Overview: Top Sites
Today we released the updated site listings feature. In previous versions, you simply got a full listing of sites using your theme or plugin, which was good, though didn’t focus the insights. The update today simply returns the top 25 sites using your theme or plugin. We did this for the following reason: focus. Focus…
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What the New PressTrends SEO Metrics Mean for You
The latest plugin release incorporates a few key metrics for the health of your site from a search engine optimization perspective. In this post, we’ll run through the new metrics, how we get them, and what they mean for you. The Metrics: How We Get Them Currently, all of the SEO metrics we show you…
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Launching new Site Listings
We’ve been hard at work building a new site listings feature with some great new options. We will be launching and covering it tomorrow during the webinar, Build Better WordPress Themes and Plugins with the PressTrends Dashboard. We focused on solving two things. The first being that developers want to know what are the most…
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Hello WordPress.org Metrics and Activation Conversion
Today we released an update for plugin authors that brings in stats from WordPress.org and computes an activation conversion for plugins. When you add or edit a plugin, you’ll have the option to input the WordPress.org URI for your plugin. Once you have added the WordPress.org URI for your plugin, you will see new metrics…
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Introducing New Dashboard and API Function for Theme Authors
We are constantly moving through feedback loops in an effort to build the best product for designers and developers. Today, with great suggestions from both designers and developers, we introduced a new dashboard for theme authors. This dashboard brings new metrics and offers a glimpse into the future of the platform by presenting more in-depth…
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Introducing New Dashboard for Plugin Authors
We are constantly moving through feedback loops in an effort to build the best product for designers and developers. Yesterday, with great suggestions from both designers and developers, we introduced a new dashboard for plugin authors. This dashboard brings new metrics and offers a glimpse into the future of the platform by presenting more in-depth…
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Plugin Authors: Improvements to Tracking Function
We just pushed an update to the plugin tracking API. You can find the new tracking function in your account. The only updates made are overall code improvements, nothing new in terms of API methods. Here are the updates: Pre 3.4 Compatibility Thanks to Joost de Valk, the tracking function now includes pre 3.4 compatibility…
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Goodbye Auto-Detect Tracking Function
Today, we made the decision to no longer offer the auto-detect tracking function. This function allowed theme authors to simply add the function into their themes without first registering their themes with PressTrends and receiving specific theme auth codes for the API. A More Solid Platform With the launch of PressTrends.me and a stronger focus…
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Introducing The Next Stage of PressTrends
From the beginning, our goal here at PressTrends has been to create a better web. In order to do so, we’ve had to work in stages. We are excited to announce the next stage of PressTrends has arrived. Comparative Metrics for Content Creators Today, we released a brand new version to our WordPress plugin for…
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New: Easily Test Plugin Integration
Yesterday, we launched a new feature for plugins that allows authors to test their integration with PressTrends. After you log into PressTrends, go to My Account. From there, select “Plugin Tracking Code”. Once you’ve created a plugin within PressTrends, you’ll see the plugin name along with it’s unique Auth code. You’ll also see a link…
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