Future of GeneratePress team

Hi Ash,

Great question! I've recently hired someone to help run support - you might have seen Leo posting every few minutes in here lol

As for the development, I currently run it and sometimes outsource to well known core WordPress developers to check code efficiency/security/improve add-ons etc..

GP is my full time job - it's how I plan to put my daughter through university, so the passion and dedication is here to stay. As time goes on, if I find developers that write code I like, I will definitely consider expanding the team.

Let me know if you have any other questions :)

Great!
It seems your business is on track and community of GP is growing.
So personally I doubt risk of using GP.
I wish your further success.

Thank you! The business is very strong and only getting stronger.

Appreciate the support!

Yes, that is one of the cons in the pros & cons of going with GP that I had to consider. I assume with so many downloads, it was time for Tom to add some staff and then he could sleep maybe 2-3 hours per night.

Glad to hear the news.

This is great. I'm in the middle of writing a full in-depth (gushing) review of GP at the moment. A small quote from this post with a link to it will be the perfect addition. :)

Can't wait to read it! :)

This is also a tiny concern I have. I mean one can have a plan for a life but sometimes things change... In IT it is always important to set on standards which are widely used. That's why I use Wordpress. The same goes for the template.

So I don't know if you have thought about this Tom, it is always good to have a contingency plan, just in case.

I guess you could say that about anything? Is there anything specific about the current model that worries you? I'm always open to suggestions :)

I think what Alexander means is, what if something happens to you, Tom? Does GP disappear? While highly unlikely, people do need contigency plans. It was one of the factors I looked at with GP...as a business owner, I have to consider that possibility.

Decided to go with GP because all the plusses outweighed that one minus. Same thing with my host, LightningBase. A one-man operation but excellent service.

So don't take it personally.

Absolutely not - I have plans in place if something like that were to happen.

GP is 3 years old with close to 20,000 customers. Not a small company anymore, so rest assured I've taken the necessary steps to ensure the longevity of it :)

Generatepress has been the ultimate so theme since I started using it and support is great.
It has been the foundation of my virtually perfect web page test scores and Tom’s designs are mentioned in my latest post!! Here:

https://www.rawassertions.com/2018/07/finally-get-google-100-page-speed-score-every-time/

Keep up the great work!
Howard

As I understand GP is GPL so in any case, someone can fork it in the super unlikely case that the dev decides to abandon the project. I fully believe in GP's future. It's the best-coded theme/plugin I've seen for WP in my 10+ year adventure with websites.