I made a short speech at WordCamp Tokyo 2015. This is the slides I used.
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I made a short speech at WordCamp Tokyo 2015. This is the slides I used.
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8 replies on “Why We Should Choose Free Plugins”
[…] gave his very first presentation in English about why he uses free plugins. Miyoshi-san’s reasoning is plain and simple. By giving back to WordPress and open-sourcing […]
Totally agree with your comments, I’ve seen other open source web applications change dramatically because of their “paid” plugins and the community just dies out. It’s just sad.
And thank you for creating Contact Form 7.
Wow, as a long time WordPress veteran (and of course plug-in user :)) I agree to every slide in your prezentation. Cheers and keep the good work up!
I agree 100%. Thanks for making CF7!
I completely agree that free plug-ins with appropriate donations by users (emphasis on that!) is the ideal. For an example of how paid plug-ins can ruin an open source app, look at Magento Community Edition. It’s a disaster now.
[…] year at WordCamp Tokyo, Miyoshi spoke about why people should choose free plugins over commercial plugins. He contends that commercial plugins cannot receive all of the quality feedback they need to […]
awesome points made in your presentation. thanks for being a proponent for open community. and thanks for your development efforts. i hope to pay it forward in the same manner. :-)
All 20 slides are very true. That’s why I admire the creator of the plugin and I use them in all of my WP sites. Thank You