When submitting my first plugin to WordPress, they asked me to submit a donate link. I added a donate button in the plugin, as most authors do, but I don’t actually have a page on this site for which you kind people can donate coppers to me. Until now.
Why donate to me?
You don’t have to. WordPress just asked for a link to this page. I write free handy plugins that save you loads of time and hassle, but cost me some time and some hassle.
If you knew me in real life you might be like “Hey, thanks for writing that bit of code for me buddy. Let me buy you a beer.” and I would be like “Well, I was writing it for myself anyway so I decided to submit it to the community too, but sure, I’ll take that beer.” That’s what this page is for. If you really wanted to, you could buy me a beer.
How much is a beer?
Well thankfully I don’t live in that epicentre of hopes, dreams and extortionate land prices otherwise known as London and even better, I live about two hundred miles North of it. Which means a pint of the nectar costs around £2.70. Or about $4.40, or EUR 3.05.
Would you really spend my donations on beer?
I’m not going to lie to you. Yes, I probably will. However, note that this pint will definitely be drunk with you in mind. I could even send you a picture of me with my pint as a virtual “Cheers”. We could even drink a pint together through the medium of Twitpic or something. That would be fun, no?
OK, how can I buy you a beer?
With this little nifty button here that will take you to Paypal and you can donate as much, or as little as you want.
Can I pay you to make changes to your plugin?
Well you can donate as thanks for the plugin, sure. All comments on any individual plugin can be submitted via the plugin page and I’ll take them on board and perhaps implement them in it’s next release. Buying me a beer won’t guarantee I’ll implement your suggestions though.
Can I pay you for bespoke plugins? Or maybe for other work?
Sure. I have rates for that though, and sadly it’s not as convenient or as cheap as one pint of beer.
Could I get a link in return for my donation?
Sure. For now, anyway. I will give link thanks on this page to the first 50 people who buy me a beer.
I have another question
Then this handy form below will help you. It won’t answer your question, it’s just a form. But it will allow you to send me your question and then I will probably email you back with my answer.
So has anyone bought you a beer yet?
Sadly not, no. But this will be the section where I’ll add links to those kind people over the world who purchased me a beer.
What’s the weather like where you are?
Right now? Pretty sunny. Beer garden weather. Clicky clicky.
