Best WordPress sites and tools

Best WordPress tools, addons, builders etc:

• Best Web Tech overall: https://w3techs.com/blog/entry/web_technologies_of_the_year_2023
• The WPWeekly news and yearly awards: https://thewpweekly.com/awards/ ,from 2022 -2022, from 2021: -2021
• Check popular plugins/themes trends: https://trends.builtwith.com/widgets/Elementor

Good Plugin lists:

• Most popular and good: https://athemes.com/collections/best-wordpress-plugins/#best-wordpress-security-plugins
• Big Plugin list with a Lifetime license: https://www.webtng.com/wordpress-themes-and-plugins-with-a-lifetime-license-the-ultimate-list/

What plugin:

• https://wpwhichplugin.com – to find what plugin does what
• https://element.how/addon-finder/ – find addons for Elementor or to choose a good Elementor Widgets (Elements) Pack might help this all feature comparison website: https://www.which-addon.com
• https://wphive.com – get interesting info about WordPress plugins, like speed and memory usage or even compare them against each other

Interesting great plugins

Sliders

• Depicter is total slider builder with an impressive user interface. A super powerful builder from 0 with elegant animations. Has a free version. https://depicter.com
• Decent separate slider plugin. Very unique sliders. Has a free version. https://primeslider.pro

Cheaper (or nulled) plugins sites

Use them at your own test. I do not recommend for production sites, good for testing out functionalities, but better buy original:

• https://worldpressit.com

This is very quickly changing field, as there is a lot of competition in this field. So choose according to your needs.

In general you should stick with WordPress “builder” of your choice and choose a theme that works with that builder. There are many builders coming every year. Native WordPress builder is called Guttenberg or Block builder, some great themes that work with native block WP builder:

• Ollie theme : https://olliewp.com – you can create beautiful, customizable websites with a few click

Another very popular WordPress builder is Elementor (Free and Pro version available). Some very popular themes for Elementor builder (btw some of them also works with native WP block builder or Guttenberg):

• Astra theme (https://wpastra.com/) – old, but still supported and most popular great theme.
• Royal Elementor Kit and elements – great customizable theme, full site, header and footer customizable, megamenu and useful additional elements in free version also (useful components), Pro version also available // Affiliated link
• Blocksy theme : https://creativethemes.com/blocksy/ – good theme and features in free version.

Avada theme and Avada builder – oldie, but still great offering, many customization possibilities for designers. This site was built on Avada theme. May lack in compatibility flexibility between other builders and take care for speed in recent years though. But the price is very great.

• Avada theme

Another very new popular speedy builder and theme – Bricks (built on Vue JS): https://bricksbuilder.io

Another very recent popular builder Breakdance: https://breakdance.com/ and WPJohnny review of it: https://wpjohnny.com/breakdance-wordpress-sitebuilder-review/

Selected themes (free and freemium) lists:

• Some great themes in 2023 year suggestion. : https://softexpert.pk/top-5-free-wordpress-themes/
• Another big list of great themes by Hostinger: https://www.hostinger.com/tutorials/best-free-wordpress-themes

• Website showcase https://elementor.com/blog/category/showcase/
• Listing of addons(plugins) for Elementor : https://elementor.com/addons/

‘Elements’ and themes libraries

• Very popular component library for Elementor (it has advanced accordion and advanced tabs in free plugin version!): https://essential-addons.com/elementor/demos
• Another popular addon library for Elementor: https://wpmet.com/plugin/elementskit/
• Another plugin pack, having interesting and unique ones: https://unlimited-elements.com/
• Yet one more interesting elements pack: https://www.dynamic.ooo/features/
• Rich theme and plugins with free mega menu, header and footer builders: https://royal-elementor-addons.com/royal-elementor-kit/
• Another theme with nice modern effects: https://essentials.pixfort.com
• Review (list) on the best Elementor addons libraries: https://wpmet.com/best-elementor-addons/
• Other listing of libraries for Elementor: https://www.which-addon.com/best-elementor-addons/
• Free vs Pro https://www.wppagebuilders.com/elementor-free-vs-elementor-pro/
• The largest ready-to-use, free Elementor component library https://skelementor.com
• My selected notes on Elementor addon libraries: https://markoze.com/blog/wordpress/notes-on-multiple-addons-packs-for-elementor/

• Tutorials for Elementor https://element.how/elementor-show-hide-section/
• Details on show/hide sections: https://wpjunction.net/elementor-show-hide-sections/

• Want a quick and disposable WordPress website for test, there’s a service : https://instawp.com
• Many web “patterns” for simple copy/paste into Gutenberg editor: https://wordpress.org/patterns/
• Site wpthemedetector.com allows to see what theme other WordPress sites are using.
• A big list of useful WordPress Tools and Resources in Categories: https://thewpweekly.com/tools/
• Wp-Skills is a fast code generation tool for WordPress snippets: https://wp-skills.com

• Check security vulnerabilities database for plugins and themes: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities
• Another vulnerabilities database of plugins: https://wpscan.com/plugins/

• How to Find a Backdoor in a Hacked WordPress Site and Fix It : https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-find-a-backdoor-in-a-hacked-wordpress-site-and-fix-it/
• How to Clean a Hacked WordPress Site using Wordfence https://www.wordfence.com/docs/how-to-clean-a-hacked-wordpress-site-using-wordfence/
• Scan website for malware (external) : https://www.sitelock.com/free-website-scan/
• Sucuri external scanner: https://sitecheck.sucuri.net
• Scan website inside, security tools : https://wordpress.org/plugins/sucuri-scanner/
• Wordfence is another popular WordPress security plugin.
• WP Security from A to Z : https://www.wpbeginner.com/wordpress-security/

• Elementor builder vs Guttenberg opinion: https://www.wppagebuilders.com/elementor-vs-gutenberg/
• Most popular WordPress themes: https://webstick.blog/best-wordpress-themes
• Best free WordPress themes comparison: https://www.buildthatwebsite.com/best-free-wordpress-themes
• Test of the best WordPress builders for speed: https://jackcao.com/fastest-wordpress-page-builders/
• WordPress developers year in review: https://theadminbar.com/2023-survey/
• What plugins pros uses: https://www.pootlepress.com/2021/12/what-wordpress-stack-do-the-pros-use/

• WPTuts https://www.youtube.com/c/WPTuts
• Jamie Marsland channel:  https://www.youtube.com/@jamiewp
• Ferdy Korpershoek tips https://www.youtube.com/@ferdykorpershoek
• LivingWithPixels wordpress turorials and info:  https://www.youtube.com/@LivingWithPixels
• WebSquadron channel : https://www.youtube.com/@websquadron