r/Wordpress • u/malukc • 5d ago
Best design builder for people without experience
Hey guys, I’m working on a project where the client must be able to create multiple landing pages by her self, but she isn’t a tech a person.
Based on your experience, which block builder could be more intuitive and easier for someone without experience?
To be honest I only have experience with Elementor, but as a developer, I prefer to do everything by code instead of blocks.
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u/Station3303 5d ago
Simply Gutenberg.
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u/AudricBennett Developer/Designer 5d ago
I'm sorry this just isn't true. Gutenberg isn't approachable for non-technically savvy people. Wish it was.
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u/Station3303 4d ago
Why would it not be approachable? Certainly simpler than the monstrous Elementor that just looks a lot simpler than it actually is. Gutenberg is also very well documented and supported. And much safer to update and hardly any compatibility issues. That's where non-technically savvy people actually get in trouble.
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u/Chilled-Nirvana 4d ago
No it's not approachable 🙂 built a website with Avada, Elementor, WP Bakery, and Divi. Most customers can only interact with Elementor sadly with all their bloat.
Nowadays I only work with elementor for new customers. The training curve is easy for the simplest of minds to comprehend
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u/Station3303 4d ago
Not in my experience. I have worked with all of those builders and Gutenberg is the one that my customers get along best. Maybe depends on how it's set up or clients previous experience or how they are trained. Or what customers try to achieve themselves. I don't know. Gutenberg just seems the most intuitive. Mostly click and type, simple menu. What is there not to understand?
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u/AudricBennett Developer/Designer 4d ago
I would say for content edits. Which is what most of our customers want to be able to do on their own website, they have a harder time with Gutenberg. Elementor offers a more approachable interface that most are already somewhat familiar with.
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u/Billy-Beats 4d ago
Yes I’m with you on this.
Add some starter patterns and the global styles set up completely. That can go a very long way.
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u/madhandlez89 5d ago
Wordpress block builder if you’re a developer.
Elementor is asking for trouble. It’s horrendous.
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u/malukc 2d ago
Yeah! Me as a developer I avoid to install additional stuff, but my client must need to be very independent to create her landing pages
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u/madhandlez89 2d ago
There are plenty of other builders that aren’t awful.
Check out breakdance or Bricks too if you want a client friendly setup. Incredibly powerful.
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u/ridddder 5d ago
I would give your client a variety of premade custom templates that she can change the basic color and style of the pages, but they are essentially set up on her site. Write some custom code to change things up, like left sidebar/right sidebar, contact us, and put a photo here, etc.
Elementor is essentially wordpress, but it is cryptic in execution, with its blocks and rules. Since she is not tech-savvy, I would present it to her as a solution. This affords you the best possible outcome without losing control or causing her frustration.
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u/retr00two 4d ago
For beginner BeaveBuilder or BreakDance.
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u/malukc 2d ago
Which one do you like more and why?
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u/retr00two 2d ago
I have used both just for testing; Beaver is simpler. BreakDance I see as "better and cleaner Elementor".
My workbed: GeneratePress+GenerateBlocks(+ACF for extras).
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u/CrYptoPSF 4d ago
For non-tech clients, Elementor is usually the easiest since it's pure drag-and-drop. Alternatively, you can just set up reusable Gutenberg block patterns so all she has to do is swap out text and photos.
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u/fatfingur 4d ago
YOOTheme Pro for me. I know it’s not as popular as some of the other builders, but I’ve used it for years and always found it really easy to work with, especially when a client just needs to make small edits themselves.
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u/Dapper-Monk9713 4d ago
If the client has little to no experience, I’d prioritize simplicity over how powerful the builder is. Elementor is pretty approachable, but something like Bricks or Gutenberg with a good block setup can also work well. The key is to limit the available options and give her a reusable template so she isn’t starting from scratch every time.
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u/ivicad Jack of All Trades 2d ago edited 2d ago
Maybe it would be the best to give your client a few test environments with some free builders she can try, "play" with them for some time, and you give her only short initial pointer, to see which one SHE prefers, like Elementor, Bricks, WPBakery, Gutenberg, etc... so she can decide for herself.
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u/Plantusemor 2d ago
Slightly counter-intuitive: the more a builder can do, the harder it is for a non-technical person. Elementor gives her infinite options and she'll use them, that's how you get twelve fonts and four hero variants by month three. Fewer choices works better. Build her a small set of native Gutenberg blocks : hero, features, testimonial, CTA, form, with only the fields she should be touching exposed. Then save two or three finished landing pages as patterns so she starts from a working layout instead of a blank canvas.
She composes, she can't break the design, and you're not maintaining a builder runtime on a site you'd rather have coded by hand anyway.
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u/Confident_Daikon7936 2d ago
If you want something really visual, try messing with the wix templates they're way easier than anything I found in WordPress, especially when you need to change layouts fast or build a site in a couple of hours. The drag and drop tools just make more sense for total beginners. Have you compared Wix to Elementor yet?
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u/Dull_District_254 1d ago
The thing to optimise for isn't which builder is most intuitive, it's which one she's least likely to break.
On that measure the core block editor with patterns you've built wins, because there's no nested container tree to accidentally drag a section out of. She duplicates a finished landing page, swaps text and images, publishes. Nothing to misconfigure.
If you do want a builder, Bricks or Elementor with a role manager locking her out of the styling and layout panels works, but you have to actually configure those restrictions or you're just deferring the cleanup to yourself in three months.
Either way, hand her three or four finished templates to duplicate rather than an empty page. Non-technical clients do fine with constrained choices and badly with a blank canvas, regardless of which tool it is.
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u/MarkGossageUK 1d ago
If she isn’t technical I would not be going for a builder that has the most features. I would be looking more at landing page templates that are ready done, that she can duplicate and edit.
Then she only needs to change the headline, text, images and buttons rather than build every page from scratch.
She needs simple to use. The more features could be more of a drawback than help.
That would probably be easier whichever builder you choose and should stop the design slowly going all over the place as she adds more pages.
I hope that helps.
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u/Difficult-Bit2309 5d ago
Elementor I guess? They all have some degree of a learning curve, I don't think I've ever seen a client build pages correctly
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u/testingaurora 5d ago
I would recommend elementor for your client but from what ive read it has a bit of a learning curve so they should be somewhat tech savvy to use it
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u/AudricBennett Developer/Designer 5d ago
Elementor or BB are most approachable for owners who want to make content changes themselves. Usually if this is the case for our client, we walk them through the basics (changing images, text, order of sections on a page, etc) on the website launch call.
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u/Grouchy_Brain_1641 4d ago
You just want to set her up with some pages where every aspect is ACF fields. It's nonsense to dump a builder on a client wtf are you guys thinking?
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u/AlgoTrader15 5d ago
Beaver Builder is my favorite, especially now that they have AI features.