A short, honest list of tools we use or trust for WordPress hosting, workflows, GraphQL, resets, and growth. No paid placements dressed up as advice.
Topics Hardening & checklists
Lars Koudal Updated Published
These are tools and services we like for WordPress site owners, agencies, and developers. We only list something here if we think it is useful, well built, or run by people we trust.
This is not a complete marketplace. It is a short curated list we will grow slowly.
Start with the tools we actually ship and support:
If you only need evergreen security habits: unique passwords, MFA for admins, tested backups, timely updates, and least privilege. Tools help; habits still win.
Managed WordPress hosting for teams that care about performance, staging workflows, and responsive support. We have hosted with Kinsta before and still recommend them for stability and support quality when premium hosting fits the budget.
Premium hosting is not magic security. It does remove a lot of cheap-host pain (outdated PHP, weak isolation, slow restores) when you still do updates and access control well.
Freemius handles licensing, checkout, subscriptions, and customer accounts for WordPress plugins and SaaS products. If you sell a plugin or theme and want to stop duct-taping payments and license keys, it is a mature option many WordPress product teams use.
Shareables turns structured data (Google Sheets, Airtable, and similar) into embeddable site content without a custom build every time. Useful when tables, directories, or listings change often.
Gato GraphQL brings flexible GraphQL to WordPress for custom integrations, cleaner data exposure, and more advanced workflows. A solid option for developers and agencies who need structured APIs without a rigid headless stack.
Practical AI-assisted translation that works alongside Polylang. Speeds multilingual work while keeping content structure inside WordPress. Still review translations; do not ship raw machine output for legal or medical copy.
Visit Gato AI Translations for Polylang
WP Reset helps you reset parts of a site quickly during development, testing, or recovery from messy experiments. Handy for agencies and anyone who spins up throwaway environments often. Use on staging, not as a substitute for backups on production.
FreeScout is a self-hosted helpdesk we run at support.wpsecurityninja.com. Good fit if you want shared inboxes, ticket workflows, and customer email history without a per-seat SaaS bill. You host it; you own the data.
AnyChat is a customer messaging platform with a WordPress plugin. One widget can cover live chat, WhatsApp, Messenger, and other channels, plus forms and a knowledge base when you want self-service before tickets pile up. Useful for small teams that want one inbox instead of five apps.
A platform for WordPress product visibility and growth. Relevant if you ship plugins or services and need to reach the WordPress audience on purpose.
We expect to add more over time, only when they feel relevant. No obligation to keep a bloated directory.
If you build something useful for WordPress users and think it belongs here, reach out.
Written by Lars Koudal
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