Free WP-Drudge Theme for WordPress (hint: it’s not)
An alert just came through my RSS reader telling me that someone is offering my WP-Drudge WordPress theme for free. This is someone’s attempt to use my hard work for their own gain. Worse things are happening in this world, of course, but this feels very personal. I put a huge amount of effort into this template and sell it for a reasonable price.
This page is me trying to get ahead of them in the rankings so I can plead you, fair user, to purchase my template instead of downloading it for free. I give support, answer questions on the documentation pages, and offer free upgrades for one year. I’m not buying new cars and vacations with what I make from this thing, I’m paying my rent. Not trying to give a sob story, just telling the truth.
If you’re the person who posted my template on line, please, do the right thing and take it down. There’s no reason to steal someone’s hard work like that. If you’re someone looking for a deal or you’re just not sure, I trust you to come back and pay for a copy if you use it.
That’s about all I can do…
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Can you contact their site host and request that it be taken down? Really crappy on the part of whomever has it posted. Your pricing is extremely fair. Crossing fingers it comes down quickly.
Yeah, I’m contacting their host and their affiliates as well. It is pretty crappy but, in the end, what can you do? Try to fight for it, hope that people do the right thing, and keep putting out new features to stay ahead.
Totally understand. Totally crappy is an understatement. You have a great product, great support, great features, so I’m confident you’ll stay ahead :)
I totally understand what you mean. It’s disheartening to see developers and designers lose business because of software pirates like these. I think you’re doing great work and should continue doing that. And the website you pointed at, I’m aware of that — and would love to help you. I will not only make that guy take your link down, but also make sure he closes his piracy shop. I have handled such people before – Feel free to email me, in case you need my help :)