ClikIT Acquires UglyRobot’s Infinite Uploads and Big File Uploads Plugins – WP Tavern

ClikIT has announced its acquisition of the Infinite Uploads and Large File Uploads plugins from UglyRobot, LLC, owned by Aaron Edwards, the previous CTO of WPMU DEV. The monetary particulars of the deal haven’t been disclosed.

Infinite Uploads is a flexible WordPress plugin providing cloud storage, video internet hosting, and CDN supply to boost media administration and web site efficiency. Big File Uploads, then again, simplifies the method of importing massive media recordsdata on to the WordPress media library with out requiring FTP or SFTP.

Blake Whittle, proprietor of ClikIT, shared that his crew had been searching for an acquisition alternative since December 2023. Discussions with Aaron Edwards had been ongoing for a number of months earlier than finalizing the deal.

In regards to the acquisition, Blake mentioned, ““As web sites turn out to be extra complicated and WordPress builders proceed to innovate, we goal to unravel the challenges of storing massive quantities of media, corresponding to photos and PDFs, whereas making video streaming easy with Infinite Uploads. We’re additionally leveraging Large File Uploads, utilized by over 100,000 web sites, to simplify the method of importing massive recordsdata and bypassing internet host limits. Our purpose is to make managing WordPress web sites as seamless as potential, and these plugins transfer us nearer to that purpose.””

“Present prospects is not going to discover any adjustments in billing, their portal, help emails, and even the outline on their bank card statements. A lot of the Infinite Uploads infrastructure was separate from UglyRobot’s different property, which means we didn’t have to decouple or migrate any information. The one noticeable change shall be that help responses will now come from our crew—and we’re devoted to offering help that goes above and past.”, Blake promised.

ClikIT plans to relaunch Infinite Uploads’ associates program, enhance help response occasions, optimize CDN caching, and additional combine the plugin into the ClikIT model.

When asked on X if he was stepping away from WordPress, Aaron Edwards responded, “Just about! I nonetheless have small Imajinn AI plugin. Excited to see what @BlakeWhittle7 and crew do with @infiniteuploads now. It’s in good arms and has a lot potential!”