From 0 to $4000+/month with a new WordPress plugin

Lessons learned from launching Paid Member Subscriptions, our free membership plugin Over the course of 10 months Paid Member Subscriptions grew from 0 to $4000+ in monthly revenue, from a minimum viable product (MVP) to a fully fledged membership plugin that can compete with the already existing options.
This article goes behind the scenes of building and launching a new WordPress plugin. Keep in mind that this is just our path, by far a recipe.
It’s purpose is to highlight the ups and downs faced along the way, challenges and decisions we had to take, initial assumptions (some of which turned out to be completely wrong) and perhaps be of use to some of you dealing with WordPress plugins on a daily basis.
A little bit of background
Our WordPress product journey started in 2011. We had been doing consulting work for a couple of years, while also blogging over at Cozmoslabs about various WordPress development topics.
It all began with a blog post. After noticing the limitations of trying to extend the default user registration in the front-end while also adding custom user profile fields, my colleague Cristian decided to write a detailed tutorial on the subject. It got a lot of
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