WordPress: Themes and Plugins
WordPress is the most widely used CMS (Content Management System) on the internet, powering 32% of all websites! WordPress themes and plugins are at the heart of your WordPress website. They determine the look and feel as well as how your website functions and allows visitors to interact with your site content. We have compiled a shortlist of both that we recommend to our customers.
WordPress Themes
Highend
Highend is a solid theme with vast options to personalize your website. It’s also backed up by some of the best support in the industry.

- MultiPurpose Theme (With 13 demos, it covers most use cases)
- Top Seller on the Marketplace
- Consistent Updates
- Great Support
Creativo
Creativo is a highly customizable theme, loaded with premium plugins. It has excellent support to back it up, as well.

- MultiPurpose Theme (With 17 demos, it covers most use cases)
- #2 Top Seller on the Marketplace
- Consistent Updates
- Great Support
Ashe
Ashe is a simple blog theme, making it easy to get your blog up and running quickly.

- Blog Theme
- 30,000+ Active Installations
- Five Stars on WordPress.org
- Free / Paid Upgrades
- Consistent Updates
Astra
Astra has surprisingly strong functionality and will give you the flexibility you need.

- MultiPurpose Theme (With dozens of demos, it covers most use cases)
- 200,000+ Active Installations
- 2,000-5,300 Daily Downloads
- Five Stars on WordPress.org
- Free / Paid Upgrades
- Consistent updates
WordPress Plugins
Akismet

- Free with EIG's WordPress installations
- Blocks comment spam
- User must have comments enabled on posts enabled
wpforms

- Free with EIG's WordPress installations
- Easy drag-and-drop builder
- Comes with form templates, so users can get started quickly
WOO COMMERCE

- Free with paid plugins/upgrades
- Back-end management: inventory, manage orders, etc.
- Most themes/plugins optimized for ecommerce use Woo
UpdraftPlus

- Backups can be scheduled to run automatically on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis
- Backup files can be downloaded directly, or sent to a user's online storage system
- Not the same as CodeGuard: backs up WordPress, not hosting