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What is the difference between a page builder and a theme?

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What is the difference between a page builder and a theme?

As compared to other tools so much rapid development has been done in WordPress. In the WordPress industry, the most recent trend is theme builder that offers the best solution for creating customized and completely unique WordPress websites.

 

But now you might be wondering what is the major difference between website WordPress themes and a theme builder.

 

WordPress theme is required on your website as it needs a component of the WordPress system. But to add some particular styling and features to your theme you need a theme builder.

 

Theme builder vs WordPress theme: Some important things to consider

A theme is required for every WordPress website. The theme you use will define the layout of your website. Layouts that includes 404 page, header, single post template, footer, and so on.

 

Some example is given below that the template files includes:

archieve.php, header.php, single.php, footer.php, 404.php, search.php, and many more.

 

Whereas a theme builder will help you to build a custom template with the help of a visual editor. It will help you to replace the theme's default templates that you use.

 

For example, if you build a custom header template, then the default header template of your website WordPress themes will be replaced by the custom header template.

 

With the help of visual editors, this custom template creation process is done. And thus, it means you do not need any programming skills.

 

Below shown image is the example of Elementor's editor interface where you will be able to create a custom template.

 

Theme Builder vs WordPress theme: The capability to work with custom fields

 

Even if you don't have programming skills then also you can be a professional web developer and that is the fact. But the very important thing is that you would need to understand how the WordPress custom fieldwork and how they are created.

 

A custom field is an extra field that is available to store extra information about your content. For example, if you want to build a bike rental website then you might need to add extra information such as drop location, bike type, rental cost, and so on.

 

As per your needs, you can make use of this information. Some top WordPress theme builder plugins that support custom fields are Divi builder, Elementor, and Brizy. And thus no programming knowledge is required to build these custom fields.

 

Benefits of WordPress theme builder

 

Ø Visual Editor:

A plugin of theme builder comes with a visual editor that you can use to build the custom templates. No need to deal with a single line of code because everything is drag and drop.

 

However, you can style up the elements as per your design concept. For example, you can customize typography, color, size, and so on as per your expectation.

 

Ø Minimize the use of plugins:

Particular functionalities and features can be added via WordPress plugins which are not available on WordPress as default.

 

Do not install too many plugins as it can make your website run slow. To add elements like slider, form, maps, etc you dont need to install new plugins because most of the theme builders offer these elements by default.

 

Another reason that you dont need to add unnecessary plugins is that you can add custom fields. As per your need and purpose, you can create your own custom fields.

 

Ø Use different templates for different websites:

Theme builder plugins like Elementor and Divi does support display condition that permits you to assign a particular custom template for certain parts of a website.

 

For instance, under particular categories, you can assign the created custom header template to articles. For every part of your website, you can create a custom header template. Even you can have multiple header templates on a single website.

 

The benefit of using website WordPress themes

For some reason, WordPress themes are still the best choice even if a theme builder offers some more options to modify your website.

 

WordPress theme is the better option for those who want their website up and running more quickly.

 

Without doing so much of customizations. However, you do not need to learn so many things. Simply visit the customizer to add logo or any other elements. 


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