Over the last few years the team at Castos took an already popular free WordPress plugin, Seriously Simple Podcasting, and built a successfull SaaS app around it using Laravel. This workshop will dive into some of the reasons why SaaS is a great option for earning income in the WordPress space, and dig into the technical aspects building your first SaaS for a WordPress product.
During this workshop we will build a simple Saas app for an already existing WordPress plugin. We’ll start by building the Laravel app from scratch, including a simple API for third party access. We will then move onto using the WordPress HTTP API to connect our plugin to our Laravel app, in order to provide the premium service for plugin users.
By the end of the workshop you should have a basic understanding of building a Laravel SaaS app and connecting your WordPress plugin or theme to it.