dive into what it is, how it’s built, and the challenges of positioning and marketing the plugin. This episode is sponsored by FastSpring – the full-service ecommerce solution tha

Episode 36: WordPress Development with Will Etling

Sep 29th, 2020 40m 33s

This week we chat to Will Etling, who works for FastSpring working on their WordPress marketing sites. We dig into his WordPress journey, working with WordPress, development & deployment processes, and creating custom blocks with ACF Blocks. Th

Episode 35: WordPress 5.5 and Plugin Rank

Sep 14th, 2020 1h 6m

After a couple of weeks hiatus Jack and I are back talking about the bumper WordPress 5.5 release, how Jack wrangles his communication channels into one To Do list, and I talk about my new app Plugin Rank – what it is, how it came about, techni

Episode 34: WordPress Freelancing & Pricing with Tom Hirst

Aug 11th, 2020 1h

This week Jack and I talk to Tom Hirst, a freelance WordPress developer who is fast becoming an authority on freelance pricing. We talk about his journey, what WordPress projects he works on, Gutenberg and Headless WordPress, freelancing, and p

Episode 33: Hello WP Content & Plugin Notices

Jul 29th, 2020 1h 3m

This week Jack and I chat about my latest project WP Content, launching a new plugin marketing site, and the current discussion about plugin developers overusing notifications in the WordPress dashboard. We also caught up with Jon Tewes, a solu

Episode 32: Macbooks, Plugins, and Support

Jul 8th, 2020 52m 8s

This week we chat about Macbook hardware issues, Jack explains more about his new plugin, the new WooCommerce navigation concept, and we discuss how we approach customer support for our WordPress plugins. This episode is sponsored by FastSpring

Episode 31: Coronavirus Catchup

Jun 19th, 2020 47m 56s

In this episode we talk about what we’ve been up to, dealing with dips in motivation, the latest things in the WordPress space, as well as introducing our new show sponsor – FastSpring. This episode is sponsored by FastSpring – the full-service

Episode 30: Coronavirus Catchup

Jun 2nd, 2020 36m 51s

This week Jack and I talk about the easing of lockdown in the UK, keeping up with (WordPress) news, new product releases in the WordPress space, the trials Jack has faced making a plugin compatible with the block editor, and what we’ve been wor

Episode 29: Coronavirus Catchup

May 19th, 2020 38m 46s

This week Jack and I have another Coronavirus catchup, talking about how sales are up for our plugins, what we’ve been working on, dealing with the urge to spend all your time building something new, the new online formats for conferences, and

Episode 28: Coronavirus Catchup

Apr 29th, 2020 38m 31s

This week Jack and I have another catchup in the time of Coronavirus. We talk through what we are currently working on, including plugin development and site builds.

Episode 27 – Talking Timber with Jared Novack

Apr 8th, 2020 42m 29s

After talking with Mark Wilkinson a few episodes back about his frustrations integrating a plugin into a site built using Timber, we had quite a bit of feedback about how Timber was great and when and why you should use it for WordPress sites.

Episode 26 – Coronavirus Catchup

Mar 30th, 2020 38m 53s

With all that’s going on in the world right now, Jack and I wanted to check-in with each other, discuss our new working-from-home-with-family situation, give an update on what we are working on, and what we are planning on doing before we next