I love these tools so much that I have an affiliate relationship with many of them. That means that if you click on one of my links and then make a purchase, I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Rest assured that I only recommend products and services that I personally use and believe in.
Speed-Related
- WPRocket: Super-speedy premium caching for only USD49/year
- Imagify: 20MB of images optimised each month for FREE
- Perfmatters: incredible performance tuning plugin – but only for advanced level users
- GTMetrix: in-depth analysis of your website’s performance issues
- Pingdom: less detailed performance checking tool than GTMetrix but good for beginners
Security-Related
- 1Password: saves your strong passwords for you on all your devices
- 2FA Authenticator (2FAS): a handy authenticator app for your phone for all your 2-factor authorisations
- Patchstack: provides real-time patching for WordPress vulnerabilities at only USD5/month
- SolidWP Solid Security Pro: best all round plugin for application-level security
- MalCare: server-level firewall and malware scanner
- Cloudflare: network-level firewall and DDoS protection
- Updraft Plus: offsite backups for your website
Website Hosting
- VentraIP: reasonably priced, Australian-based shared website hosting. Plus you get a discount when you use my link.
- Kinsta: managed WordPress hosting – they look after performance and security for you!
WordPress Plugins
- Elementor: my page builder of choice
- Sydney: my go-to WordPress theme because of how speedy it is and the generous features on its free version (by aThemes)
- WPCode: add functionality to your website by adding snippets of code – no need to muck around with child themes or FTP
Other Cool Tools
- Termageddon: identify the privacy laws that apply to you, generate the disclosures required under these laws, and receive updates whenever these laws change (or when new ones go into effect). Plus you save 10% when you use my link.
- Plann: social media planner and scheduler. Plus you get a $10 credit if you upgrade within 10 days, using my link.
