We Used to Hate WordPress Page Builders – Now We Decided to Use One
Hate is a strong word. I may have amplified it slightly, just for the sake of an intriguing title for this article :). Still, as developers who develop a product for other developers, I can say we have definitely disliked the concept of having a ‘drag & drop’ mechanism automatically “write code” which we can easily write manually, and would probably do a much better and cleaner job at it. What’s Not to Like about WordPress Page Builders?
So, why hate on page builders in the first place? I mean, it’s just a tool that’s there to make life easier when creating WordPress web pages.
The answer to “what’s not to like about WordPress page builders?” probably depends on who you are, because there are various ways to look at this. Here are a few “issues” people with a coding background commonly have with the WordPress page builders’ niche:
Bloated Code
Code bloat is a problem voiced many times when discussing the downsides of WordPress as a CMS, as well as many other great products and platforms out there. That is also true when talking about the machine code page-builders auto-generate to make your web pages.
Source: https://managewp.org/articles/14182/we-used-to-hate-wordpress-page-builders-now-we-decided-to-use-one
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