Episode 61: Devin Walker of Give and Co-Founder of WordImpress

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On today’s episode, we are talking to Devin Walker, a WordPress plug-in developer and one of the founders of WordImpress, a plug-in that allows WordPress users to accept donations on their sites. The company’s main product is Give, a free plug-in that is geared toward non-profit organizations. Devin likes knowing that his product is used to fund success stories.

Some of the topics that you will hear about today include:

The sequence of events that led to Devin founding his company and his products.

The business model of Give.

How Give is a fork of EDD: At the moment, there is a lot of overlap, but eventually it will evolve to the point that it won’t be recognizable as a fork.

Devin’s thoughts on open source collaboration, which is when outside developers work together, contributing to each other’s projects and successes.

Devin’s top tip for working with and communicating with others through open source collaboration.

Devin’s, Brad’s, and Pippin’s opinions on GitHub’s new pricing model. All three have found that the new pricing system affects their organizations in different ways. The takeaway is that while the new model is beneficial for individuals, it’s not beneficial for organizations.

Comparisons between GitHub and Trello, GitHub and Slack, and GitHub and GitLab.

Links and Resources:

Devin’s website

Word Impress

Give

GitHub’s Pricing

Trello

Slack

GitLab

GitLab’s blog post in response to GitHub’s price increase

HelpScout

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Transcript

INTRO: Welcome to Apply Filters, the podcast all about WordPress development. Now here’s your hosts, Pippin Williamson and Brad Touesnard.

BRAD: Welcome to Episode 61. This time Pippin and I will be talking to Devin Walker. We’ll get into what Devin does, we’ll talk about collaborating on open source projects, and we’ll discuss the GitHub pricing changes. But first–

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BRAD: Awesome. Thanks.

PIPPIN: All right, so we have Devin Walker joining us today. Say “hi,” Devin.

DEVIN: What’s up, guys?

PIPPIN: Awesome to have you on the show. We want to talk about a few things today. First, we want to hear a little bit from you about what you do, how you got started in development, et cetera. Then we’re going to get into some other subjects. First, if someone was to ask you what you do, what do you tell them?

DEVIN: I would say right now I am a WordPress plugin developer.

PIPPIN: Okay. For people that are other WordPress users or developers, what are the products that you build or what’s the company that you’re involved with?

DEVIN: Definitely. My company’s name is WordImpress, WordImpress.com, and our flagship product is called Give, and it’s a WordPress donation plugin. We have other products as well on the WordPress side. Our second is