![]() They company publicly confirmed its financial troubles and apologized to customers after a former employee went public about not having been paid and customers not receiving support. ![]() Many potential customers were turned off to Pressmatic as the result of Griffith’s lack of support for Headway Themes’ customers and its mistreatment of employees. The acquisition comes just months after Griffiths, who is also the co-founder of Headway Themes, was embroiled in the controversy surrounding the company’s lack of communication and decline in support. “I certainly could have continued to go at it alone, but after meeting the team it became clear that the right answer was to partner up and really go big.” Griffiths Plans to Continue Headway Themes Support and Development in his Spare Time “I originally built Pressmatic because I saw the gap that existed for a truly great local WordPress development experience, and now with the resources and team at Flywheel we’re set to really build something great,” Griffiths said. Griffiths told the Tavern that he is excited for the opportunities that Flywheel can provide for Local going forward. “From the start, the application encompassed so many of Flywheel’s core values: speed, simplicity, and allowing designers and developers the freedom to do what they love,” Flywheel CEO and co-founder Dusty Davidson said. The company is rebranding the product as “Local by Flywheel” and plans to create a Windows application, add off-site backups for local sites, and sell premium support. Pressmatic launched in July 2016 with a $129 price tag but Flywheel is opening it up for free for all users. The application was created by Clay Griffiths, who will be joining Flywheel to support the product as part of the acquisition. Flywheel has acquired Pressmatic, a local WordPress development application for OS X.
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