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Blake Whittle discusses his transition from running a WordPress agency to focusing on WordPress products, including the challenges and opportunities in the industry.

On this episode of Breakdown , I’m joined by Blake Whittle , founder of ClikIt and new owner of Infinite Uploads . Blake has been running a successful WordPress agency for years, but he’s now steering his business toward the world of WordPress products. We cover his journey from launching websites as a college freshman, to managing 200+ client sites, to acquiring Infinite Uploads and rolling out new plugins that make WordPress media management easier. Blake shares his long-term vision of moving fully into software and explains why the Gravity Forms ecosystem is a key part of that future. He also opens up about the challenges of agency life versus product life, how AI is shaping opportunities for developers and site owners, and why he thinks WordPress still offers huge potential for the next generation of builders. If you’ve ever thought about transitioning from client services into products—or you just want to know how to handle big file uploads through Gravity Forms—you won’t want to miss this conversation. Takeaways Transitioning from agency to products : Blake explains why he’s aiming to sunset his agency within 10 years and focus entirely on WordPress plugins. Infinite…

People in this episode

Guest: Blake Whittle

Topics covered

• file uploads
• WordPress products
• agency to product transition
• media management
• AI in development

Keywords

• Gravity Forms
• file uploads
• WordPress
• plugins
• media management
• AI
• agency life
• product life

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ClikIt, Infinite Uploads, Gravity Forms

Products: Big File Form Uploads

Places: WordPress

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