Next steps in Progress Planner

We were very excited when we launched Progress Planner a few short months ago. And now, we’re even more excited to enter the next phase! We’ve collected feedback from our first users and are currently improving our product. We’ve fixed bugs and inconsistencies and have a lot (a lot!) of ideas on how to adapt and enhance the product’s functionality even more. In this post, I’ll tell you what to expect from the next versions of Progress Planner. I’ll discuss the pro version and our plans for the free version!

Listening to your feedback

We researched and thoroughly tested our plugin before launching the beta version. But you need real users to get honest feedback, so we listened to the feedback of our first group of users. That has been so very helpful!

More ways to earn badges

People were excited about the idea of our product but often felt that it took more work to earn badges. And they were right: you need to put in a lot of work to get a badge! Some of our users indicated that they would like to be able to earn badges much more often. That’ll make it easier to stay motivated! That’s why we’re currently working on creating monthly badges people can collect. I’ve seen the first designs and they really look amazing! I want to catch them all!

What should I do next?

Another thing we heard back from our users was that people needed help understanding what they should do to start improving their site and their scores. We indicate that your website activity score is low, but what should you do to improve it?

We are working on giving people tangible suggestions on what they should do to keep improving their websites.  For example, we’ll tell people to update a post that hasn’t been updated in a while. Or suggest they write an about us page if the site doesn’t have one yet. These suggestions will become part of Progress Planner, making it easier for people to decide what to work on next. 

Introducing Progress Planner Pro

Our goal is to create a proper free version of the plugin that is usable for everyone who owns a website. The pro version will be aimed at people who work with their websites professionally and who really want to take their websites to the next level. What can you expect?

Get ready for a challenge!

Progress Planner Pro takes your website maintenance to the next level with regular, interactive challenges. Six times a year, we’ll kick off a focused challenge that zeroes in on key areas like broken links, site speed or SEO. Each challenge includes a tailored report on your site’s current status, followed by exclusive access to workshops, expert webinars and practical content to guide you through improvements.

Whether you’re enhancing site performance or optimizing for conversions, each challenge helps you stay proactive, supported, and in control of your website’s success!

Mini courses for hands-on help

In Progress Planner, we’ll advise you to add pages and posts to your site or suggest that you update or improve something. Our mini courses will help you to complete these tasks.

You’ll be able to access these courses with both text and video from the WordPress backend. You’ll get practical help in how to create certain pages on your site. What should you write on your About page? How should you set up an FAQ page?  Perhaps you created a contact page some time ago and now need to update it. How do you make sure it is good? Our mini course will give you a hands-on list of what elements a good contact page should have. You can easily check whether your contact page complies with our guidelines and make small improvements if needed.

It can be rather hard to start improving content or write a new page without help. Our mini courses are designed to help overcome writer’s block and give tips and inspiration on how to create content on your website.

Get the support you need, when you need it

With Progress Planner Pro, you’re never alone in tackling your website goals. Pro users enjoy direct access to our dedicated support team, ready to help answer questions, solve issues, and guide you through any challenges. Whether it’s fine-tuning your site’s structure, optimizing for speed, or navigating technical hiccups, our team is here to make sure you’re supported every step of the way.

Excited to move forward!

We have so much fun creating progress planner. And we have so many ideas! The plans described in this blog post are our current plans. But I can’t promise that we won’t make any changes. We’re always listening to the opinions of our users and think of ways to improve further. So if you have any more ideas on how to improve Progress Planner? Please let us know!