As a Liquid Net model, Nexcess couldn’t be extra excited to have LearnDash be part of our household. Residing below our sister model StellarWP, LearnDash turns into the most recent addition to the one cease store for all the things WordPress. Like Chris Lema says under, “There’s nobody within the on-line studying area that hasn’t already heard of LearnDash — they’re the strongest WordPress plugin recognized outdoors the WordPress group.” Learn on to be taught extra from Chris in regards to the acquisition, together with some private information in regards to the new function he’s taking up in our household.
Every thing Will get Simpler and Extra Abstracted
If you happen to work in know-how lengthy sufficient, one factor holds true greater than the rest. Over time, issues get simpler and extra abstracted for the shopper. Thoughts you, I’m not saying issues are getting simpler. Or much less complicated.
As an alternative, the statement is just that as time proceeds, extra issues are hidden from on a regular basis customers. What was once complicated and take months to construct (like an eCommerce retailer) are right this moment a lot simpler to construct. And due to that, there’s a bigger market of people that can construct these sorts of web sites.
As one of many premiere managed internet hosting corporations on the planet, we’ve had direct expertise with this dynamic. It’s uncommon right this moment for somebody to make a internet hosting resolution primarily based solely on the CPU of a server, and even how a lot space for storing a server has obtainable. Abstraction has shifted the dialog away from the low-level particulars and in the direction of extra significant differentiation.
We’re Targeted on Digital Commerce
Once we first launched our Managed WordPress and Managed WooCommerce internet hosting plans, we made it clear that we had been centered on particular sorts of web sites for particular sorts of consumers. There are lots of nice internet hosting corporations on the market. A number of that may host a WordPress enterprise web site with none trouble in any respect.
However lots of these internet hosting corporations invested considerably in caching layers that will permit these enterprise websites on WordPress to run shortly. It was a terrific technique ten years in the past. And it continues to work for websites that might simply be static.
Our focus hasn’t ever been on these static websites. As an alternative, now we have centered on eCommerce shops, membership websites, and on-line studying. Websites the place prospects had a purpose to have their shops carry out shortly even when folks had been logged in. Caching couldn’t be the one technique used for efficiency.
The opposite factor they’ve in frequent is that they’re the way in which right this moment’s creators are doing digital commerce. There’s a distinction between a enterprise that has an internet site, and when the web site is the enterprise.
That’s been our fixed focus — to work with and help the creators who’re operating their companies on-line and the builders and companies who assist construct these websites.
LearnDash is the Chief in On-line Studying
There’s nobody within the on-line studying area that hasn’t already heard of LearnDash. They aren’t solely the chief in eLearning, however they’re the strongest WordPress plugin that’s recognized outdoors the WordPress group.
And there’s by no means been a extra thrilling time for WordPress and on-line studying. The final 18 months have inspired everybody to construct their programs on-line. That push was on prime of an already rising business.
WordPress makes it simple for creators to construct issues on-line. LearnDash makes it even simpler to create programs and coaching on-line.
This Simply Makes Our StellarWP Stronger
Welcoming LearnDash into this household is extremely thrilling, as we’ve recognized all alongside how essential on-line studying and programs are to our prospects.
It’s been a really full yr as now we have continued to make investments in key WordPress plugins and the launch of the StellarWP umbrella model. The acquisitions of Prohibit Content material Professional, The Occasions Calendar, the Kadence theme, Iconic, and GiveWP have highlighted that we’re dedicated to bringing best-in-class options to our creators and the builders who assist them construct digital commerce options.
You possibly can anticipate to see larger collaborations, integrations, and bundles as we additionally join the dots between all these nice WordPress options and our unmatched internet hosting merchandise from Nexcess.
I, for one, can’t wait to see how all of this comes collectively to please everybody concerned.