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  • Envato Passes $1 Billion in Community Earnings While Continuing to Aggressively Market Its Elements Subscription Against Marketplace Authors

    Envato Passes $1 Billion in Community Earnings While Continuing to Aggressively Market Its Elements Subscription Against Marketplace Authors

    Envato has passed $1 billion in community earnings after 14 years in business. The company reached the goal a year earlier than anticipated, thanks to the contributions of 81,000 different creators around the globe and millions of customers who have purchased products from Envato Market, Envato Studio, Envato Tuts+ and Envato Elements. “To this day, we’re very proud that…

    Sarah Gooding

  • Envato Launches Template Kits Marketplace for Elementor

    Envato Launches Template Kits Marketplace for Elementor

    Watch out block patterns. There is an old player in town making the hard sell before you have even rolled out of bed. Envato just dropped a massive library of template kits for Elementor in your front yard. Not to worry, the company plans to open things up for the block editor in the future.…

    Justin Tadlock

  • Why PixelGrade is Experimenting with a $225 WordPress Theme on Themeforest

    Why PixelGrade is Experimenting with a $225 WordPress Theme on Themeforest

    This post was contributed by guest author Sami Keijonen. Sami is a math teacher who enjoys learning about the web, accessibility, and WordPress. He juggles between freelancing, building themes at Foxland, and teaching.   Several theme authors have been experimenting with new pricing on ThemeForest. But PixelGrade took it to the next level by raising…

    Sarah Gooding

  • WordPress Theme Authors Experiment with New Pricing on ThemeForest

    WordPress Theme Authors Experiment with New Pricing on ThemeForest

    Envato has been rolling out author-driven pricing across ThemeForest categories throughout 2016. The new pricing options have finally hit the WordPress category and authors are now experimenting with pricing changes outside of the average $35-65 range. Ben Chan, executive General Manager at Envato, explained why the company is extending author-driven pricing to ThemeForest after successfully…

    Sarah Gooding

  • WPWeekly Episode 235 – Interview with James Giroux Envato’s WordPress Evangelist

    WPWeekly Episode 235 – Interview with James Giroux Envato’s WordPress Evangelist

    In this episode, Marcus Couch and I are joined by James Giroux, Envato’s WordPress evangelist. We discuss a number of topics including what he’s accomplished since taking over the position in January, the item support policy change, and author driven pricing. We also find out what his favorite part of the job is and what…

    Jeff Chandler

  • Array Cuts Theme Club Pricing, Releases Free Theme Pack

    Array Cuts Theme Club Pricing, Releases Free Theme Pack

    Array launched a redesign of its theme shop this week along with drastic price cuts for single theme and club purchases. After conducting a customer survey earlier this year, the company moved to act on feedback regarding its pricing structure. Previously, Array offered single theme purchases ranging in price from $49 to $89 and the…

    Sarah Gooding

  • WPWeekly Episode 206 – Stream Reverts to its Old Ways

    WPWeekly Episode 206 – Stream Reverts to its Old Ways

    In this week’s episode of WordPress Weekly, Marcus Couch and I discuss the news of the week including, Envato’s new item support policy, Twenty Sixteen available on GitHub, and BuddyPress 2.3.3. We also discuss Stream 3 which returns to hosting activity logs on the local server. We end the show with Marcus’ plugin picks up…

    Jeff Chandler

  • Envato Implements Item Support Policy for ThemeForest and CodeCanyon

    Envato Implements Item Support Policy for ThemeForest and CodeCanyon

    In August of 2014, Envato announced a new initiative that would allow sellers on CodeCanyon and ThemeForest to inform buyers whether or not an item is supported. Earlier today, Envato implemented an Item Support Policy for sellers on ThemeForest and CodeCanyon. When browsing items on ThemeForest or CodeCanyon, a blue badge indicates the seller provides…

    Jeff Chandler

  • Envato Targeted by DDoS Attack, WordPress Theme Authors Report Major Decline in Sales

    Envato Targeted by DDoS Attack, WordPress Theme Authors Report Major Decline in Sales

    If you’ve attempted to access Themeforest or any other site on the Envato network lately, you may have encountered some down time. The company updated customers and community members today, attributing the technical difficulties to a DDoS attack: Since July 1, Envato has been the target of a sustained DDoS (distributed denial of service) attack.…

    Sarah Gooding

  • Themekraft’s Difficult Experience Switching to the WordPress Theme Customizer

    Themekraft’s Difficult Experience Switching to the WordPress Theme Customizer

    Sven Lehnert, CEO of Themekraft, published his company’s experience migrating from a custom theme options page to the theme customizer. He describes how difficult it was to move between the two and how it caused user frustration. “I’m sorry for the trouble some users are experiencing. We receive positive as well as frustrated feedback and…

    Jeff Chandler

  • XSS Vulnerability: What to do if You Buy or Sell Items on Themeforest and CodeCanyon

    XSS Vulnerability: What to do if You Buy or Sell Items on Themeforest and CodeCanyon

    Earlier this week, one of the largest coordinated efforts between WordPress plugin authors, Sucuri, and the WordPress security team resulted in a number of popular plugins receiving security updates. Due to inaccurate information within the WordPress codex, a number of developers improperly assumed the add_query_arg() and remove_query_arg() functions would properly escape user input. When combined,…

    Jeff Chandler

  • Gateway: A Free WordPress Theme Built on the Foundation Framework

    Gateway: A Free WordPress Theme Built on the Foundation Framework

    Gateway is an elegant and eye-catching new theme that recently landed on WordPress.org. Since its release less than a week ago, the theme has already been downloaded more than 1400 times. It’s easy to see why it’s an instant hit – the versatile design is perfect for writers, businesses, or personal sites. The homepage design…

    Sarah Gooding

  • WPWeekly Episode 184 – Inside Envato With Stephen Cronin and Will Herring

    WPWeekly Episode 184 – Inside Envato With Stephen Cronin and Will Herring

    Marcus Couch and I are joined by Stephen Cronin and William Herring of Envato to discuss ThemeForest, Envato, WordPress themes, and several other topics. We discover how ThemeForest reviews themes and discuss what the company is doing to improve the quality of themes sold on its marketplace. After the interview, we cover the news and…

    Jeff Chandler