Augustin Prot and Rémy Berda, co-founders the Weglot multilingual plugin for WordPress, started their operation in a small apartment in September 2015. Weglot was originally a simple JavaScript project that offered a language switcher so that users could view websites in different languages. After testers started asking for a solution that could be used with WordPress without causing SEO problems, Weglot co-founders scrapped the JavaScript idea and put all their energies towards creating a WordPress plugin that would follow best practices. Berda, the engineer who built the plugin, said he developed it from a “non-WordPress” point of view and the team was excited when they started getting one person a day downloading the plugin. They jumped into the WordPress market sight unseen, with no contacts and very little understanding of the community.
In February 2016, after finishing out the previous month with 291€ in revenue, Weglot co-founders officially launched their SaaS-based commercial offerings to extend the capabilities of the free WordPress.org plugin. They brought the plugin out of beta and decided to sponsor and attend WordCamp Paris to connect with the
Source: https://managewp.org/articles/13710/weglot-multilingual-wordpress-plugin-passes-10-000-in-monthly-revenue
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