The Awkward Addon Pricing Model For WordPress Plugins

The release of WP Offload S3 this year saw our portfolio double in size and, like our flagship product WP Migrate DB Pro, WP Offload S3 comes with addon plugins that extend and provide extra functionality. There are many WordPress plugins that have commercially available addons with various pricing models. But charging for this extra functionality is both complicated and challenging, whatever pricing model they use. Why Addons Exist Addon or extension plugins exist for exactly the same reasons that normal WordPress plugins exist: the ability to bolt on modules of functionality on a need-to-use basis. This keeps the base product relatively free of bloat, gives developers a level of abstraction, helps simplify the core offering, and the user to pick and choose what to install. Generally commercial addon plugins exist in two forms of pricing: Pay per addon, to bolt onto a free base plugin As part of different price tiers for a commercial plugin. Both models have their upsides and downsides for both the developer and the customer. Free Plugin + Addons There are a number of high profile plugins that operate with the fee core plugin and premium addon model: Having a free core plugin is a #wordpress #smallbusiness #entrepreneur

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