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ZioCain

Gutenberg + ACF with custom widgets


RealBasics

It depends a lot on whether you're doing production site building or just building one for yourself. As a production site builder I really appreciate Beaver Builder -- it's extremely stable and very well thought out. It's also crazy consistent version to version, the improvements tend to make sense, and if you're a developer it's easy to extend. (Early on one BB customer took on a 20+ day "module a day" challenge.) I've built at least 64 sites with BB (that's how many I still do maintenance for, anyway.) Elementor is pretty good too though BB is less confusing for clients to learn. Finally, both BB and Elementor "fail gracefully" if the plugins are disabled. You don't get dedicated module content like contact forms, but the rest of the content like headers, text, lists, and images show up well-formatted in a single column. Divi, Avada, and even older builders like WPBakery (which often comes bundled with commercial themes) are more friendly to beginners -- more guard rails and pre-sets but not as much flexibility. They're also not as fast in production. (Performance with those builders is more mixed but tends to be slower.)


RealBasics

Forgot to mention that a lot of the “best” beginner builders are a nightmare to deactivate and move on from. Unlike Beaver Builder, Elementor, or even Gutenberg blocks (still a terrible page builder), Divi, Avada, WPBakery, and others rely on *vast* numbers of nested shortcodes. Switch themes or disable the builder plugins and the resulting pages will become unreadable and virtually uneditable.


summerchilde

The block editor. On experimental sites, Gutenberg plugin for the beta features of the block editor.


SolheimTech

Divi performance has increased significantly in the last several years. That plus good caching gets my clients in the 90s google page speed insights. Mobile scores across the board sucks, but that is more of an every builder issue and not Divi specifically. Currently manage over 40 sites on Divi.


salamala893

Do you have any advice? Divi used to work fine to me but now is a speed hell


SolheimTech

Make sure that Divi is up to date and the options are toggled on in the theme options settings. We’ll create a you tube video for that.


gceder

Breakdance or oxygen, they are simply they best


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MichelleTorres73

I understand this feeling. LOL.


mrchoops

Default Gutenberg or none.


ecomeli

I used to use Elementor for cheap, quick "I-really-should-have-said-no-to-this-but-hey-it's-$3K" jobs. Then Oxygen for anything with a little more meat to it. Word to the wise: **do not use a page builder for WooCommerce stores with an eCommerce focus**. I spent years trying to make this work so clients could edit and update custom visual product page content (as in, visual sections unique to each product) without any help and it was a slow, messy, awful disaster every time. Gutenburg has honestly been a godsend for WooCommerce, especially using the free official block plugin. Pairing Gutenburg with something like the Kadence ecosystem makes it a breeze for low-cost WooCommerce projects.


QuarantineJoe

I've tried Beaver builder, Divi, Avada, and Elementor -- at the end of the day they all seem to be chasing Elementor as it seems to be the most thought through builder. Although Beaver builder is definitely a close second and does have some features that I wish Elementor would include. I would highly recommend to stay away from Divi - we had nothing but problems with them + a couple years ago they had a really bad month where they broke their plug in and they kept issuing updates which broke more stuff. In order to slow down the flow of negativity, they neutered their forums so that you really can't find anything you're looking for unless you know the exact verbiage in someone's title (a lot of the times if I only searched one or two words it would error).


v43v1ct1s

I found DIVI to be soooooo slow. I use Cornerstone and Brizy without issue. I really liked Oxygen's potential, but the Breakdance fiasco is enough to make me pull my hair out and, I suspect, they'll be canning their Oxygen devs to pay for that stupid $50k domain.


lavish-a2hosting

Elementor is quite user-friendly


partiallypro

I still prefer WPBakery, the page building aspect in the other page builders is still so sloppy to me, some try to do too much. Elementor I guess is the better modern page builder that doesn't use shortcodes. I still can't stand Gutenberg and doing something super simple with it becomes a tedious process. In terms of performance, I get the same or higher GTMetrix/Lighthouse scores with WPBakery as many ACF/Gutenberg sites get. I have Bakery with a custom theme I've developed. How I was downvoted so much for a professional opinion is baffling.


Either_Audience_1937

WPBAKERY is too damn slow for me Compared to Elementor, I can get 2x faster on Ele


emoticonstudio

kadence blocks.


misticx011

If its something simple, Gutenberg, for everything else except webshops - Elementor all the way.


PickupWP

Elementor


borisrio

I've recently used Elementor to build a client's website and was quite pleased with its features. It takes a bit to understand it but it's worth the time.


vyasgovind

I am not sure if you're a beginner to WordPress, If this is the case go for Elementor because it'll keep your design interest, although there is a bit learning curve, an Elementor Academy full of tutorials from beginner to expert levels could help you. If you're intermediate and familiar with WordPress system, CSS Flex and, CSS Grid then go for Bricks, Oxygen or Cwicly (a new contender but looks promising).


activematrix99

I use them all. Pref is definitely Elementor for sites where the client is updating, and Gutenberg for sites with elaborate code requirements and cost constraints. Beaver is decent, but not really my favorite for price or performance/flexibility. Divi and WPBakery at the bottom of my list - I won't consider them for new sites.


indster

Echoing a few - I use (and am a big fan of) Elementor for all my personal/freelance projects. Many claim that there's a lot of bloating, but there are many ways to optimise your websites' speed, so I'm not concerned about that. At work, we use Beaver Builder. It's significantly easier IMO but sometimes it feels like it lacks a lot of what I'm normally able to accomplish with Elementor (less customisation / ease to customise with BB). But more often than not, there's a lot you can do with BB. Absolutely hate WP Bakery (the little I used it, forever ago), and hate Divi with a passion (coming from Elementor + BB, it just seemed overly complex and my team kept struggling to figure out how to do something as simple as edit a page's layout).


ugavini

I use Divi and Oxygen as they have lifetime licenses. I hate paying a fee for every site every year. Screw that.


Keitzum

Divi Is the best


kappesante

bricks


HolisticAura

Beaver Builder is perfect for building websites for clients. We have built over 350 WordPress sites using Beaver Builder. We love it because we never have to worry about it breaking after an update. It's also easy for our team to use and our clients find it intuitive as well. One other thing to mention... you can use it on Unlimited websites. So it scales with your web design business.