Pros & Cons Of Using WordPress Page Builder Plugins

Page Builder Plugin gives WordPress users a quick and easy way in building up a customized layout for their site. These plugins also pack tons of functionalities and features into one place. Though there are lots of great page building plugins available for free and paid, today we are not going to talk about the top plugins. Instead, we are going to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of using them on your site.

Let’s start with the brighter side of these plugins.

Pros:

All-in-one Functionality

Page builder plugin is a one-stop-shop for cool on page features that make a website great. You might be thinking of content grids, image carousels, social sharing buttons, pricing table, pie charts, call-to-action buttons, etc. Yes, I’m talking about them.

Without a page builder, more than 6-7 plugins would be needed to add those functions. Hence, a page builder plugin makes it even easier.

Custom Layouts

For those who don’t know anything about coding, they depend entirely on WordPress themes. We have tons of option to choose from the themes. But how many of them can actually satisfy your needs and your site’s requirements? With a page builder plugin, you could build your entire website as you like. Some additions to the site may require multiple regular plugins. But you can save the complications with one Webpage builder plugin. Basically, they give you a blank canvas to start designing your webpage.

You don’t need to be web developer

With a WordPress website builder plugin, you can finish developing your entire site without having a single line of coding in your head. Most of the page builder plugins include a user-friendly interface, mostly with simple drag-drop support. Even an amateur can build his own website like a pro with a page builder plugin.

Cons:

It has some harsh demerits too.

The Lock-In Effect

Once you have started using page builder plugin, you will be in a “Locked In” position with the plugin. The short codes for building up your webpage is plugin based. So, if you ever intend to move away from that plugin, you’ll lose all your efforts you put on to your website by spending hours designing the layout.

Sluggish Loading

Those fancy functionalities and features come with a cost. Yes, I’m talking about site loading speed and the file sizes. The small short codes I mentioned before are the shortcuts for long and complicated strings of code. If you use plenty of modules, it means you are using additional hidden codes on your site. It leads to a huge delay in loading, resulting in a slow website. And a sluggish site is bad news for SEO.

You aren’t a developer for a good reason

Remember when I told you that page builder plugin gives you the opportunity to build and develop your own website as you like and for that, you don’t need to learn coding. But trust me when I say that if you are not a developer, it’s more likely you’d ruin the layout rather than making it user-friendly. Sometimes amateur developers add too many elements to the website which makes the site a fully loaded disaster. That’s why it’s best to leave the designing part to a professional.

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