Syed Balkhi

Co-Founder

Expertise

WordPress
Web development
Web hosting
Ecommerce
Digital marketing
SEO
Blogging
Content marketing
SaaS

Highlights

One of Syed’s most notable achievements is co-founding WPBeginner during his time as a student at the University of Florida. WPBeginner is the biggest online resource for WordPress tutorials, tips, and guidance for beginners and experienced users alike. The site has grown into a trusted platform for millions of WordPress users seeking to enhance their website-building skills.

In addition to WPBeginner and WPForms, Syed’s portfolio includes OptinMoster, MonsterInsights, All In One SEO, SeedProd, and several other plugins and tools in use by over 25 million websites worldwide.

Syed’s dedication to delivering high-quality products and services has earned him recognition in the WordPress industry, and he was named one of the top 100 entrepreneurs under the age of 30 by the United Nations. His work is featured in leading publications, including Entrepreneur, Forbes, Inc., Business Insider, The Guardian, Wired Magazine, and more.

Beyond his professional achievements, Syed is known for his commitment to education and knowledge sharing. He frequently speaks at industry conferences and WordCamps, contributes to open source projects, including WordPress Core, and offers guidance to aspiring entrepreneurs and marketers.

[NEW] Stripe Subscription Trials in WPForms – Win Customers Over Before the First Payment!

Typing a card number into a subscription form takes about ten seconds, but agreeing to be charged right away takes much longer.

For a monthly membership, a class pass, or a retainer, paying on day one is a lot to ask of someone who has never tried what you offer.

So many decide to think about it, but probably never come back…

A free trial is how subscription businesses get past that moment, and offering one has usually meant a membership plugin or a separate subscription platform.

But now your form can make that offer itself, in one line under the card field: "You won't be charged today."

Introducing the New WPForms Weekly Email Summary: Your Forms Now Report to You

Your forms now report to you! The redesigned Weekly Email Summary lands every Monday with trends, a per-form breakdown, and the one thing worth a look, plus a new Other choice for the Checkboxes field. Both free on every plan, including Lite.

Hero banner announcing the WPForms Paystack Addon, with a bear mascot on the left and a blue form icon on the right.

Introducing the WPForms Paystack Addon: Accept Payments in Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, and Kenya!

The new WPForms Paystack Addon brings card, bank transfer, and mobile money payments to your forms, in naira, cedis, rand, or Kenyan shillings. Connect Paystack once, switch it on for any form, and get paid right where your buyers already are.

Introducing the WPForms Dashboard – All Your Form Activity on One Screen!

How is every form on your site doing? That's the question WPForms now answers the moment you log in.

Your entries and payments, form views, top visitor locations, and the next steps worth taking, all added up across your forms.

Each of your forms has always been able to tell you its own story.

Put them side by side, and you can see how people are engaging, where activity is growing, and what might deserve your attention next.

WPForms has always been the easiest way to build forms, and now it's also the clearest way to see how they're working for you.

Announcement banner: dark blue background with headline 'Say Hello to WPForms QR Code: One Scan Opens Your Form' and a large QR code on the right.

Introducing WPForms QR Code: Send Every Scan Straight to Your Form

More than half of the world's internet users scan a QR code every month.

On restaurant tables, checkout counters, product packaging, conference badges, the back of a business card.

And almost every one of those codes works in one direction.

It hands people something to read, like a menu or a homepage, and takes nothing back.

So they look, then put the phone away. No name or email ever reaches you.

WPForms points the scan the other way. Now it opens your form instead.

Meet the New WPForms Ranking Field – Find Out What Your Audience Wants Most!

Here's an uncomfortable truth about survey forms.

You ask your audience to rate five ideas from 1 to 5. You collect hundreds of responses. You sit down to analyze the data and… everything scores between 3.8 and 4.2.

Now what?

You still don't know which idea to work on next. You still can’t figure out what your customers actually care about most.

Rating questions let people sit on the fence, and when everything can score a 4, you're leaving real insights on the table.

What you need is a question where something has to win.

That’s why today, I'm excited to announce something that will completely change how you collect preference data.