Harnessing the power of WordPress

Page Builders

Ngonidzashe Mhuruyengwe

About me

IntroductionDiscovering WordPress

My first website

The big find

Using WordPress

Winning in WordPress

THE BLOGGER

Easy setup, great SEO, great content management plugins.

THE DEVELOPER

Graphic modification of themes almost impossible without HTML or

CSS knowledge

Losing in WordPress

1.Premium themes2.Custom themes

3.Coding4.Pagebuilder

Theme customization options

• Visual editing tool• Drag and drop

• Grid posts and pages• Advanced visual editor

What is a Page Builder?

• Rapid development with minimum effort• Avoid fees and availability issues of professional designers• Design websites with limited or no coding knowledge• Ability to switch themes without major impact

Why a Page Builder?

1. Rows2. Columns3. Widgets

Page Builder workflow3 content elements

Page Builder workflowrows & columns

Page Builder workflowWidgets

1. Page Builder widgets2. Theme widgets

3. WordPress widgets4. Additional/special widgets

Page Builder workflowWidgets/modules

• Ease of use without reading documentation• Speed it takes to design a simple layout• How well it integrates with WordPress• Compatibility with other plugins

• The resultant design• Cost

Choosing a pagebuilder

Pros

• Endless layout possibilities• Components are responsive• Design in shorter time

• No coding knowledge required• Work independent of theme

• Customisations not lost on update

Cons

• Plugin incompatibility• Website performance issues• Large amounts of short codes

Tips• Check theme quality

themecheck.org• Check plugin quality

WordPress plugin inspector• Check site

google pagespeed insights

Questions