All the Blogging Tools I Use

Last updated on 9 June 2025

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There are so many websites and resources out there online that sometimes it can get overwhelming. But over the years, I’ve definitely got it down to my favourite blogging tools, and now I use them nearly every day for my blogging content, scheduling, designing, and more.

For a while, I was using nearly everything I could get my hands on to ‘help’ me with my blogging endeavours.

However, I quickly learnt what worked for me and what didn’t. I learnt after a short period of time that even though some of the resources out there were in fact amazing and super useful, they took up too much of my time and I was constantly losing things and forgetting to do others. It didn’t take too long to get rid of everything and start with the basics.

So! While there are still some blogging tools I’d love to utilise more (like Notion – I feel like it has so much potential for me but haven’t got around to setting it up!), these are the ones that I use at the moment and that I love.

For images and graphics

Canva

Ah, my one true love. Look, you either love Canva or you don’t, and there’s a lot of in-between people, I’d hazaard a guess. But I’m a huge fan and I literally use it every single day for my blog. Whether that be for simple things like adding text over an iamge (like the title image of this post), or using it for things like graphics or infographics, for social media posts, for Reels …

Basically, if you see something I’ve created online, I probably did it with Canva. The free one is excellent, but the paid plan is even better.

Photoscape

You might have never heard of this one, but it’s a free-to-download, really simple photo/image editing software that I’ve been using for years. While tools like Photoshop are amazing, they’re programmes you have to purchase. Photoscape is so easy to use, and it’s great for resizing images (which is important for blogging!), or batch editing things like adding a watermark if that’s something you do, or changing a group of photo sizes.

While it’s not great for photo editing in detail, you can do a few things that enhance your images, like changing up the brightness or contrast, adding text on top, adding light effects etc. It’s definitely no Photoshop, but it’s still super handy, and I use it nearly every day.

For video editing

CapCut

For Reels and short-form videos like them, I like to use CapCut, mostly on my phone, although I have used the desktop version too. It’s a really easy way to create more dynamic short-form videos. I’ve also used InShot before, and I like that one, too.

Descript

For long-form content, however, like course material or for masterclass replays for The Blogging Room (and the like), I love Descript. It’s one of the coolest video editing software I’ve used, and it’s so simple to edit film as you’re using it like a text-document.

What I mean is, when you upload a video that you want to edit, it creates a transcript for that video, and then if you want to cut out a bit or change the order, etc, you literally edit the text of the transcript, and the footage changes in response. It’s genius. “If you can edit text, you can edit videos” is what it says on the homepage. You can see it in action here.

For planning content

Whimsical

In 2024, I discovered a tool called Whimsical, which allows you to do a bunch of different things and is especially good if you’re in a team. But I’ve found the mind-mapping tools especially helpful and are brilliant for mapping out what content I want to create and how it links to other content that I a) have already got on my blog but also b) have yet to write.

It’s also really satisfying to see all the cool connections! And it’s free – there are paid options, too, but the free one is brilliant and suffices for what I need it for, which is mostly brainstorming and working on internlinking blog posts.

Digital content planner

The tool I use the most to plan out my content is actually my Google Sheets content planner that I created myself. All the ideas and the connections that I’ve made in Whimsical are then put into the planner so I can see when I want to actually publish them. It’s super simple, but it helps me stay on track with my blogging schedule and allows me to plan well ahead.

You can actually grab a copy of this yourself!

Previously: Month-view physical calendar

In the past, I’ve also used a month-view calendar that I can physically write on, so I can see the entire month ahead and see when I need to get stuff done. I’ve moved away from that now, but every so often I think about bringing it back!

For posting on other platforms

Metricool

I’ve tried many social media scheduling tools over the years – CoSchedule, Buffer, Facebook’s scheduler – but none have come close to the brilliance that is Metricool. I thoroughly enjoy and recommend this scheduling tool.

One of my favourite things about is the cross-posting aspect. It’s really well-designed and simple to use, but it lets you cross-post to various platforms and tweak the text or images as you go. Genius! You can also schedule SO FAR in advance, which is the downside of the Meta scheduler – you can only schedule about 28 days ahead. Which for someone who likes to batch-create their social content, ain’t gonna cut it.

Tailwind

For Pinterest, though, I love to use Tailwind for scheduling Pins to go out. Again, it’s a really easy to use way to keep on top of the Pins and what I want to share on Pinterest. It’s a little on the pricey side, but considering so much of blogging traffic comes from Pinterest, I’m happy to pay!

For SEO

Ubbersuggest

When it comes to figuring out what keywords you should be using in your blog posts and on your website, there are lots of options. I like Ubersuggest and it is the one I use the most. It’s well laid out, with colour-coding (which we love!), and it allows me to find keywords that I rank for that will work for blog. You can use it for free for up to 3 searches a day, but the paid version is really good.

Yoast

Yoast is a goodie for in-post SEO guidance. I use it with WordPress as a plugin, so I can make sure I’m hitting what I need to be hitting when it comes to blog post SEO. It’s not the final say or be-all-and-end-all for SEO, but it’s a good place to start for guidance. There are other SEO plugins, too, like RankMath, which you could check out.

There we have it. Some of the blogging tools I use to create every single post I share on This Splendid Shambles. There may occasionally be the odd other one, but these are the ones that I would use most often, ever single week.

Do you have any blogging tools that you just can’t live without? What are they?