Comments on: How To Publicize Your WordPress Plugin

By: Velvet Blues

Velvet Blues — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 13:56:44 +0000

@Ales: Thanks for your post. I am always excited about discovering new plugins.

By: Ales

Ales — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 06:21:25 +0000

Hi,

Thanks for this post. I did everything on your list for my plugins. Check my cloud tag and countdown plugins:
http://premiumcoding.com/wordpress-count-down/
http://premiumcoding.com/wordpress-fyling-tags-plugin/

Thank you

By: Jean Paul

Jean Paul — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:41:33 +0000

Hehe, I did everything on your list. My plugin is called Sexy Add Templates and it allows you to easily and quickly add new custom page templates directly from your admin menu.

And it’s available right here:
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/sexy-add-template

Thanks!
Jean Paul

By: Jean Paul

Jean Paul — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 01:50:54 +0000

This is actually a great article! I am off for the weekend but I will definitely follow your advice on Monday.

Just finished writing a really cool plugin so I’m glad to find new ways to get it out there.

Thanks!

By: Velvet Blues

Velvet Blues — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 06:08:03 +0000

@Dennis: That may be, but that plugin did have to be promoted at its release.

@Nihar: I’ll be waiting to see your release.

@Ben: Very good tips. I do like it when plugin authors do use their plugin on their own blogs. Such as the developer over at lesterchan.net. He definitely showcases his plugins.

@Ajith: Yes, it is hard to get a plugin out there. And your plugin is pretty good. So, get the word out. Tell the world.

By: Ajith Edassery

Ajith Edassery — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 20:35:26 +0000

Need to go to the other directories than just WP one next time My very first plugin received cold shoulders due to lack of marketing, mainly

By: Ben Barden - Blog Tips

Ben Barden - Blog Tips — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 11:24:13 +0000

Great post, although I think you missed one really important point:

Use the plugin on your own blog! Show it in action.

It’s all very well talking about it, but you have to put your money where your mouth is

By: Nihar

Nihar — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 02:46:26 +0000

Will definitely follow this when i come up with my own plugin. I have started it some days ago…

Thanks for the info.

By: Dennis Edell

Dennis Edell — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 23:02:14 +0000

He may be referring to plugins like commentluv…spread like wildfire with very little help lol.

By: Velvet Blues

Velvet Blues — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 11:49:19 +0000

@Ben: Hmmm. I don’t know about self-publicizing plugins… That’s like how people used to believe in: ‘Build it and they will come’.

You always need to publicize anything you put on the web. Of course, you can wait forever and hope search engines to find it…

By: Ben Pei

Ben Pei — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 16:13:11 +0000

Actually it depends on what kinda plugin it is right? Some plugins just publicizes itself!

By: Velvet Blues

Velvet Blues — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 15:45:47 +0000

@Kurt: Oh yeh? I’ll be waiting for something super spectacular!

@Kim: Indeed. I am always surprised when I come across some super useful plugin that no one really knows about… I should start to mention more of them on my blog to help get the word out.

By: Kim Woodbridge

Kim Woodbridge — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 15:01:54 +0000

Great tips! I agree there are some great plugins our there that no one knows about. I don’t know if I’ll ever create on (probably not) but this is still really useful.

By: Kurt Avish

Kurt Avish — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 12:08:18 +0000

This post is very useful. Book marking it for future reference. I will hopefully be creating a plugin sooner or later lol and I might need these information.