Reflecting on an Incredible 2024 at Staq

As 2024 comes to a close, we at Staq are filled with gratitude and pride as we reflect on an extraordinary year of growth, innovation, and connection. From groundbreaking product releases to strengthening our bonds with digital agencies worldwide, this year has truly been transformative. Here’s a look back at our journey.

Feature Releases For Digital Agencies in 2024

This year, we doubled down on our mission to make life easier for digital agencies. These innovations are a direct reflection of your feedback and our commitment to solving your challenges:

• Staging environments: Simplify your workflows.
• Website cloning: Replicate sites in 1-click and save time.
• Client PDF reports: Deliver insights in an automated white label PDF to your clients
• Automated Plugin Updates v2: Improved and smarter than ever.
• Manual bulk plugin/theme updates in a single UI: Centralized management at its best.
• Customize deployment scripts: Tailor workflows to perfection.
• 1-click WordPress login: Convenient yet secure.
• Change WordPress login URL: More control, less vulnerability without the plugin.
• Cloudflare integration: Seamless performance and security enhancements.
• High-usage reports: Proactively manage resource demands.
• SendGrid integration: Smarter email delivery from your domain.
• Custom SMTP for invoices and reports: Professionalize communication effortlessly.

Our Growth

We’re thrilled to share that Staq grew just under 200% from last year! As an independent company with no outside investors, we remain both profitable and laser-focused on delivering the best experience for digital agencies.

Our user base has expanded globally, with customers now located in Australia, New Zealand, Israel, USA, India, Dubai, Malaysia and the UK.

We are honored to continue working closely with digital agencies, our primary partners, as we innovate solutions to streamline their operations and elevate their client-facing work.

Building Connections

2024 was also a year of community and collaboration:

• We proudly sponsored WordCamp Sydney, connecting with users and sharing insights.
• Some of our team members traveled to WordCamp Madrid and Turin, gaining inspiration and learning from the global WordPress community.

We’re already looking forward to WordCamp Brisbane 2025 and other opportunities to engage with this incredible community worldwide.

Ambitious Goals for 2025

Our mission remains unchanged: to empower digital agencies to do more with less effort. Here’s a glimpse of what’s coming in early 2025:

• AI assistant: Get near-instant answers when you need fast answers.
• Maintenance Mode: Enable fast without the need for a plugin.
• Firewall v3: Enhanced security to keep up with the times.
• Client PDF reports v2: Featuring customizable designs, brand colors, and GA4 integration.
• Client labels: Organize sites effortlessly in the Website Table.
• White-label plugin: Rebrand the “Staq Hosting” plugin for your clients.
• Infrastructure updates: More resources and efficiencies at no additional cost.
• Xero integration: Integrate Xero with Staq Billing to reconcile each individual invoice and transaction with your accounting software.

And so much more! Stay tuned as we continue to push boundaries.

Customer Success and Support: Our Core

Hearing how our innovations positively impact your lives motivates us daily. Customers have shared that time-saving features like automated plugin updates allow them to spend more time with family—a reminder of why we do what we do.

Our centralized platform and proactive support team remain core pillars of our offering, and we’re deeply committed to maintaining the exceptional standard you deserve.

A Heartfelt Thank You

None of this would be possible without you—our users, partners, and community. We are humbled by your trust, inspired by your feedback, and motivated by your success. Your support fuels everything we do, and we are endlessly grateful.

As we enter 2025, we promise to stay true to our mission: to make your life easier, your operations seamless, and your agency shine. Together, let’s continue building something extraordinary.

Here’s to another year of growth and innovation.

Wishing you all a safe Merry Christmas and a healthy and prosperous New Year!

Sincerely,
Emmanuel Khoury
CEO, WP Staq