I definitely recommend the alidropship plugin. I use it in conjunction with wordpress/woocommerce. I purchased a theme, and did everything else myself. I'm experienced when it comes to dropshipping and working with different vendors and 3rd party inventory management systems.
This plugin has made my life so much easier. It improved drastically from a few years ago too if I'm not mistaken. Key features that make this hands down the best plugin for dropshipping from aliexpress are:
1. Being able to edit a listing on aliexpress before you import it to your website
2. The ability to edit images without having to use photoshop
3. Automatic inventory/stock updates
4. The ability to import reviews and some with images is a game changer
5. So far, their customer service has been excellent too
I hardly ever leave a review so this definitely means it's really good.