Best WordPress Page Builders Compared

With so many WordPress page builders available, making a decision on which plugin to use can be a daunting task. That’s why we put together this short list of the best WordPress page builders available today. We compared the top WordPress page builders so you can choose the perfect solution for building your webpages.

Of all the tools available, we landed on these four options as the best available page builders for WordPress.

1. WP Bakery

WP Bakery is a fantastic plugin for those new to building websites as well as those who have experience and seek more control over page layouts. It’s a user-friendly page editor that assists in quickly creating customized website layouts.

It comes with a simple drag-and-drop builder, pre-designed content elements, professional templates, and a host of powerful features to make a website. WP Bakery supports the Gutenberg editor, Google Fonts, and most themes.

This plugin features several powerful design options for customizing pages, such as:

• Adding backgrounds including parallax, gradient, slideshow, carousel, zoom in/out, video, etc.
• Creating flexible grid layouts
• Retaining global color and font choices (promoting consistency throughout your web pages)

At Alt Creative, we like WP Bakery because it allows us as designers and developers to have control over how the elements look while still providing an easy-to-edit interface for our end users.

2. Beaver Builder

Beaver Builder is another popular drag-and-drop page builder plugin for WordPress. We love that this page builder is great for those new to building their own pages. The interface is easy to use, and they offer a built-in onboarding program to get up to speed quickly.

Beaver Builder’s interface is a “live” interface, meaning you can see all your changes as they happen. You can click on any element on a page to edit its properties.

This builder includes elements for adding nearly anything you can imagine including:

• Sliders
• Carousels
• Backgrounds
• Content blocks
• Buttons
• and more

Also included are many landing page templates, simplifying the process of creating your own attractive website pages.

3. Divi

The Divi Builder is another WYSIWYG page builder similar to WP Bakery, where you can directly edit pages and preview changes in real time.

Divi comes with tons of content modules that you can place and move anywhere in your layout. You can arrange them in three section types, 20 row types, and customize each element using its advanced design settings.

With Divi, you can create any type of custom page layout that you want within minutes. You can then save these Divi layouts for future use on your site. You can also export a layout from one Divi installation into another.

In our experience, Divi is wildly popular with novice users, but most development professionals (us included) prefer to use something that offers a little more control via the global stylesheet.

4. Elementor

Last on our list is Elementor, another powerful WordPress page builder plugin that uses the “live” interface and drag-and-drop elements. You’ll instantly see any changes you make to your pages as you build them.

Elementor comes with tons of widgets, such as basic image and text widgets, advanced accordions, sliders, testimonials, icons, social media, tabs, and more. Additionally, each widget comes with its own settings, adding lots of potential for customization.

Elementor offers additional flexibility with the option to add widgets created by other WordPress plugins. If you’d rather not build your own layout, page templates come standard with Elementor, making it easy to insert more creativity into your page design.

The Final Verdict

There are tons of good WordPress page builders out there, but out of all the options, we believe these four are some of the best. You really can’t go wrong with any of them, especially if your primary goal is building pages quickly.