How to choose a page builder as a freelancer
Are you going to be developing your own components?
- What is extendible? (e.g. repeaters, multiple HTML blocks, etc)
- Is it well documented?
Will it wrap your components with a lot of HTML?
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How is the data stored?
- ACF is all meta fields
- Gutenberg uses comments in the DB
- WPBakery uses shortcodes in post_content
- Elementor uses JSON in a meta field
- Making mass-updates might be difficult in some cases
What comes after the page builder?
- Gutenberg, Elementor, and Beaver Builder leave clean code
- WP Bakery Page Builder leaves behind unusable shortcodes
Are Page Builders Worth It?
By Alex Young
