{"id":11537,"date":"2024-09-05T03:22:40","date_gmt":"2024-09-05T01:22:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/svaerm.com\/projects\/wordpress-pagebuilder\/"},"modified":"2024-09-20T16:16:04","modified_gmt":"2024-09-20T14:16:04","slug":"wordpress-page-builder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/svaerm.com\/en\/blog\/wordpress-page-builder\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress Page builder: Is it worth using Elementor, WPBakery, Divi, SiteOrigin, Visual Composer and the like?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WordPress page builders are designed to allow users without programming skills to develop and design websites and blogs themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this respect, they are \u201cthe idea behind WordPress \u2013 followed through to the end.\u201d More on this in a moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What are WordPress page builders and what are they for?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

WordPress is an open-source platform whose mission is nothing less than to democratize blogging<\/a>: All users should be able to publish content on the Internet on their own blog, even if they have no programming skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An interesting anecdote: WordPress took inspiration for its mission from Johannes Gutenberg (1400\u20131468), the inventor of letterpress printing who turned the book into a mass medium. This is why the latest WordPress user interface is called the \u201cGutenberg Editor.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gutenberg and letterpress printing inspired WordPress.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s only one catch with the democratization of blogging<\/a> through WordPress: Users without programming knowledge are able to publish and edit content on their website \u2013 but programming knowledge is ultimately necessary for designing their website or blog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After all, every occasional WordPress user knows that it’s not that easy to change the color of a button or the scrolling behavior of a slider, for instance, without prior knowledge of the HTML, CSS, PHP and JavaScript programming languages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is exactly where WordPress page builders such as Elementor, WPBakery, Divi, SiteOrigin and Visual Composer come in: They try to make not only the publication and editing of web content accessible to non-programmers, but also the website design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Choosing WordPress page builders<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In this article, we take a closer look at how well this works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How do WordPress page builders work?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Most WordPress page builders can be conveniently installed as a WordPress plugin or are already included when purchasing a commercial WordPress theme. For instance, if you purchase the theme Bridge<\/a> from Qode Interactive<\/a> on ThemeForest<\/a>, you will find that it works with the WPBakery and Elementor page builders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WordPress page builders generally use a WYSIWYG editor. The acronym stands for \u201cWhat You See Is What You Get\u201d and describes an intuitive user interface where the user can assemble their website visually, usually by drag-and-drop. The WordPress page builder creates a preview in real time, which gives the user a fairly accurate idea as to how the website will look in the front end once it has been published.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

J\u00fcrgen K\u00fchn, one of our web designers and developers, also aptly refers to page builders as: \u201cClickity, clickity \u2013 done and done.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WYSIWYG editor from Elementor<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

What WordPress page builders are available?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As a WordPress agency<\/a> based in Germany, we at svaerm have found that the following 5 WordPress page builders are particularly popular with German companies:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Elementor<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. WPBakery<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Divi Builder<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. SiteOrigin<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Visual Composer<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    There are also many other page builders, also known as site builders. The following is not an exhaustive list:<\/p>\n\n\n\n