We’re Looking for WordPress Experts to Write for Us

We’re Looking for WordPress Experts to Write for Us

Calling all WordPress experts and authors! We’re in need of a few new uber-authors to help out on Wptuts+ 1-4 times per month. You’ll be expected to submit at least one article a month and you’re free to choose your topics, as long as they’ll appeal to our audience. This is a paid gig, so if you’re looking to exchange some expertise for some cash, read on!


What We’re Looking For

Content! We’re looking for a handful of WordPress experts to share some great articles and tutorials each month with our readers. If you’re not interested in an official staff writer position but still want to contribute tutorials, read the next section, as we’re also looking for individual content pitches. Here are the job requirements:

  • Rock solid knowledge – Wptuts+ is a highly respected source of information and we expect the same high quality from you.
  • Excellent writing skills – You must be comfortable with the English language. We can proof your content but we can’t rewrite everything for you. To put it simply, if you struggle when deciding whether to write its or it’s, this might not be the gig for you.
  • Consistency – Professionalism is key here. We expect you to keep the schedule we’ve agreed upon.

Can I Pitch Individual Articles & Tutorials?

Absolutely! We’re always accepting individual tutorial and article pitches for the rates posted below. Check out our Write For Us page for more information about sending in individual tutorials and articles, or just fire away at our content-pitch form. Repeat authors will always receive preferential publishing status and higher overall article rates, but if you’ve just got one great idea that you want to share, send it our way!


What’s the Pay?

  • $150 per tutorial for the first month.
  • $175 per tutorial from the second month onwards, with a pay review after six months.
  • $60 per Quick Tip
  • $300-$500 for “Premium” level tutorials/screencasts

So, assuming you submit an article a week, and one large tut/screencast per month, you can expect to make between $1000 – $1200 each month.


Are You Looking For Any Special Topics?

We sure are! You’ll get extra consideration if you’re able to focus on one (or many) of the following topics:

  • WordPress 3.3+ Specific Tutorials
  • Your Favorite Code Snippets (custom blocks of useful homebrew code)
  • Theme Development tips, tricks, or tutorials
  • Plugin Development tips, tricks, or tutorials
  • In-depth Standards, Best Practices, and other “WordPress Culture” type articles

Excellent! Where do I Sign Up?

We’ll need the following information from you:

  • Name
  • A few sentences about you
  • A single link to an article that you’ve written, helped with or like
  • Two ideas for tutorials you’d like to write for us
  • Emails with an optional tutorial as attachment will get more attention from us since this means you’re serious about the gig
  • Preferential treatment (and higher pay) given to those who can record professional quality screencasts. There are guidelines on what we expect here on our Write For Us page too

Please email this information to wp[at]tutsplus.com. If you’ve already emailed us about this position in the past, please forward it to the above address, just to be sure.

We get a ton of single line emails. Don’t be that person. Emails without the requisite information will be discarded.

If you can’t manage a weekly schedule and instead would like to submit every other week, that’s good with us too. Get in touch so we can work something out!

We’re looking forward to your email, so what are you still doing here? Get writing!

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  • https://gurde.com Robert

    I’ve sent an email, how do I know if it was read and taken into account?

    • http://wp.envato.com/ Japh Thomson
      Author

      Hi Robert, all emails have been received and will be answered within the next day or so. Thanks for emailing! :)

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  • http://www.heyjohnsexton.com John Sexton

    I submitted as well. Looking forward to contributing!

    • http://wp.envato.com/ Japh Thomson
      Author

      Thanks, John! :)

  • summaiya

    how to apply??only we have to write tutorials??

    • http://wp.envato.com/ Japh Thomson
      Author

      Hello Summaiya, if you read from under the heading “Excellent! Where do I Sign Up?” onwards, that explains what you need to send, and what email to send it to. Thanks!

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  • http://thematosoup.com Slobodan Manic

    Japh,

    “Submit a Tutorial” page says all authors MUST have PayPal in order to get paid. I guess that means there’s no way of using an alternative payment option?

    • http://wp.envato.com/ Japh Thomson
      Author

      Hello! We only allow payment through either PayPal or Moneybookers. I hope that helps :)

      • http://thematosoup.com Slobodan Manic

        Thanks Japh! I think Moneybookers might work. Will definitely apply.

  • http://codeforest.net Codeforest

    I applied yesterday evening. Thanks for the opportunity.

  • ROUFA

    Great i like to see an A-to-Z Course for wordpress Theme development and designing

  • http://niallm1.com Niall

    Sounds like a great gig to me. A pity I’m too busy at the moment. Would love to try submitting some articles; I have list of them I’ve been planning.

  • http://beyn.org/ Barış Ünver

    Hey Japh;

    I sent a couple of e-mails in the past 5 days. I’m still working on my article (I’m halfway through) but I really need your help about the stuff I wrote on those e-mails.

    Regards,
    Barış

  • aman

    Envato is pretty best place for everything from tutorial to premiums, But you need to be little more transparent.
    If you don’t accept a tutorial I strongly recommend to reply and inform the submitter that you wont accept that tutorial so that it they can publish that tut somewhere else if they wish.

    • http://wp.envato.com/ Japh Thomson
      Author

      Hi Aman, I’m sorry but I cannot find a tutorial submission from you. Could you please re-submit it and we’ll get back to you ASAP!

    • Aditya

      Hey Aman,
      I agree with you, Envato ROCKS! But they never replied to my email (at wp[at]tutsplus.com) , Content Pitch and Submitted tutorial also :(
      @Japh I have submitted 2 tutorial 1 content pitch and send 1 email but no reply
      A negative reply is also ok but I too suggest a reply should be send within a specified period of time