Are they the holy grail?

1. Page Builders
Are they they holy grail
of WordPress design?

2. Why we like them
• They offer “total control”
• They offer “freedom”
• They offer a “unique look”

3. Total Control
It’s true that it gives you
control over your own
look. But that won’t make
you a designer.

5. Freedom
While you get the freedom
to do what you like, you
often lose the freedom to
change page builders.

7. Unique Look
By far, most people use
these page builders to
build the same kinds of
pages.

9. Holy Grail?
So are some page builders
better than others? Are
some approaches better
than others?

10. Plugins vs Themes
• VelocityPage
• Beaver Builder
• Visual Composer
• Themify Builder
• Make / Make Pro
• Headway
• Pagelines
• Builder

11. Themes
Headway ($59) – takes
some time to learn, but
gives you ability to draw
anything you want.

12. Themes
Pagelines ($99)– hard to
learn, and requires you to
purchase a lot of
“building blocks”.

13. Themes
iThemes Builder ($80) –
powerful and easy to
learn, but the child
themes don’t look
amazing.

14. Themes
Make (Free) – Is a brilliant
theme that doesn’t leave
a lot of shortcodes. The
Plus plugin ($99) makes it
even better.

15. Plugins
Make Plus ($99) – Is a
brilliant plugin keeps
things simple, but only
works with Make (free).

16. Plugins
VelocityPage ($97) – is
another awesome plugin
that doesn’t leave a lot of
shortcodes.

17. Plugins
Beaver Builder ($99) –
gives you pre-designed
layouts that help you
move quickly while looking
great.

18. Plugins
Visual Composer ($28) –
gives you TONS of
different components to
design pages. But leaves
behind shortcode hell.

19. Plugins
Themify Builder ($39) –
not as numerous options
as VC, but has pre-built
layouts and lets you edit
on back or front end.

20. Plugins are Better*
You have a shot, with plugins,
to change themes and still
keep your design.
* Make / Make Pro is a pretty
amazing combination.