Dutch no-code maker of Startup Stash who built and sold five curation products
Startup Stash, StartupWatching, Road to Scale +2
stack --tool wordpress · #38 of 80
Indie makers who build with WordPress (2026)
4 indie makers on IndieMakerList list WordPress in their stack — 2% of makers who share one — including Bram Kanstein, Dru Riley and Frey Chu. An open-source content management system written in PHP. Below: their products, self-reported revenue and the tools they pair with WordPress.
4
makers
11
products
$2K/mo
combined revenue*
5
exits
Official site: wordpress.org
Top indie makers using WordPress
4 makers, ranked by profile depth, audience and reported revenue.
Founder of Trends.vc, the market research newsletter and Trends Pro community
Trends.vc, HeadsUp, Multi
Directory website builder and SEO teacher behind Ship Your Directory
Ship Your Directory$2K+/mo
Medical doctor turned self-taught full-stack developer and SaaS maker
Evotik, EmailCheckerAI
Products built by WordPress makers
A selection of the 11 products shipped by these makers.
Curated directory of hundreds of tools and resources for building a startup.
by Bram Kanstein
Bi-weekly newsletter of curated startup knowledge and background stories that reached about 11K subscribers.
by Bram Kanstein
Trends.vc
trends.vc
Weekly reports on new markets and business ideas, with a paid Trends Pro community for founders.
by Dru Riley
HeadsUp
headsup.bot
Monitors competitors and alerts you when they change pricing, messaging or products.
by Dru Riley
Ship Your Directory
shipyourdirectory.com
Paid community, SEO course and playbook for building profitable directory websites.
by Frey Chu
E
Evotik
evotik.com
Technical co-founder as a service that turns business ideas into MVPs for a flat monthly fee.
by Maen K Househ
Email verification tool for checking address validity and list deliverability.
by Maen K Househ
Revenue of indie makers using WordPress
Combined self-reported revenue: about $2K/mo across 1 maker. *Figures come from the makers' own posts and interviews, at different dates, and cover their whole business — not just WordPress projects.
- 01
Frey ChuDirectory website builder and SEO teacher behind Ship Your Directory
$2K+/moas of 2025
Tools commonly used with WordPress
How many WordPress makers also list each tool.
What WordPress makers build
Where WordPress makers are based
WordPress indie makers FAQ
Which indie makers build with WordPress?
Indie makers on IndieMakerList who list WordPress in their stack include Bram Kanstein, Dru Riley, Frey Chu and Maen K Househ.
How popular is WordPress with indie makers?
4 makers — 2% of the 170 profiles with a listed stack — use WordPress, ranking it #38 of 80 tools used by two or more makers.
What tools do indie makers use with WordPress?
The tools most often listed alongside WordPress are JavaScript (1 maker), PHP (1 maker), Claude Code (1 maker) and Firebase (1 maker).
How much do indie makers using WordPress earn?
1 maker using WordPress have shared revenue figures, adding up to roughly $2K per month combined. The highest is Frey Chu ($2K+/mo (first directory)). Figures are self-reported and from different dates.
What do indie makers build with WordPress?
Makers using WordPress mostly work in Community Builders (2), Creators & Writers (2) and Directory Makers (2), and have shipped 11 listed products between them.
What is WordPress?
An open-source content management system written in PHP. Official site: https://wordpress.org
Know an indie maker who builds with WordPress? Submit a maker to IndieMakerList →
Stack data comes from each maker's posts, interviews and open-source repos. See every tool in the indie maker stack.