WordPress Tools

Here are some WordPress tools I personally use and recommend.

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Hosting

Siteground

Fast and affordable web hosting with excellent customer service. Don’t take my word for it, look at their reviews!

Kinsta

Extremely fast and in my opinion the best web host but it has a higher price. Highly recommended for high traffic sites.

Themes

Salient

The theme I like to use most.

Avada

A popular theme similar to Salient.

SEO

The SEO Framework

The lightest feature-complete SEO plugin.

SEO Framework Extension Manager

Free and premium extensions for The SEO Framework

Auto Alt Tag

Automatically add image attributes such as title, caption, description and alt text from the image filename.

WP Sitemap Page

An easy way to add a HTML sitemap to a page.

Performance

WP Fastest Cache

A very fast and simple to setup caching plugin.

LiteSpeed Cache

A caching plugin with many features which makes it a little more difficult to setup.

Asset CleanUp

Easily unload scripts and plugins on specific pages.

Converter for Media

Convert images to WebP and AVIF to significantly reduce their size.

Forms

Thrive Leads

The best plugin for capturing emails. They also have a bunch of other great products for conversion optimisation.

Gravity Forms

Create complex web forms easily.

WP Armour

Protects your forms from spam.

Security

Wordfence Security

Wordfence Security includes a firewall, malware scanner, robust login security features, live traffic views, and more.

Blackhole for Bad Bots

Helps to stop bad bots and save resources for real visitors.

WPS Hide Login

A light plugin that lets you easily change the url of your login page.

Misc

PixelYourSite

Add event tracking for Facebook, Google Analytics and more.

Duplicate Page

Duplicate Posts, Pages and Custom Posts easily using single click.

Easy WP SMTP

Easily authenticate your outgoing emails to improve deliverability.