Why Gutenberg Wont Win The Wordpress Page Builder Battle...

Let's talk about Gutenberg and the battle of the WordPress page builders? In this video, i'll give you my opinion about Gutenberg and how it will pan out with other WordPress page builders.

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[darrelwilson]

Hey Party People! What are your thoughts on Gutenberg and the battle of the wordpress page builders! Tell me in the comments below!

[piotrchmielowiec]

I have been a WordPress developer for several years. Just 3 years ago I used Elementor, Divi... And I will never go back to it. If someone is a real developer (not one whose skills end with installing a dozen or so plugins and clicking them), then he knows that Elementor or Divi clutter and slow down the website. Performance tests are weak with these builders. You always need to install other plugins to speed up the page.
Not so with Gutenberg. For my projects, I write my Gutenberg blocks using React. The way in which assets are loaded is similar to modern applications (we only load styles and js of the blocks we use). Every page made this way scores 90+ on Google PageSpeed Insights tests (without any caching plugin).
I have the impression that all 'developers' want a tool that they can click on anything. When creating a page, you don't need a lot of widgets, a lot of meaningless options. It is enough to encode what is in the graphic design and that's it.

[ruudvoest]

From what I heard is that Gutenberg builds with very clean code. You did not address that. This improves the loading speed of your website . So it depends on your primary goal, for me this Goorgle ranking factor is very important.

[cybercomputers-werbeagentu]

as developer we try to work with gutenberg but eachtime we ended ab screaming. the are missing key functions. they should cancel guttenberg and try to build new from scrach.

[leyla.ahmadova]

Back in 2017 when Gutenberg builder didn’t exist I used Siteorigin builder and added html/css manually. I hate elementor and all sort of drag and drop builders. Nowadays I use Kadence theme and kadence blocks for gutenberg, free version. The speed of the website is excellent! Elementor really slowers the websites.

[aronuchukwuezugo]

A little clarification.

The main Gutenberg editor + FSE that comes with WP core is different from third party Gutenberg page builders.

Even though people who use those third party Gutenberg page builders claim to use Gutenberg, but in reality. They are using just another page builder that layers on top of the WP core.

The Gutenberg core is horrible, I don't think anyone can use it to build pages. Hence the reason developers created third party "Gutenberg" Page builders to improve on core.

Since these developers have to maintain the flow and keep things as close to the Guttenberg core as possible, it makes these page builders hard to use.

Gutenberg page builder users argue that it builds fast site.

But, I think I am better of using a proper page builder like Elementor. I will not trade its flexibility for a few milliseconds of load time.

[kandaman]

I'm an AVID WordPress user and I DON'T like Gutenberg!!!

[imoddi]

Problems with Gutenberg is that Wordpress do not accept that blog creators don’t need new design for every blog post!

[masoodsalehi]

Page builders like Elementor, Divi, Brizy, etc. are mostly used for creative and special designs and beautiful websites! However, the main battle among websites is SEO and speed and having more customers to make more money, not just the beautiful design!!! So, Gutenberg is too enough for these goals. But not Gutenberg itself individually. An addon like Kadence Blocks, Generate Blocks, etc. is required to have a better experience while using Gutenberg.

[aveguevara]

I'm a total newbie & have WP. -My domain (which HAD a beautiful website but GD changed platforms and made my beautifully designed site that THEY designed - worthless - stagnant in the water, unable to said they'd redesign it on their new platform (WP) for another $900. I dumped them. Now my domain is just sitting there & I can't afford a designer so I have to do this all myself - I've been chatting/live w/Hostgator which I have WP on...desperately needing to understand my way around to start with a simple blog and landing page - it's GREEK to me - you're helping. I have Gutenberg, but really need to understand so I can start simply, make changes, add things to it as my understanding grows. All the links sent from Hostgator in their attempt to educate me that are titled BUILD A BLOG EASILY FOR BEGINNERS - (I've been reading them all) - and it IS NOT Thank you for helping. After listening to this video - I am now TOTALLY confused about Guttenberg. I don't know what to choose that's going to STICK AROUND, be user friendly, intuitive and not pull the rug out on me after I go thru learning this stuff.

[lashachan]

Gutenberg is a great editor and will become a great builder in my opinion. Also, if you build a relatively simple website, Gutenberg is the right tool. Elementor and other builders are great for more complex websites.

[pofok]

Elementor can create some horribly unoptimized sites. Using Gutenberg, you can pretty much always run it on the cheapest $2/month hosting plan you can find. I've seen hundreds of sites go from loading in well over 5 seconds to less than a second just by disabling elementor. On a decent hosting plan, Gutenberg sites should load in about half a second.

So on low tier hosting plans, which tons of clients prefer since they don't understand what hosting is or why they need it, Elementor is not good. On a decent plan though, it's not a big deal.

[ziptalia]

ultimately it depends on what you are trying to create. i personally hate using Gutenberg. i find it clunky and dated feeling causing more time and energy expended for an end result that leaves a lot to be desired. but like anything - there's a place for it and for those who enjoy it - more power to you!

[janekpraca]

There are more and more Gutenberg-based solutions that provide a page builder-like experience. This is the future. Like it or not. I use Greenshift with their FSE theme and love it!

[babagio]

I'm following the channel since 2016, another great analysis, IMHO.

[NorthTonawanda]

Whatever works. I'm currently digging Cwicly, Greenshift, Bricks, etc. I think you're right about the future of Gute being joined at the hips with pagebuilders in some form.

[bayustudio]

interesting video. my opinion is the opposite, though.

I agree that Gutenberg editor is currently kind of minimalistic
but the foundation is solid and it produces very clean output.
it doesn't seem to aggressively try to replace page builder.

but Gutenberg-based page builder is currently possible. the best example is cwicly, it turned the gutenberg experience into a webflow-like builder.

Divi, one of major pagebuilder will also adopt gutenberg in the upcoming version

as much as i like Bricks builder, in my opinion Gutenberg is the future.
it is and will remain the standard way to build page in WP.

[mandrael]

Please do also a video about Bricks. Seems to be rising very quickly now. I might be a bit nearer to coding than the other page builders, but I find it logical, and it gives very clean results. Btw also looking forward to the Divi 5 update.

[dynamicchecklists]

Right now I don't think any page builder stands a chance against Gutenberg in the near future. Kadence addons rule the roost and it's only going to get better, not worse.

[lanamiro]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Back in 2018, I honestly thought Gutenberg editor will hit the market (as Elementor). I was wrong :D