Free professional website page builder framework for WordPress
Beaver Builder is free for WordPress and compatible with WordPress 4.6 and higher and PHP version 5.6 or higher. It’s available in seventeen languages and tested up to WordPress 5.8.
Use the plugin to take control of your website. The drag-and-drop features make it easy to build a professional website without struggling with HTML or shortcodes. For premium support, you need to buy a license. Similar page builders include SeedProd, Divi, and Elementor.
Plugin features
Beaver Builder Lite provides HTML, text editor, photo, audio, video, and sidebar content modules. Make use of full-width or column-based layouts. The semantic markup is lightweight for enhanced performance. You can create color, photo, or video row backgrounds.
There are CCS classes and IDs to add, and you can still use your WordPress widgets and shortcodes. It’s responsive and mobile-friendly and works on pages, posts, and custom post types. There’s a forum to register on to become part of theirsupportive community.
The plugin will work with most themes, except if they bundle it with or design it to work with another page builder. It’s also incompatible with themes that don’t use the WordPress loop, have their own jQuery version, or are hardcoded.
The responsive layouts look stunning on any screen size. Its designs and landing pages load fast because the scripts contain only the assets you need.
Pro features
A premium license adds extra modules, like contact forms, sliders, tabs, subscription forms, etc. You get full support from the experts and access to many layout templates. The plugin will also let you save, export, and re-sue full-page layouts, modules, and rows. And for total control, you build custom modules.
Supports Gutenberg blocks
The Beaver Builder Lite plugin integrates with the WordPress 5 block editor, and it lets you move text and images between the plugin and WordPress editor, but on a limited scale. The default responsive headings and styles from the Beaver Builder themes will also apply as the default to header and text in WordPress block layouts. However, it won’t display until you view or preview a page.
Responsive and mobile-friendly
The Beaver Builder Lite plugin makes it easy to design a website using drag-and-drop functionality. It supports Gutenberg blocks, is mobile-friendly, and pages load fast. For support and advanced features, you can buy a premium license.