Products We Use/Recommend Building Wordpress Sites

Since we are web developers, we are always looking for products and services to make our life easier. Some of those products and services are used in every project other projects just require a few. Some products we like so much that we have become affiliates and will make a few bucks if you purchase the product or service through our link.

We thought it would be nice to list our favorites here:

Website Hosting

WordPress Themes and Framework

StudioPress

We have been using StudioPress and the Genesis Framework on our site and many of our WordPress projects for a while. StudioPress provides a number of themes that you can purchase for use on your site. They have designed appealing themes that are fast, secure and allow for easy customizations that can give your site that special touch you are seeking.

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WordPress Plugins

Gravity Forms

If you are looking for a terrific contact form, there is no better than Gravity Forms. Create multi-page forms easily. Accept payments via order forms created with minutes.

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Elementor

If you need landing pages created quickly and nicely, you should get a copy of Elementor. We have been pleasantly surprised with the ease of use and it does not bog down the site's performance. We especially like the integration with so many email marketing platforms like ActiveCampaign.

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S2 Member

The team at WebSharks has developed a free and premium membership plugin for WordPress that is robust and feature-rich. The power of their free membership plugin is amazing and highly recommended. What’s more is that WebSharks has a plethora of videos on their support site that can assist you in implementing your membership website. The premium version of the plugin offers integration with other eCommerce options like 1ShoppingCart.com and InfusionsSoft.

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WP Rocket

We used and promoted a very popular WordPress Caching plugin which was free to download from the WordPress repository but it was complex and confusing and did not always work for every site. We stopped pulling our hair out and purchased this premium plugin and recommend it highly. Performance is better and without all the hassles.

WP Rocket works with SiteGround and WP Engine.

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Domain Registration

Google Domains

There are many domain registries but we find that Google Domains is easy and simple. We hope you do too.

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Productivity

Trello

Trello is an online tool that provides a visual way to manage your projects and organize any task. Create a Board for each project and then set up your lists and add task cards to each list. Simple and easy. You’ll wonder how you worked without it.

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Coda

We have found a terrific productivity tool that integrates word processing with formulas, charts and tables to produce rich documents that can be used to as custom applications. You can read our review of Coda.io here.

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