15+ Forever Free Blogging Tools that Every Blogger Should Use!

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Are you just starting out with your blog? Well, let me tell you this thing. Blogging is kinda difficult and you have to manage everything all by yourself.

You have to be a multitasker as a blogger.

You have to write your blogs, you have to design the graphics, you have to promote it on different social media platforms, you have to design a WHOLE website and all this work can be quite overwhelming as a beginner.

But the good news is that there are many free blogging tools available online that can make your work a little easier for you.

Finding all these tools by yourself can be confusing (and frustrating) so I thought why not create a list of some of the free tools that I wish I knew from the beginning.

Here, in this post, I have included some third party tools as well as some WordPress plugins, which are basically tools too, to help you out with your blogging journey.

Let’s take a deep look at these tools 🙂

> Related: How to write a blog post which people will actually read

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FREE BLOGGING TOOLS FOR BEGINNERS AND BLOGGERS

Here is a list of the best free tools that you can use as a blogger ↓ All these tools also have paid subscriptions and you can easily upgrade them in the future without any hassle.

1-CANVA

This list is incomplete without Canva. Canva is used to design graphics for your blog and social media posts. It is very easy to use with simple drag and drop features for designing your graphics.

Not just designing, Canva also comes with a template library which you can customize according to the theme of your brand.

Canva is also available is pro version but the free version is more than enough for beginners.

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2-RANKMATH

RankMath is a WordPress plugin which is used to do SEO of your website. SEO is something that a blogger or anyone who owns a website shouldn’t miss.

RankMath is the top choice for bloggers when it comes to optimizing the SEO of their blog. The main reason is the ease of use of this tool. Beginners find it so simple to use without any difficulty.

It’s my personal favorite SEO plugin too!

You can learn more about how to use RankMath here.

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3- GOOGLE SEO TOOLS

There are three SEO tools which are provided by Google itself to do SEO of your site. These 3 tools are:

• Google search console
• Google keyword planner
• Google analytics

If you want more details about these tools then you can check out my post on 3 free Google SEO tools that you must have. I’ve explained everything about these tools in that post so I recommend checking it out.

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4- TAILWIND

Tailwind is a Pinterest pin scheduling tool which offers many other features too. It is very much recommended that you must have a Pinterest account to promote your blog to bring traffic on it.

This tool is my personal favorite. It’s awesome!

With Tailwind, you can also join Pinterest communities which is a great way to share your pins with fellow bloggers and to also grow faster on Pinterest.

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5- MAILERLITE

MailerLite is a free email marketing tool which is used to grow your email list. Building an email list is a must do which you should start building from day one.

Although there are many other free email marketing tools available, MailerLite is my personal favorite because it’s so so easy to use.

You can create forms, landing pages, custom emails and much more using this tool.

I have a full tutorial on how to use MailerLite to build an email list too. You can check it out if you want!

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6- BUFFER

Buffer is a social media post scheduling tool which allows you to schedule posts on multiple social media platforms at once.

When you are just a newbie blogger, you won’t get any organic views from search engines like Google. You have to bring traffic to your site yourself using the power of social media.

But manual posting on social media can be pretty time consuming and that’s where Buffer jumps in. This tools is easy to use and is available for free!

If you are curious about this tool, then you can check out this post on how to use buffer.

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7- AHREFS FREE TOOLS

Ahrefs is a very popular SEO tool which is used by professional SEO’s and also is a paid tool. However, there are some tools of Ahrefs that are completely free to use.

These tools are:

• Backlink Checker
• Broken Link Checker
• Website Authority Checker
• Keyword Generator
• SERP Checker
• SEO Toolbar
• Keyword Rank Checker
• Keyword Difficulty Checker
• Website Checker

I use all of these tools and I am very impressed by how easy to use and accurate these little tools are.

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8- GRAMMARLY

Grammarly is a grammar checker tool which also comes in the form of a chrome extension. For those bloggers whose first language is not English (like me!), this is a very handy tool.

Not only a grammar checker tool, this tool has other features too such as AI writing tool, plagiarism checker and paraphrasing tool.

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9- UBERSUGGESTS

Ubersuggests is a keyword research tool but is only limited to 3 search query per day. On a plus side, this tool gives reliable and accurate results.

You can enter a keyword and it will give you results related to competition, search volume and trending blog topics related to that particular keyword.

When I was studying digital marketing and blogging, this was my go-to tool for keyword research so I suggest using it 🙂

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10- PEXELS

Pexels is a platform where you can get stock images and videos for free. To make your blogposts look more visually appealing, it is recommended to use relevant images or videos to increase user experience.

Other than pexels, Unsplash is another alternative which you can use to download stock images.

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11- PLAGIARISM CHECKER BY SMALL SEO TOOLS

There are a lot of plagiarism checker tools online such as originality AI, quillbot etc. but those are all paid tools.

This plagiarism checker by small SEO tools is completely free and shows accurate results.

It is important to find out that the content you are writing is not plagiarized by any means to avoid future headache. So make sure to run a plagiarism test before publishing.

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12- EVERNOTE

Evernote is a note taking application which can help you do different things like note taking, self organizing, etc.

This specific tool is not a must have but if you want to blog hassle free and create a scheduling calendar then this tool might help you.

> Related: 10 Free ways to promote your blog and bring traffic to it

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FREE BLOGGING TOOLS FOR BLOGGERS & BEGINNERS: CONCLUSION

Did you find this post helpful? Please let me know in the comments below because I am excited to hear your thoughts about these tools!

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