Introduction WordPress is more than a blogging tool. It’s evolved into a multi-billion dollar industry used by some of the most well-known brands worldwide, whilst directly, and indirectly supporting hundreds of thousands of industry jobs. And while plugins have evolved to be more sophisticated the user experience is still less than desirable across our ecosystem. …
Working in product one thing I consistently look out for is what I like to call low effort big reward items. Small things you can do that have a big impact. When we talk about low effort it could mean a day, it could mean two days. But it means overall minimal impact on other…
Almost everything I do revolves around product both in my day-job as Product Manager at LearnDash and in my numerous side hustles. One thing that often comes up in the consulting space is product market fit and I’ve had some good conversations lately on how to target and how targeting makes the difference between having…
When StellarWP acquired LearnDash September one of the very first projects we started was a hosted version of LearnDash. At the time it didn’t even have a code name (it’d later become LDCE). We had a goal — open up the ability for content creators to get started with LearnDash quicker than ever. See WordPress…
The WordPress space gets ever hotter with the latest acquisitions being Strattic acquired by Elementor and The Delicious Brains product suite including Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) WP MIgrate DB and more being acquired by WPEngine. Like with all acquisitions there’s the general outpouring of support from the community and congratulations all round. Look deeper though…
Nothing is more important to selling your product than the technology that powers your sales. Top of the list? Flexibility, stability and ultimately the control needed to mould your shopping cart around what works for your business. At LearnDash we’ve used various systems over the years, starting out with a platform called DPD back when…
Did you know you can use coupons with LearnDash LMS out of the box without any extra plugins? Here’s how easy it is, first a couple of pre-requisites of what you need; LearnDash LMS A Stripe account The free LearnDash LMS Stripe plugin (included in every plan). Once you have all that setup, visit your…
One of the most common questions people ask me is “Jack, should I use WooCommerce with LearnDash?” And like most questions to provide an answer, more questions need to be asked to see if it’s a good fit. Let’s look at the positives and negatives of using WooCommerce with LearnDash. Positives of Using WooCommerce With…
Everywhere you see “that’s WordPress, our plugin isn’t responsible for that”. That’d be like buying a car and your brakes don’t work. Take it back to the dealer and they say “That’s a Brembo problem not ours”. Maybe you’re reading that and thinking “well that’s dumb”… exactly. It’s stupid right? Sure maybe it’s a manufacturing…
Settings. The bane of the developer and the bane of the end user. If you install 99% of WordPress plugins they have too many settings, a setting of a setting, of a sub-setting and to top it off, add another setting on. If settings were cake WordPress plugins would be that delicious chocolate cake that…