With over 20 years of experience building websites, several plugins and services have stood the test of time. Below are a few recommendations that we’ve put together for you. If you’re not using these, contact us and let’s see if your site can benefit by adding one or more.
Website Hosting
BigScoots
Having worked with BigScoots for several years and I can wholeheartedly endorse and recommend their service. Check out their offerings and migrate your site today!
Performance and Optimization
WP Rocket
WP Rocket has become the number one tool we recommend for WordPress optimization. A subscription is required but it’s well worth it and a must have to help pass Core Web Vitals and speed optimizations!
Cloudflare
Cloudflare is, in our opinion, the best website caching solution available today. Get started with a free plan for smaller sites and upgrade to a subscription plan for even more features and performance.
ShortPixel
Want to speed up your site? Optimizing your images is an excellent place to start. This plugin is easy to use and will take care of optimizing all of your images. A subscription is recommended but not required for very small sites.
SEO and Utilities
Yoast SEO
Make sure Google and all the socials platforms see your site the way you want it to be seen. A must have for any site that depends on search engine or social media traffic. Free and premium versions available.
Redirection
Easily redirect incoming external links to where you want people to land. Not only will this utility allow you to create those redirects, it can also log redirects and 404 errors so you can better manage your link traffic.
Better Search Replace
Made a change to a post URL on your site? Now all of your internal links to that post will generate 404 (not found) errors. This utility will help you find and update those internal links to avoid those pesky errors.
reGenerate Thumbnails Advanced
Created by the ShortPixel team, a great companion utility that will regenerate your image sizes after you’ve changed themes or added new image sizes. This plugin may be deactivated and removed after use.
Content Creation
WP Recipe Maker
The best and most comprehensive recipe and how-to plugin available for WordPress. Easy to use, developer friendly…nothing else even comes close! Free and subscription plans available.