ConclusionĪfter using many different visual layout builders, my impression is that nothing matters more than the level of abstraction. Ultimately, Visual Composer is the only plugin in the roundup that I actually ended up using for several pages, after I was done with the testing. There’s a good selection of elements as well. The user interface is a bit messy, with icons scattered all over it, but it never fails to be at least somewhat intuitive. When you’re building large pages with lots of content, this seemingly small detail ends up making a big difference.
#Visual composer review full
For example, Visual Composer displays the full text of all your text-elements, tabbed content is displayed in tabs, a blue box looks like a blue box in the editor etc. The greatest advantage Visual Composer has over the other candidates is that it is less abstract: what you see in the editor more or less represents what you see on the front end. The final plugin for this roundup is Visual Composer. In the end, though, it’s a pretty good plugin, considering that it won’t cost you anything to use it. Page Builder also has the same abstraction issues that several other builders in the roundup have. There are also a few design elements such as buttons, pricing tables and styled lists, but the selection is relatively slim, compared to some of the other candidates. For example, you can add a search box, a list of recent posts or a custom menu. It adds a third tab to the WordPress editor, in which you can create columns and add various content elements.
#Visual composer review free
Page Builder is the second free plugin in this roundup. In the editor, you’re just looking at an array of grey blocks that barely hint at what the content on the front-end looks like.Įther Content Builder is one of the better builders, but it’s still far from perfect.
On the one hand, it seems very solid, the editing and drag-and-drop is easy to use and understand. The user interface is a bit hot and cold. The best thing about it is that it offers an amazingly expansive array of elements: columns, buttons, message boxes, embedded maps, twitter feeds… you name it, Ether Content Builder has it. Ether Content BuilderĮther Content Builder is another plugin that essentially replaces the regular WordPress editor. Personally, I love Elegant Themes and have been a member for a long time, but this particular plugin is not the reason to join. In the end, it’s an abstract and somewhat clumsy process.
#Visual composer review update
When you’re working in it, you never really know how the layout will translate to the front end and the only way to find out is to save the layout, then update the page and then check the front-end to see for yourself. Unfortunately, the builder is very abstract. Elegant Builder boasts an impressive range of well designed elements ranging from regular text and image blocks to buttons, pricing tables and image sliders. This is all done in a very nicely designed drag-and-drop interface. Using the builder is a two- or three-step process: you create a basic layout with columns (optional), then add various elements to the columns and then edit the elements and add your actual content to them. Elegant BuilderĮlegant Builder is a plugin that adds a new layout and content editor to WordPress.
If you switch from Content Builder to the regular editor, all the formatting goes lost and doesn’t recover when you switch back to the visual editor. The biggest issue with Content Builder is that it’s not compatible with the regular WordPress editor. The user interface is intuitive and (apart from difficulties when moving elements around) very easy to use. You can add columns, test blocks, images, image galleries, videos, tabbed content, embed Google maps and add content dividers. Content BuilderĬontent Builder replaces your regular WordPress post and page editors with a visual drag-and-drop interface. In practical terms, that means if you want several pages that all have a two-column layout in common, but with different content, you have to create a separate “template” for each one of those pages. You aren’t really building templates that you can insert and use in different ways, since you can’t use the same template on two pages, but with different content. The level of abstraction is very high, in Aqua Page Builder and I get the impression that the word “Template” is a misnomer, in this case.
In a few supported themes, there are more (theme-specific) building blocks available. In the builder, you can add text blocks, columns, widget areas, tabbed content and alert boxes/notifications. It adds a new “Template” button to your page and post editors and a template builder, which is separate from the page editor. For reference and a quick overview, here are the pros and cons of each of the plugins in text form: Aqua Page BuilderĪqua Page Builder is a free WordPress plugin.
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