This is how we recommend your website should be set up when using WordPress. Please note that this is not the perfect WordPress install for every situation, but this is by far the best way we have found to keep your website performing it’s best.
Important Website Functionality
Analytics
Social sharing
Marketing
- Mailchimp
Ecommerce
- WooCommerce
Maintenance
- ManageWP
Website Reports
SEO Reports
Website Hosting
Siteground
WPengine
Email Hosting
We don’t support email set up, troubleshooting or configuration. This is best provided by your hosting company.
Google Apps
Rackspace
Website Security
Use one of our recommend website hosts
Sucuri antivirus and firewall
Website Speed
Use one of our recommend website hosts
Cloudflare
Sucuri antivirus and firewall
MaxCDN
Reduce plugin footprint
Reduce theme footprint
Keep your database optimised
Fix 404 errors
Website System
WordPress (of course!)
Mandrill for sending emails
WordPress Theme
Simple child theme of Woothemes Canvas, Genesis or Divi. Otherwise any highly rated, highly supported and lightweight theme.
Careful monitoring of customisations within functions.php
WordPress Plugins
Very limited use of plugins. Each plugin is a new peice of software, a new potential performance block and a new potential security hole. Do you trust the developer? Will they keep it up to date? Will it scale? Does it have security issues?
Gravity forms
Yoast SEO
Google Analytics by Yoast
Video User
WP Rocket
WP Mandrill
ManageWP
Backupbuddy