Overview
I would not start a new site on a page builder, but plenty of good sites are already on one, and telling you to throw it away is rarely the honest answer. Where the builder runs out, whether that is a widget it does not have or a layout it fights, that part gets written properly and dropped in as a plugin.
BuildsRescuesCustom widgetsPerformanceTemplatesHandover
Who it suits
- Sites already built on Elementor
- Pages the builder cannot quite do
- Anyone inheriting a slow Elementor build
What You Get
3 days to 2 weeksWork done in the builder you already have
Custom widgets where it runs out
The bloat stripped back out
A site your team can still edit
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How it runs
3 days to 2 weeksThe Stages
3 stagesAssess
What Elementor is doing well on your site, and where it is fighting you.
Work in it
Changes made in the builder your team already knows how to use.
Extend
Custom widgets written where the builder runs out, dropped in as a plugin.
Where Time Goes
3 days to 2 weeksAssessDay 114%
Work in itDays 2 to 757%
ExtendFinal days29%
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What to check
Scope, up frontWork in it or rebuild
Side by sideWork in Elementor
- Your team keeps editing as it does now
- Days rather than weeks
- Custom widgets where it runs out
Rebuild without it
- A faster site with no builder overhead
- Your team learns something new
- Worth it only once the builder is fighting you
What This Is Not
Scope, up front- Telling you to throw the site away
- A rebuild off the builder, unless you want one
- Pretending the builder costs you nothing
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Tools and examples
What it is built onBuilt With
5 toolsElementorPage builder
WordPressCMS
PHPLanguage
PluginsExtensions
MySQLDatabase
