Gedday Jack, as a small business owner and being tech minded I was open to the challenge of setting up our webpage in house. That was 10 years ago now. I recently started the third round of redoing our site as there are issues with the site and previous choices of WordPress themes and plugins. Elementor seemed to be the best option for ease of use and flexibility however PSI results weren’t encouraging. I’d looked at Gutenberg and it seemed clunky and not very friendly so I continued with Elementor but page speed was bothering me. I started watching your videos and I gave Gutenberg another crack. I cannot thank you enough for your clear and concise tutorials. I actually find Gutenberg quicker to use than Elementor and have almost completed the new site. Watching one of your other videos on what blocks to avoid has my PSI results consistently in the mid to high 90’s. I am using Kadence Theme and Blocks hosted with Cloudways. Keep up the great work cheers mate👍
Thanks so much for doing all these things, tests, edits to enlighten us. I found your channel today and after watching your educational contents, couldn't hold myself from subscribing. Best wishes Jack.
mate, you are a legend, this is top quality content, you answer the questions that I've been asking. I am commenting to help the youtube algorithm show your content to more people
Thank you for this video. I am beginning learning about WordPress and alway thought page builders other than Gutenburg took longer to load and was bloated. I am glad you showed I was right. Also, you taught me how to test this in the future. Thanks again.
Great video. Insane amount of work and effort. This video along with the video comparing gutenberg with the new school page builders is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you 👌👍
Totally agree with your comments about gtmetrix 👍 why use gtmetrix when google ( who are the ones serving up your site in search ) have their own tool . On another note though , speed is vital yes but so is the interaction of the visitors to your site. If google sees little to no interaction on your website then speed won’t matter as google will serve a website that has an over 80 score on speed and tons of interaction compared to a site with a score of 100 but little visitor interaction going on . Awesome video and I really do appreciate all that hard work you put into this , very very insightful 👍
Jack, You obviously have a scientific education the way you approach this topic. Well done! I love Gutenberg. You’re right, bit of a learning curve but once you get there it’s 👍
Glad you enjoyed it, James! Sorry for the late reply. I was too caught up with the next video that will be published in exactly 7 hours from now. Same approach and method to testing on new school page builders. Hope you enjoy it. 😀
Thanks for this Jack. I think with this and other recent videos you have made a comprehensive case for Gutenberg. Look forward to more from you on that.
Hi Andrew, thank you, and sorry for the late reply. I've just completed another extensive test which is basically part 2 to this test. It will be published at 815pm Singapore time. Hope you will like that too 😊
Thanks for your great video on these comparisons! Can't wait to see your video on the new school builders, particularly Brizy. Brizy has experienced many problems so it should prove interesting in a test.
Actually, the video is already up 😀: ua-cam.com/video/y9GY-EP0PG0/v-deo.html
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Wow, i just switch tu gutenberg and kadence blocks and theme... hope it's still the best as i was considering membership from kadence... Absolute Great work!
Sneak peek, Gutenberg is still my preferred method for page builder. Next video will be out today, and it will be the same test on new school page builders.
thanks for your great videos, i like them really much! While watching the video, I thought, why isn't he comparing it to bricks? But then in the end you redeemed me :) But you already announced it, waiting for the next video
I appreciatie the work you put into this. I think you make a very good comparison with fair tests. Thanks a lot for this great, informative video. Big thumbs up! More people who design WordPress sites need to see this video.
Regarding the final results. When calculating averages, normally the longest and the shortest results are removed from the equation to account for anomalies.
I so agree Gutenberg is the right way to do it and now even with FSE themes I even like that idea more then using page builders and fast nobody likes a slow website and also litespeed server is another good upside to have when having a wordpress site. subbed!
Hi Martin, thank you! I look forward to your response in the next video coming up tonight (Will be morning or afternoon for you if you live in the US. 😊
My pleasure! And my apologies for the late reply. Part 2 (Gutenberg vs new school page builders) will be published tonight. Hope you will enjoy that too.
Ótimo vídeo sobre Gutenberg! Excelente comparação entre outros construtores (Elementor, Thrive Architect, Beaver Builder, Divi Builder, Themify, Seedprod e SiteOrigin).
What a fantastic vid, just wish it had been around before i brought Divi. Now i can see the haters point so much better and will try Kadence i think. Thanks
If I just use Elementor for exit-intent popups, will it still bloat my pages and affect my page speed scores on posts that were just built with Gutenberg?
I don't actually have the answer for this now, but I will do an experiment on this soon. For now, if you want to know the answer, you can just compare the page speed data of the "with exit popup" and then you can turn off the exit popup and test it again on Google PSI. That will give you an indicator if your exit popup will affect page speed scores. I hope this helps for now 😊
Its coming! The next video on the channel will be Gutenberg vs bricks vs oxygen vs livecanvass vs brizy. I am excited about this myself as I don't have the results yet. 😀
Excellent video!! I just wished you add one more test, and that is with a caching-plugin. There are for certain free plugins that will give you an A-rating.
Thanks for the suggestion! Actually, I've thought about this before doing the test, and the reason why I didn't add that test is because the best optimization for each page builder will be different. And it is hard to have a fair test as the results will be skewed. That's why I only test with pure elements provided by the page builders. 😊
Thank you so much, i have a few question hope i get an answer from you my site is already stablished using elementor builder what happen if i deleted it and switch on getumberg Builder? Thank you in advance
You would lose some elements you've previously created with Elementor, like the buttons and star rating. But, most of your content would still be around. I have done a walkthrough of how I helped my friend convert his site from Thrive Architect to Gutenberg: ua-cam.com/video/hJyzyVqzH7Q/v-deo.html Another Elementor user came up with an idea of moving from Elementor to Gutenberg page by page until all pages are turned to Gutenberg. Which means, you can take your time to convert and redesign all your Elementor pages one by one without removing the plugin completely. Once you have gone through all of your pages, you can safely delete Elementor. Hope this helps! 😊
Agreed. But Nitropack is expensive for a larger site. The best alternative, which is not nearly as good as Nitropack is WP Rocket. However, Elementor will not perform that well with WP Rocket. So unless you are willing to pay a monthly fee for Nitropack, the best alternative is to go with Gutenberg.
Good point of clarification! WP Rocket is really good but doesn’t work consistently with Elementor. And I only use Nitropack on smaller sites... or large sites whose budgets can afford it. Thinking about moving to Gutenberg-only builds but it’s a big change in process. Oh well. 😉
Hi Jack. 2 Questions. Is Kadence-Blocks able to copy/paste/duplicate content/blocks/columns like Elementor? Can you upload your test-layout as a template?
Because I'm giving each page builders kinda the "best advantage" as Generatepress is the fastest theme based on my other test video. But now that you mentioned it, it is not really in favour for Gutenberg. The best advantage could have been Generatepress + Generate Blocks or Kadence + Kadence blocks. Thanks for highlighting, I will use either one of those combinations for the new school page builders test video.
Hi, Jack. It was a great work that you make. Congratulations! I question myself how much of this result was caused by the page builder itself and how much was caused by the themes. Those themes was created to the best integration with the builders, but could they also slow down the page? Could the result be better if all the page builders was using Kadence, for example?
Apologies for the late reply Emerson. The answer is yes, the theme do contribute to the performance of the page builder. It would probably have a slight improvement if themes like Generatepress or Kadence were used. However, themes like Hello from Elementor is generally lightweight. So, it is really hard to have the best of both worlds in a test like this.
Hi Jack, I commented here about some issues on your Beaver Builder set up that would prevent it getting a top score. I am not sure if you or You Tube deleted it. Beaver Builder can easily get a 98 - 100 score on mobiles creating your test page. If this comment stays up and will explain better.
Hi David, I checked the "Held for review" section, and it doesn't seem that your previous comment was there. If you could further explain it here by replying to this comment, that would be very helpful. I remember seeing a comment saying that the Beaver Builder theme is heavy, and if I would have installed Beaver Builder on for example Generatepress, the results would have been better. Was that your comment? I somehow couldn't find it.
Sorry I forgot. No. it not that was not my comment on the Beaver Builder Theme. I hear it said it is heavier that GeneratePress, The Page Builder Framework and Astra etc. Not really true or I would use these for client builds instead. I think this belief comes from tests on the default settings where the BB them will load Font Awesome and all of Bootstrap. The probably should change the defaults to the lighter option. There is no stripped down free version of it.
2 important questions How can we export templates from Gutenberg like we do with elementary so we can use it on other websites? Any plugin? How can we export kadence customisation options in a file?
Step 1: Convert the specific block into a Reusable Block Step 2: Manage Reusable Block Step 3: From the list of Reusable Blocks, hover and you will see "Export as JSON" Step 4: On your new website, manage your reusable block Step 5: There will be a top blue button at the top that says "Import from JSON" Step 6: Upload that file and we are done. Don't worry, I will be creating a tutorial on this. 😊
I've tested Gutenberg last 2 weeks. Now I know there is so much more to websites than just speed. Gutenberg still is very far behind, also in 5.7 It's a bit like MS Windows; all the settings and elements are all over the place. Things vanish as you want to click them etc etc. Pagebuilders still are much easier and faster to work with and have much more possibilities.
Hmmm. As an avid Gutenberg user, I have to disagree. It is all about having an open mind and getting use to a platform. If you look at the time spent for me to build up the pages, I spend almost the same time building it on platforms that I am familiar with: Gutenberg: 34 minutes Elementor: 38 minutes Thrive Architect: 31 minutes If it was a few years ago, I would have agreed with you that Gutenberg being "MS windows - do you mean Macintosh? Windows 10 is quite modern :)" As for the elements all over the place, again, it is all about getting use to it. I have been using Gutenberg with no complains, and yes, there are still room to grow for Gutenberg. And they are the future of WordPress.
Hi Jack, very interesting video. Gutenberg rocks for speed, but at the cost of renouncing to powerful functionalities. In other words, I am using Elementor + Dynamic Content for Elementor which are incredibly powerful, And I doubt to achieve the same results with Gutenberg and random plugins. So Could you please recommend us some plugins to use with Gutenberg for more advanced sites while still achieving good speed results ?? ( with Templates using custom fields, Dynamic re-usable blocks, ACF maps, custom designs for loops, advanced post queries, download as pdf, etc...). In advance many thanks for your help
- Custom design for loops - Reusable Blocks - Custom Fields - What custom fields do you need? - ACF Maps - CoBlocks; GetWid; Otter Blocks; Publishpress Blocks. - Advanced Post Queries - Post Grid/Carousel from Kadence Blocks/Ultimate Blocks - Dynamic Content - Kadence Blocks in the making - this feature is coming soon - Download as PDF - Use Google Docs - Not sure how this feature works. My bad You are not losing much functionalities with Gutenberg. The potential of Gutenberg replacing Elementor, or page builders, is there. 😊
Thank you very much for your hard work on these tests. It was REALLY helpful. I am not a fan of page builders (as a plugin like Elementor). Just prove what I always say: Elementor, NEVER!!!! hahahahaha
Thrive has some lazy loading features on board which is why it tends to score somewhat okay without optimization. But, with the same optimization ThriveArchitect will lack behind. I've been a Membership customer for 2 years and just dropped it for Gutenberg, Bricks and Oxygen. This test wouldve been way more detailed if you used the same theme for every builder. Elementor hello is super bare bones while ThriveThemeBuilder is easily one of the most feature-rich and easy to use theme. BeaverBuilder Theme is also quite bloated while the builder itself is super lightweight. So this way, this test isnt really relevant, poorly. Its relevant If you were to use the dedicated theme for the builder, which isnt optimal in most cases. Do you still have these pages set up? Then just changing the theme wouldnt be much work. Also, with your next Oxygen/bricks Test i'd LOVE to See LiveCanvas in there. Outputs pure HTML you could Copy/paste out of Wordpress and upload as a pure static HTML page
You should have commented earlier and I would have done further testing by switching to the same theme, but unfortunately, I had to recycle domains for the next test on Bricks vs Oxygen vs Livecanvas vs Brizy vs Gutenberg. And yeah, Livecanvas is in that test, and I think it could be the builder for you since you are a web developer. For people, like me, who struggles with html and css will find it hard to use. If I styled the page with Kadence Blocks, I realize I would need to copy over the CSS from the blocks as well to live canvas and I am not really good with codes so I struggled a lot with building up the same page used in the tests. Is it possible if I ask for your expertise in future? Could you share with me your email address? If yes, please send me an email to jack@jackcao.com. I really appreciate it.
Hi Jack, love your Gutenberg videos but you never cover how it does with WooCommerce. Could you please do a video showing how you can customize all WooCommerce aspects like category lists, single product pages, cart, checkout, account etc. using Gutenberg and Gutenberg blocks plug ins only. No one covers WooCommerce even though many people are only using WordPress to be able to use WooCommerce.
Gedday Jack, as a small business owner and being tech minded I was open to the challenge of setting up our webpage in house. That was 10 years ago now. I recently started the third round of redoing our site as there are issues with the site and previous choices of WordPress themes and plugins. Elementor seemed to be the best option for ease of use and flexibility however PSI results weren’t encouraging. I’d looked at Gutenberg and it seemed clunky and not very friendly so I continued with Elementor but page speed was bothering me. I started watching your videos and I gave Gutenberg another crack. I cannot thank you enough for your clear and concise tutorials. I actually find Gutenberg quicker to use than Elementor and have almost completed the new site. Watching one of your other videos on what blocks to avoid has my PSI results consistently in the mid to high 90’s. I am using Kadence Theme and Blocks hosted with Cloudways. Keep up the great work cheers mate👍
That's awesome, Peter! I'm glad that my videos made an impact to your site, it leaves me with a big wide smile 😀
Thanks so much for doing all these things, tests, edits to enlighten us. I found your channel today and after watching your educational contents, couldn't hold myself from subscribing. Best wishes Jack.
mate, you are a legend, this is top quality content, you answer the questions that I've been asking. I am commenting to help the youtube algorithm show your content to more people
Thank you for this video. I am beginning learning about WordPress and alway thought page builders other than Gutenburg took longer to load and was bloated. I am glad you showed I was right. Also, you taught me how to test this in the future. Thanks again.
Great video. Insane amount of work and effort. This video along with the video comparing gutenberg with the new school page builders is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you 👌👍
You put so much effort for this. Amazing 🎉
Totally agree with your comments about gtmetrix 👍 why use gtmetrix when google ( who are the ones serving up your site in search ) have their own tool . On another note though , speed is vital yes but so is the interaction of the visitors to your site. If google sees little to no interaction on your website then speed won’t matter as google will serve a website that has an over 80 score on speed and tons of interaction compared to a site with a score of 100 but little visitor interaction going on .
Awesome video and I really do appreciate all that hard work you put into this , very very insightful 👍
Content is still King 😎 Agree with you, Page Speed (Experience) don't matter when your content s*cks.
Jack, You obviously have a scientific education the way you approach this topic. Well done! I love Gutenberg. You’re right, bit of a learning curve but once you get there it’s 👍
Glad you enjoyed it, James! Sorry for the late reply. I was too caught up with the next video that will be published in exactly 7 hours from now. Same approach and method to testing on new school page builders. Hope you enjoy it. 😀
Thanks for this Jack. I think with this and other recent videos you have made a comprehensive case for Gutenberg. Look forward to more from you on that.
Hi Andrew, thank you, and sorry for the late reply. I've just completed another extensive test which is basically part 2 to this test. It will be published at 815pm Singapore time. Hope you will like that too 😊
Thanks for your great video on these comparisons! Can't wait to see your video on the new school builders, particularly Brizy. Brizy has experienced many problems so it should prove interesting in a test.
Actually, the video is already up 😀: ua-cam.com/video/y9GY-EP0PG0/v-deo.html
Wow, i just switch tu gutenberg and kadence blocks and theme... hope it's still the best as i was considering membership from kadence... Absolute Great work!
Sneak peek, Gutenberg is still my preferred method for page builder. Next video will be out today, and it will be the same test on new school page builders.
@@JackCao Great!
thanks for your great videos, i like them really much!
While watching the video, I thought, why isn't he comparing it to bricks?
But then in the end you redeemed me :)
But you already announced it, waiting for the next video
Actually, the video is up: ua-cam.com/video/y9GY-EP0PG0/v-deo.html 😁
I appreciatie the work you put into this. I think you make a very good comparison with fair tests. Thanks a lot for this great, informative video. Big thumbs up! More people who design WordPress sites need to see this video.
FELICIDADES, QUE GRAN TRABAJO HAZ HECHO 🙏
Thank you so much for this breakdown! Your videos are great and confirm some of my findings with page builders as well.
Glad it was helpful!
you are the best in the field of WP!
Thank you for your kind words! 😊
Keep doing that bro! Success always comes after hard work!
Regarding the final results. When calculating averages, normally the longest and the shortest results are removed from the equation to account for anomalies.
I so agree Gutenberg is the right way to do it and now even with FSE themes I even like that idea more then using page builders and fast nobody likes a slow website and also litespeed server is another good upside to have when having a wordpress site. subbed!
Thanks for your effort! 👏 I am looking forward to upcoming videos 💪👨🏫🤴
Hi Martin, thank you! I look forward to your response in the next video coming up tonight (Will be morning or afternoon for you if you live in the US. 😊
That was a lot of work! Thank you for doing this. Great video!
My pleasure! And my apologies for the late reply. Part 2 (Gutenberg vs new school page builders) will be published tonight. Hope you will enjoy that too.
Thank you for another great speed comparison video
😃👍Danke für das Video.
Und danke für die viele Arbeit. Respekt
Ótimo vídeo sobre Gutenberg! Excelente comparação entre outros construtores (Elementor, Thrive Architect, Beaver Builder, Divi Builder, Themify, Seedprod e SiteOrigin).
Man listen your hard work earned you a sub
Hi Jack! Have you tried Qubely at all? I purchased kadence but Qubely looks a little more advanced to me
What a fantastic vid, just wish it had been around before i brought Divi. Now i can see the haters point so much better and will try Kadence i think. Thanks
Glad you find it helpful! 😊
I love your work,Thank you very much!
Glad you liked it! 🙂
This video was awesome! Im very excited about the video!
Thank you so much! Glad you liked it! 😁
Jake, I hope you can make reviews on BeBuilder (Betheme) and Cornerstone (X Theme)
If I just use Elementor for exit-intent popups, will it still bloat my pages and affect my page speed scores on posts that were just built with Gutenberg?
I don't actually have the answer for this now, but I will do an experiment on this soon. For now, if you want to know the answer, you can just compare the page speed data of the "with exit popup" and then you can turn off the exit popup and test it again on Google PSI. That will give you an indicator if your exit popup will affect page speed scores. I hope this helps for now 😊
Thanks for taking the time and effort to do this. Were the Google PSI scores for desktop or mobile? I don’t think it was mentioned.
Hi, it is mobile scores. Sorry for not mentioning. My bad 😁
Mobile seems to be the more important score these days, I think.
They absolutely are! Google's focus now is on Mobile first too because most of their searches came from mobile than desktop.
great test, it is really interesting to see this! What a huge size difference there was, thank you for yet another great video!
Glad you liked it, David! One more big one coming up tonight. Anyway, did you receive my email regarding the screen recording tool I use?
@@JackCao yes, thank you! Personally I use Camtasia and love it, so I thought maybe you did as well!
Wow what an amazing video, you put so much time and effort into your video's, I am impressed!!
Thanks for your work! It would be great to review Bricks builder + theme.
Its coming! The next video on the channel will be Gutenberg vs bricks vs oxygen vs livecanvass vs brizy. I am excited about this myself as I don't have the results yet. 😀
Thank you so much Jack
Thank you for supporting my channel Adi! 😊
Hi jack..love your video but can you make a video about how to make single product page using gutenberg.
Hi Megat,
Could you provide me with a sample of the product page you are trying to create? I'll be more than happy to create a tutorial around that. 😊
(The product page liked above is done with Elementor)
Nice video, very complete and structure, your'e amazing and patient.
thank you for your time and effort
Excellent video!! I just wished you add one more test, and that is with a caching-plugin. There are for certain free plugins that will give you an A-rating.
Thanks for the suggestion! Actually, I've thought about this before doing the test, and the reason why I didn't add that test is because the best optimization for each page builder will be different. And it is hard to have a fair test as the results will be skewed. That's why I only test with pure elements provided by the page builders. 😊
Wow, this is hard work.. Thanks for this content! I love your transparency.. Looking forward to more of your WordPress tuts..
Glad you like them! Magazine style tut est. this Sunday 😊
Great work sir, can you do Gutenberg+Meta or ACF
Can we make responsive website in site origin?
Can't wait for Oxygen vs Gutenberg test.
Great work my friend.
oh yeaah!
Scheduled for today. 815pm Singapore time. 😊
Thank you so much, i have a few question hope i get an answer from you my site is already stablished using elementor builder what happen if i deleted it and switch on getumberg Builder? Thank you in advance
You would lose some elements you've previously created with Elementor, like the buttons and star rating. But, most of your content would still be around. I have done a walkthrough of how I helped my friend convert his site from Thrive Architect to Gutenberg: ua-cam.com/video/hJyzyVqzH7Q/v-deo.html
Another Elementor user came up with an idea of moving from Elementor to Gutenberg page by page until all pages are turned to Gutenberg. Which means, you can take your time to convert and redesign all your Elementor pages one by one without removing the plugin completely. Once you have gone through all of your pages, you can safely delete Elementor.
Hope this helps! 😊
Thank you so much its really big help for me💗
Please test Gutenberg vs. Oxygen vs. Bricks
It is in the making. Next video on the channel will be that.
@@JackCao, GREAT, can't wait! Keep up your fantastic work! :-)
Great test. But I do get Grade A for mobile and desktop using Elementor and Nitropack on nearly every site.
Agreed. But Nitropack is expensive for a larger site. The best alternative, which is not nearly as good as Nitropack is WP Rocket. However, Elementor will not perform that well with WP Rocket. So unless you are willing to pay a monthly fee for Nitropack, the best alternative is to go with Gutenberg.
Good point of clarification! WP Rocket is really good but doesn’t work consistently with Elementor. And I only use Nitropack on smaller sites... or large sites whose budgets can afford it. Thinking about moving to Gutenberg-only builds but it’s a big change in process. Oh well. 😉
Jack Cao Autoptimize and Cache Enabler, 2 free plugins, really improve the page speed of Gutenberg on GPSI. Much faster than SG Optimizer. Try them!
How to add image slider with gutenberg
Can you compare Webflow!? 🙌
Great work, thank you!!
Glad you liked it!
I have been using SiteOrigin for years. Really, it's pretty easy. Their widgets also play nicely with Gutenberg.
Talhanks for the video!
Hi Jack. 2 Questions. Is Kadence-Blocks able to copy/paste/duplicate content/blocks/columns like Elementor? Can you upload your test-layout as a template?
Yes you certainly can. I will do a tutorial on that probably this week or the next. 😊
Very nice bro ,great content
Thank you so much 🙂
Many thanks!
Amazing video Thank you! Why did you use Generate press theme instead of Kadence theme?
Because I'm giving each page builders kinda the "best advantage" as Generatepress is the fastest theme based on my other test video. But now that you mentioned it, it is not really in favour for Gutenberg. The best advantage could have been Generatepress + Generate Blocks or Kadence + Kadence blocks. Thanks for highlighting, I will use either one of those combinations for the new school page builders test video.
@@JackCao what if you keep the same combination, in order to be consistent with the comparison?
And what with kadence?
Hi, Jack. It was a great work that you make. Congratulations!
I question myself how much of this result was caused by the page builder itself and how much was caused by the themes. Those themes was created to the best integration with the builders, but could they also slow down the page? Could the result be better if all the page builders was using Kadence, for example?
Apologies for the late reply Emerson. The answer is yes, the theme do contribute to the performance of the page builder. It would probably have a slight improvement if themes like Generatepress or Kadence were used. However, themes like Hello from Elementor is generally lightweight. So, it is really hard to have the best of both worlds in a test like this.
Hi Jack, I commented here about some issues on your Beaver Builder set up that would prevent it getting a top score. I am not sure if you or You Tube deleted it. Beaver Builder can easily get a 98 - 100 score on mobiles creating your test page. If this comment stays up and will explain better.
I think UA-cam may have put the comment in the "to be reviewed" area. Let me check it in a while.
Hi David, I checked the "Held for review" section, and it doesn't seem that your previous comment was there. If you could further explain it here by replying to this comment, that would be very helpful. I remember seeing a comment saying that the Beaver Builder theme is heavy, and if I would have installed Beaver Builder on for example Generatepress, the results would have been better. Was that your comment? I somehow couldn't find it.
Sorry I forgot. No. it not that was not my comment on the Beaver Builder Theme. I hear it said it is heavier that GeneratePress, The Page Builder Framework and Astra etc. Not really true or I would use these for client builds instead.
I think this belief comes from tests on the default settings where the BB them will load Font Awesome and all of Bootstrap. The probably should change the defaults to the lighter option. There is no stripped down free version of it.
great stuff Jack!
Thanks Michael! 😊
Test Bricks Builder. Because it does most of its work in the browser itself rather than the server, it may be the fastest of all of these.
Testing in progress 😀 Will be the next video on this channel.
2 important questions
How can we export templates from Gutenberg like we do with elementary so we can use it on other websites? Any plugin?
How can we export kadence customisation options in a file?
Step 1: Convert the specific block into a Reusable Block
Step 2: Manage Reusable Block
Step 3: From the list of Reusable Blocks, hover and you will see "Export as JSON"
Step 4: On your new website, manage your reusable block
Step 5: There will be a top blue button at the top that says "Import from JSON"
Step 6: Upload that file and we are done.
Don't worry, I will be creating a tutorial on this. 😊
I'm sticking with gutenberg :)
Good job. Thank you ;)
Thank you! Glad you liked it!
What a great channel. Keep it going. Amazing content.
Thank you! Love to hear your suggestions on future content that will be valuable to you 😊
I've tested Gutenberg last 2 weeks. Now I know there is so much more to websites than just speed. Gutenberg still is very far behind, also in 5.7
It's a bit like MS Windows; all the settings and elements are all over the place. Things vanish as you want to click them etc etc. Pagebuilders still are much easier and faster to work with and have much more possibilities.
Hmmm. As an avid Gutenberg user, I have to disagree. It is all about having an open mind and getting use to a platform. If you look at the time spent for me to build up the pages, I spend almost the same time building it on platforms that I am familiar with:
Gutenberg: 34 minutes
Elementor: 38 minutes
Thrive Architect: 31 minutes
If it was a few years ago, I would have agreed with you that Gutenberg being "MS windows - do you mean Macintosh? Windows 10 is quite modern :)"
As for the elements all over the place, again, it is all about getting use to it. I have been using Gutenberg with no complains, and yes, there are still room to grow for Gutenberg. And they are the future of WordPress.
Jack Cao I agree with you, Jack
Do you use Gutenberg plugin for page builder?
thanks
Hi Jack, very interesting video. Gutenberg rocks for speed, but at the cost of renouncing to powerful functionalities. In other words, I am using Elementor + Dynamic Content for Elementor which are incredibly powerful, And I doubt to achieve the same results with Gutenberg and random plugins. So Could you please recommend us some plugins to use with Gutenberg for more advanced sites while still achieving good speed results ?? ( with Templates using custom fields, Dynamic re-usable blocks, ACF maps, custom designs for loops, advanced post queries, download as pdf, etc...). In advance many thanks for your help
- Custom design for loops - Reusable Blocks
- Custom Fields - What custom fields do you need?
- ACF Maps - CoBlocks; GetWid; Otter Blocks; Publishpress Blocks.
- Advanced Post Queries - Post Grid/Carousel from Kadence Blocks/Ultimate Blocks
- Dynamic Content - Kadence Blocks in the making - this feature is coming soon
- Download as PDF - Use Google Docs - Not sure how this feature works. My bad
You are not losing much functionalities with Gutenberg. The potential of Gutenberg replacing Elementor, or page builders, is there. 😊
Thank you very much for your hard work on these tests. It was REALLY helpful. I am not a fan of page builders (as a plugin like Elementor). Just prove what I always say: Elementor, NEVER!!!! hahahahaha
You're very welcome! And, you will be surprised by the next video on this channel because I was taken aback by the results of some new page builders.
You done great work, I like your videos bro
Thanks bro! I appreciate that!
Man you ROCK
Mee too I am shifting from Elementor to Gutenberg
Thrive has some lazy loading features on board which is why it tends to score somewhat okay without optimization. But, with the same optimization ThriveArchitect will lack behind. I've been a Membership customer for 2 years and just dropped it for Gutenberg, Bricks and Oxygen.
This test wouldve been way more detailed if you used the same theme for every builder.
Elementor hello is super bare bones while ThriveThemeBuilder is easily one of the most feature-rich and easy to use theme.
BeaverBuilder Theme is also quite bloated while the builder itself is super lightweight.
So this way, this test isnt really relevant, poorly. Its relevant If you were to use the dedicated theme for the builder, which isnt optimal in most cases.
Do you still have these pages set up? Then just changing the theme wouldnt be much work.
Also, with your next Oxygen/bricks Test i'd LOVE to See LiveCanvas in there. Outputs pure HTML you could Copy/paste out of Wordpress and upload as a pure static HTML page
You should have commented earlier and I would have done further testing by switching to the same theme, but unfortunately, I had to recycle domains for the next test on Bricks vs Oxygen vs Livecanvas vs Brizy vs Gutenberg. And yeah, Livecanvas is in that test, and I think it could be the builder for you since you are a web developer. For people, like me, who struggles with html and css will find it hard to use.
If I styled the page with Kadence Blocks, I realize I would need to copy over the CSS from the blocks as well to live canvas and I am not really good with codes so I struggled a lot with building up the same page used in the tests.
Is it possible if I ask for your expertise in future? Could you share with me your email address? If yes, please send me an email to jack@jackcao.com. I really appreciate it.
damn dude, you're good
Hi Jack, love your Gutenberg videos but you never cover how it does with WooCommerce. Could you please do a video showing how you can customize all WooCommerce aspects like category lists, single product pages, cart, checkout, account etc. using Gutenberg and Gutenberg blocks plug ins only.
No one covers WooCommerce even though many people are only using WordPress to be able to use WooCommerce.
Sure thing! I will create a tutorial on this soon. May take some time. I hope you understand. It is a one man show from here. 😂
I still prefer divi 👍😂😂😂
New school please. Thanks!
Sorry for the late reply. New School is here: ua-cam.com/video/y9GY-EP0PG0/v-deo.html