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Page Layout Builder

Categorized under page layout plugins, Page Layout Builder is a free drag-n-drop page design and layout tool key for designing your pages without any knowledge of coding nor HTML.

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Changelog

1.3.8  (February 22, 2014)

  • Upgraded module frames

1.3.7

  • Added new option for disabling/enabling module preview

1.3.6

  • Sanitized user input data
  • Fixed a security issue

1.3.4

  • Minor CSS upgrade

1.3.3

  • Regular maintenance and compatibility released for WP 3.8

1.3.2

  • Resolved version conflict

1.3.1

  • Fixed invalid header issue
  • Upgraded image module

1.3.0

  • Upgraded layout CSS

1.2.9

  • Fixed a few minor issues

1.2.8

  • Upgraded front-end layout CSS
  • Added Image Module

Comparing Drag-n-Drop Page Layout page builders

May 15, 2016

Cons: 

Note that you can't migrate with this plugin! Especially if you developing your website localy! Strongly recomend you not to use it otherwise you will encounter a lot of bugs like this.

Pro doesn't resolve the issue... Usless...


February 22, 2014

  • Page Builder
  • Page Layout Builder
  • Ether Content Builder

Page Layout Builder has a nice user interface, possibly a little more mature than Page Builder. To this date, Page Builder has Page Layout Builder and Ether Builder beat in:

  • SEO friendly right out of the box - Any search engine optimization plugin may easily successfully scan the content of a page regardless of the tags and classes. It does this simply dumping content of the entire page body, which includes media, into the Visual Editor then makes the Visual Editor read only
  • Page Builder provides superb support with timely responses. Page Builder has the highest rating for support and good policy in coding than the others Page Builder is 100 percent free - although I would donate for its development

- - - - Price Comparison - - - -

  • Page Builder - Free -
    • Pros: great coding policies/attentive to support/
    • Cons: none at this time
  • Page Layout Builder - (with number of well needed modules) $35.00
    • Pros:- great UI and a number of modules/
    • Cons: support is a 2+ star rating
  • Ether Content Builder - $39.00
    • Pros: many modules/
    • Cons: Can break your site, XML import does not work, extremely poor support

Page Builder - Page Layout Builder - Ether Content Builder

Page Layout Builder has a nice user interface, possibly a little more mature than Page Builder, but Page Builder has Page Layout Builder and Ether Builder beat in:

    1. SEO friendly right out of the box - Any search engine optimization plugin may easily successfully scan the content of a page regardless of the <Div> tags and classes. It does this simply dumping content of the entire page body, which includes media, into the Visual Editor then makes the Visual Editor read only
    2. Page Builder provides superb support with timely responses. Page Builder has the highest rating for support and good policy in coding than the others
    3. Page Builder is 100 percent free - although I would donate for its development

- - - - Price Comparison - - - -

    • Page Builder - Free - Pro - great coding policies/attentive to support/Cons: none at this time
    • Page Layout Builder - (with number of well needed modules) $35.00 Pro - great UI and a number of modules/ Cons: support is a 2+ star rating
    • Ether Content Builder - $39.00 Pro - many modules/ Cons: Can break your site, XML import does not work, extremely poor support