This article explains what WordPress frameworks are, and why I generally recommend against relying on them.

I’ll be honest: Since Gutenberg launched, I’ve used the Classic Editor plugin to disable it on every site I work on. I do this for a few reasons:

After reviewing WordPress’s page builders in depth, I’ve found that Beaver Builder is my clear favorite, because it caters to people who want to do things right. Case in point: the Beaver Builder team have made it easy to add custom CSS styles to Beaver Builder elements. As with any front-end system, you can do a lot more with Beaver Builder if you understand CSS, and the software encourages this rather than trying to overcompensate for it.

This Divi Builder review is not paid or commissioned by Divi Builder or any other company. This is my honest opinion as a professional WordPress developer, who builds and manages WordPress websites for a living.

This WPBakery Page Builder review is not paid or commissioned by WPBakery or any other company. This is my honest opinion as a professional WordPress developer, who builds and manages WordPress websites for a living.

This Beaver Builder review is not paid or commissioned by Beaver Builder or any other company. This is my honest opinion as a professional WordPress developer, who builds and manages WordPress websites for a living.

One of the very few complaints I have about Beaver Builder is that it can be difficult to undo changes—specifically, to undo Beaver Builder layout changes, for which normal “Ctrl+Z/Cmd+Z” undoing within Beaver Builder itself simply won’t work.

This Elementor review is not paid or commissioned by Elementor or any other company. This is my honest opinion as a professional WordPress developer, who builds and manages WordPress websites for a living.

This is a guide to creating hero images with Beaver Builder.

Wallace Inline is a new premium extension for Beaver Builder that caught my eye while I was browsing around today. It makes text and image editing very quick and intuitive on a website front-end: rather than coming up inside Beaver Builder’s text editor, text is simply editable inline—hence the name—so you simply start typing, and your text content changes. (If the difference between “front-end” and “inline” confuses you as much as it did me, there’s a good Live Demo feature on their sales page that lets you try the extension for yourself.)