Bloggers are often quick to ask, What do you use for… ?
So, we decided to list the stack of technologies, tools, and applications used to run the Blog Magazine website.
Our preferred combination is:
Blogging Platform | Self-Hosted WordPress |
Operating System | Linux |
Web Host | Cloudways (Digital Ocean) |
WordPress Theme | GeneratePress Premium |
Content Delivery Network | Cloudflare |
Mailing List Platform | MailerLite |
Cache Plugin | Breeze |
Image Compression Plugin | reSmush.it |
Additional Performance Plugin | Perfmatters |
SEO Plugin | Yoast SEO |
Social Media Plugin | Sassy Social Share |
Pinterest Plugin | Tasty Pins |
Web Intelligence, SEO, Automation, Social Distribution and Marketing | SEMRUSH |
Pinterest Distribution | Tailwind |
Proofreading | Grammarly |
Performance Metrics
Using this stack, we manage the following performance metrics on GTmetrix. An overall A grade with 99% scores for speed and structure.