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WordPress page builders compared : Divi vs Elementor vs Brizy vs Thrive vs Gutenberg
In the early days of WordPress, all you had was a textarea in the WordPress admin in which you could type text. You could make a word bold or italic, give it a color and you could even add an image, but that was about it. The rest of your sites look and feel was...
Bricks Builder review – an affordable Elementor Pro alternative
Bricks Builder is another WordPress page builder, initially released on March 16, 2021, although it was planned to be released a year sooner. But as they themselves say in the release post; excellence takes time. Let's see if Bricks Builder is excellent enough to...
Amelia review – Appointment and booking system for WordPress
Amelia is my favorite plugin to plan appointments. Ideal for hairdressers, restaurants, beauticians, (group lessons at) gyms, consultants and repair services, but also for (smaller) hotels, B&Bs and so on. If your company offers a service that can be booked for a...
Thrive Theme Builder review
In my Thrive Architect review, I already wrote that the team from Thrive Teams was working on the Thrive Theme Builder for quite a while already. Now, it's finally released! Let's see if it was worth the wait.Thrive Theme Builder settingsThe Thrive Theme builder is...
Thrive Architect review
Thrive Architect is a premium page builder that fits right in with other premium page builders like Elementor and Divi. The user interface actually looks almost the same as Elementors, so what sets Thrive Architect apart from the competition? According to Thrive...
Divi background color overlay hack
UPDATE: You can use background gradient to get an overlay in the right color.I recently learned there's a much easier way than the one I described below to get an overlay in the right color: use the background gradient option instead of a solid background color. When...
WP Bakery review
WP Bakery has been one of the most used WordPress page builders for years already, not in the last place because this page builder is included for free with almost all themes on the popular WordPress themes marketplace ThemeForest . Despite this, most web builders...
Avada review
Avada has been the top-selling WordPress theme on the popular marketplace ThemeForest since its launch in 2012. And not only there; With nearly 600,000 licenses sold, it is one of the most sold WordPress themes in the world anyway. In this article, Bob tells you why...
Elementor review
With over 4 million active installs, Elementor is one of the most popular WordPress page builders around. That's not surprising though, because both the free version and the pro version are very extensive and user friendly. In this comprehensive Elementor review, I'll...
Divi Toolbox – Divi mobile menu done right and more
If you know me a bit, you'll know I love Divi. This website is built with Divi, and most of my clients websites as well. However, even though the Divi Builder is great, the Divi theme isn't... there are way better themes out there, even free ones. Sure, Divi's Theme...
Brizy review – Brizy 2.1 update
Lately, I've published reviews about Elementor, Divi, Thrive Architect and Oxygen, which are all really extensive page builders for WordPress. And they're not the only ones, there's also Beaver Builder, SiteOrigin and WP Bakery (formely known as Visual Composer) to...
Wix, Squarespace, Jimdo or WordPress – What’s the best choice to build a website?
If you want to build your own website, you have a huge choice of free or paid software to do so. But which one is the most user-friendly, which offers the most features and what does it all cost? In this article, website expert Bob the web builder discusses the 4 most...