Author: Alex Denning
The Economic Theory Of Selling WordPress Themes
As you’ll know if you’ve read my recent post, I find practical applications of economic theory quite an interesting topic.
An Economist’s Look: Competition in the WordPress Theme Marketplace
I was doing some writing for Siobhan recently, and one of the topics I was covering was WordPress theme shops, and the economy that’s built up around them.
“Blogging Tips”… With A Twist: Introducing BlogBettr
Ever since I started blogging, nearly four years ago now, I’ve been fascinated with tracking analytics, tweaking copy and working out how changing little things impacts the “success” of that post.
Your Blog’s Content Is Irrelevant To Its Success
Last week I friend of mine who’s a mathematician was helping me out with a formula I was trying to create which could predict how successful a post from a brand page on Facebook was going to be.
My Premium Theme Experience
I’ve been working on a design for my girlfriend’s blog recently.
Thoughts On Ghost: Let’s Embrace Opinion
Like nearly a hundred thousand others last week, I was very interested to see John O’Nolan’s concept of a simplified blogging platform, Ghost.
Effective Landing Pages for WordPress
If you have absolutely anything you want people to do when visiting your website — be that subscribe, download, purchase, whatever — you need a landing page.
Thesis 2.0 & The State of Premium Frameworks
At the start of the month, DIYThemes launched the latest version of their hugely successful theme framework, Thesis.
Social Media “Share” Button Plugins For WordPress
I recently added some social media sharing buttons to WPShout via a plugin, something I thought I’d never actually do.
Better WordPress Captions

The latest WordPress update introduced HTML editing captions, reminding us all that captions are in fact a feature in WordPress.