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Toolbox

Here are some of the best tools to run a professional website with WordPress. I use all the tools on the following list on my projects.

Hosting

Rocket.net

Rocket.net is a WordPress-optimized cloud hosting service. It comes with built-in CDN, caching, WAF, and scheduled backups. No longer need to install a caching plugin, security plugin, or backup plugin. Save expense and resources!

Try Rocket.net

theme

Divi

Divi is the best theme to create multiple WordPress websites. It comes with features like page builder, theme builder, form builder, email marketing integrations, and more. Achieve many things with a single WordPress product!

Try Divi

plugins & services

Hover

Hover is a domain registration service that comes with a simple, easy-to-use DNS management feature to make it easy for you to connect your domain with any web hosting service of your choice. You can get nearly all domain extensions on Hover. From .com, .net, .org, .dev, to .io.

TRY HOVER

MailerLite

MaierLite is a simple email newsletter service. It has a modern editor for convenient email writing. It comes with automation feature which you can use to run email sequence. The service is compatible with Divi, Elementor, and other WordPress themes and page builder plugins.

TRY MAILERLITE

FileBird

FileBird is a useful plugin to organize WordPress media library. You can organize your files into folders for easier discovery. Compatible with Divi and most page builders.

TRY FILEBIRD

Bloom

Bloom is a plugin that you can use to capture email addresses of your site visitors. You can display the email opt-in form in a popup, fly-in banner, and widget. It supports multiple trigger options such as exit intent, on click, after commenting, etc. It supports nearly all email marketing services. Bloom is included in the Elegant Themes subscription.

You can visit this post to learn how I use Bloom on this blog. Click the Download button to see the plugin in action. Bloom has built-in analytics feature to make it easy to monitor the performance of your forms.

TRY BLOOM

Monarch

Monarch is a feature-rich social media share plugin. With the plugin, you can easily add social share buttons to some areas on your WordPress website. From posts, pages, homepage, to custom post types.

You can display the buttons beneath the content, in a popup, in a flyi-in bar, or in a sticky sidebar. Its built-in analytics feature makes it easy to monitor the performance of the plugin. Bloom is included in the Elegant Themes subscription.

TRY MONARCH