My Favourite Tools

Tools, Resources, Services, Themes and Plugins

Handy tools that I use in my business that can help you with yours. I list Business Tools, Hosting Providers, WordPress Themes and Plugins.

Business Tools

I love workflows and automation. They’re the secret sauce to unlocking time, so you can focus on what you love and spend less energy on the routine busywork of running a business.

These are some of the tools I use in my businesses:

Moxie

If you like my scheduler tool, my onboarding and my client portal, then Moxie is for you.

Sign up with this link and get your first month free.

Go to Moxie ⟶

Google Workspace

Whilst it is often thought of as being email with Google Drive.

Workspace has a marketplace of 100s of tools + Gemini AI and so much more.

Workspace >

Marky

I love Marky. As someone who doesn’t like posting on social media, Marky is a godsend as my social media manager who can design, write captions and schedules.

The team behind Marky are great too! Super helpful

Check out Marky ⟶

Termageddon

Website Policies that Automatically Update as the Laws Change.

Sign up using the code ‘Larap’ to get a 10% discount on signup.

Go to Termageddon ⟶

Publer

Social media scheduler that allows you to collaborate, schedule & analyse your posts.

A lot of integrations are available.

Go to Publer ⟶

Nifty PM

This is what I use for my own projects.

I like that it is stable and powerful, and they don’t overcomplicate things with features that I will never need.

Go to Nifty PM ⟶

SE Ranking

All-in-one SEO platform with many tools to assist you with your SEO, including Keyword Planning, Rank Tracking & Website Audit

Go to SE Ranking ⟶

Appsumo

Save Big on a wide range of software, tools, templates, courses and creative resources.

Not everything is awesome but they do have a generous refund policy.

Go to Appsumo ⟶

Hosting and Domains

Domains

We have been using Namecheap for many years. Low Pricing and excellent customer care

Namecheap >

Cloudways

Super Fast, Managed, Scalable VPS with many server options. My preferred Hosting Supplier

Cloudways >

InstaWP

We use this for testing staging, and playing around with beta WordPress plugins and themes

InstaWP >

Wordpress

WordPress can be quite overwhelming, with over 58,000 plugins and thousands of theme options. Being Open Source means that you have access to some amazing plugins, but unfortunately, there are plenty of poor-quality choices available too.

I have worked with WordPress for nearly a decade, and these are some of my go-to themes and plugins.

Kadence Theme

I am a Kadence Specialist with advanced knowledge of the full Kadence Suite

Go to Kadence Theme >

Voxel Theme

A robust theme that I love to use for complex, dynamic builds.

Go to Voxel >

Elementor

I am not the biggest fan of this page builder, but I have around 10 years of experience with it.

Kadence Theme

A highly customisable theme that we use for most of our websites

Go to Kadence

Astra Theme

A mature, feature-packed WordPress Theme. A very popular theme.

Go to Astra

Crocoblock

A huge toolkit for building dynamic websites. Very powerful, with a LOT of features.

Go to Crocoblock

Pro Blocks

Blocks Pro by Kadence is a great addition to Gutenberg

Go to Kadence

Rank Math Pro

A very comprehensive SEO plugin for WordPress. Great Free Version

Go to Rank Math

Fluent CRM

I love this WordPress CRM because it gives you excellent control over your list and doesn’t require a third-party integration.

Go to Fluent CRM

SureCart

Simple and Powerful E-Commerce Platform. Great for courses, memberships, and selling digital downloads

Check out Surecart

Mailerlite

Email Marketing Platform that’s a pleasure to work with. The first 1000 subscribers are free

Go to Mailer Lite

Fluent Forms

Our Favourite Form Builder. Easy to use + has a lot of integrations

Go to Fluent Forms

Learn Dash

We use this plugin for LMS websites as it’s the best out there.

Go to LearnDash

Wishlist Member

A membership plugin that is beginner-friendly and gives you total control

Go to WishList Member

GeoDirectory

A directory plugin for WordPress that I was testing to use with a new site I am building for myself.

Go to Geo Directory

WP Rocket

Speed up your website in a few clicks. Easy as that!

Go to WPRocket

Ewww Images

Great plugin to optimise your images. I use their Easy.io CDN and also serve WebP Images

Go to Ewww

The Events Calendar

Manage your events from start to finish, including calendar & ticketing

Go to Restrict Content Pro

Restrict Content Pro

Restrict Content Pro: A full-featured, powerful membership solution for WordPress.

Go to Restrict Content Pro

Solid Security

A lightweight security plugin to protect your website.

Go to Ithemes

Amelia Bookings

Automate your booking process with this fully customisable bookings plugin for WordPress.

Go to Amelia

WooCommerce Plugins

WooCommerce

Customisable eCommerce platform with 1000s of add-ons

Go to WooCommerce

Yith Plugins

A huge range of great WooCommerce Plugins

Go to Yith

Crocoblock Jet Plugins

Large Range of Plugins for directories, booking systems, complex forms and much more.

Go to Crocoblock.com

Kadence Shop Kit~

With over 15 powerful modules, Kadence Shop Kit 2.0 is a great value WooCommerce extension

Go to Kadence

MailPoet

Easy to use email marketing for welcome emails, cart abandonment and more

Go to Mailpoet

Email Customiser

A free plugin to customise WooCommerce email templates

Download here

Orderable

Take restaurant orders online with Orderable.

Go to Orderable

Barn2 Plugins

A range of WooCommerce Plugins

Barn2

Iconic Plugins

Easy-to-use WooCommerce plugins that work perfectly together with any WordPress theme.

Go to Iconic