WordPress has evolved from being just a simple blogging application into a tool being used to create all types of websites.
Whatever you can imagine, somewhere around the world someone is bound to be already building it using WordPress!
In this article you will discover the ultimate drag and drop front end visual content builder for WordPress web sites.
Drag And Drop Content Editors For WordPress
The WordPress Editor – Is There An Easier Way To Create Web Pages In WordPress?
Using the built-in WordPress WYSIWYG editor to create or edit sophisticated page layouts can be challenging for non-technical WordPress users.
(The WordPress content editor is great for adding, formatting and editing “linear” content, but adding complex layouts can be challenging!)
For example, let’s say you want to create something like the layout shown below …
To create the above layout, you would have to insert short codes into the content for each page element you want to display …
Normally, this is not really an issue … unless you decide to change some part of the layout (for example, move some of the content from box 1 into box 2, or replace the button inside a box from green to light green. Then, you’re stuck having to mess around with code inside the content editor.
The WordPress visual content editor is supposed to provide non-technical users with an easy-to-use WYSIWYG editor, but as you can see, when creating with more complex page elements, often what you see on your screen may not be the same as what you get …
(“What You See” isn’t always “What You Get” … unless you can visualize code!)
In some instances, some people argue that users may even be better off working directly with the html source itself instead of the WordPress visual editor when trying to build fancy page elements …
Even though WordPress is the most user-friendly CMS platform available, this makes it hard for users with no knowledge of HTML or CSS to fully manage their own content.
The fundamental problem of using shortcodes and HTML to create content in WordPress can be summarized as follows:
1) Speed – How long does it take to build a web page using this editor?
2) Abstraction – How closely does the content in the editor resemble the content in the “front end” when you are creating or editing a page?
As you can see from the above screenshot, what you see in the editor looks nothing like what you see in the front end. This means that you have to translate mentally what the content will look like when working with complex layouts. Other solutions require a number of steps before you can begin configuring your page layout, or endlessly going back and forth between browser tabs and performing updates to see how your content is progressing, which then affects how fast you can create your content, as you wait for your updates to refresh.
A number of WordPress web developers have tried to come up with a range of solutions to try and address this issue. Some of these range from plugins you can install on your site that add new functionality to the editor, to themes that include built-in features like drag and drop editing …
(WordPress “drag and drop” editors aim to make content creation easier!)
Some solutions require so many page design features, that users need to learn how to work with complicated-looking front end editors …
Many of these editors work fine, but they don’t really seem to address the fundamental issue of using shortcodes and HTML as described earlier. Adding and editing sophisticated content elements on a web page becomes overly complicated, involves multiple steps and doesn’t match what users expect to see on the “front end.”
If you want to create or edit complex page content quickly, this can become quite frustrating.
Ask yourself this …
If there were no technical constraints, how would you like your web content builder to behave?
Now, imagine the following scenario …
- You look at your content and if you spot something that needs to be changed, just click on the content and start typing. Your content is instantly fixed.
- You simply drag and drop items on the page, and see them exactly as they will display on the front end without having to mentally translate HTML or shortcodes.
- You have an idea for a specific item of content you would like to add, so you simply start typing, and you build your web page as you go, with no delays, with no switching of tab browsers, and no waiting for new web content to refresh.
Would this not be the ideal way to build content for your WordPress web site? A true WYSIWYG content builder where all you have to do is click-to-edit and drag and drop elements around the posts and pages?
(Imagine being able to create complex pages ”on the fly” for your web content without technical constraints!)
If you are ready to change the way you create content in WordPress site, then here is a plugin that you may want to consider using …
Thrive Content Builder And Landing Pages
Plugin Description
Thrive Content Builder is a truly intuitive WordPress click-to-edit drag and drop content creator and editor.
The Thrive Content Builder plugin provides you with a new and incredibly easy way to speed up the process of adding great content to your WordPress website.
Once installed, the plugin adds a visual content editor and a sidebar menu that lets you drag and drop design elements to your web page …
(Thrive Content Builder adds a new visual content builder to your WordPress site)
The Thrive Landing Pages And Content Builder plugin is actually a combination of the Thrive Content Builder and Thrive Landing Pages plugins rolled into one, plus an additional plugin feature called Thrive Lightbox.
In this article we’ll take a look at all of the above and how all of this exciting functionality works seamlessly together to help you easily transform and improve your site and create amazing marketing pages and content.
Thrive Content Builder Plugin For WordPress
You can easily add content to your web pages using drag and drop elements …
Every element of your web page can be created by ”clicking-to-edit” and “dragging and dropping” things around the page …
Once elements have been added to the page, you can continue to further edit or customize them without going through additional steps or complicated option windows …
The built-in functionality of the plugin also lets you build stunning landing pages and easily edit these …
Thrive Landing Pages and Content Builder is simple, easy to use, and ideal for all WordPress users at all levels. In fact, designing web pages with the Thrive Content and Page Builder plugin installed is so amazingly easy, that the developers guarantee that you will never look at creating and adding content the same way once you start using it
Go here to learn more about the plugin: Thrive Content Builder
The integrated Thrive Content Builder plugin was created by the same team that developed Thrive Leads, another amazing plugin that we have previously recommended on this site.
See this post to read about the plugin:
Plugin Benefits
Here are just a few of the benefits and advantages of using Thrive Content Builder to speed up your page design and content creation process:
Fast And Easy To Install And Implement. Ready To Use In Very Little Time.
Thrive Content Builder installs like any plugin. Simply upload the plugin file to your Plugins folder via your WP admin account and activate.
Real-Time Content Content Editing
Thrive Content Builder is simple to use and lets you edit content in real-time.
A Truly Visual Content Builder
With Thrive Content Builder installed, what you see on the “back-end” as you work within the editor – fonts, elements, layouts, etc. is exactly what your visitors will see in the front end of your site.
Some additional benefits include:
- Beautiful Web Page Layouts With Drag And Drop Ease: Create any kind of layout you can imagine with drag and drop ease.
- Add Design Elements Without Using Short Codes: With the Thrive Content Builder plugin you not only get an exciting and easy-to-use drag and drop content editor, but the plugin also includes a very decent collection of customizable design elements that you can customizable and insert into your layouts without using short codes, such as content toggle, borderless content, buttons, responsive video embeds, etc.
- Ideal For Non-Technical Users: Not having to constantly switch tabs as you tweak content and then wait for the updates to reload frees up your attention and allows you to build the content your business needs, quickly and without having to mess with code or click through multiple layers of menus to get what you want done.
(Easily insert, edit and customize page elements like testimonials, tabbed content, table of contents builder, page section dividers, responsive Google maps, etc.)
Plugin Features
Thrive Content Builder provides many features to site owners. Below we have listed just some of those:
- All Editor Functionality Is Still Available: You have all of the built-in WordPress content editing options that you are used to (e.g. underline, paragraph centering, font sizes, etc.),
- Drag And Drop Elements Menu: The plugin makes a “drag and drop” list of elements available on your post or page screen when creating or editing content.
- Conversion-Boosting Elements: The plugin provides you with a range of attention-grabbing and customizable elements that will help you increase your conversions, including buttons and call-to-action elements, testimonials, and guarantees. In addition to customization options, various elements also offer multiple design options.
- Responsive Design: Add responsive columns, boxes, content dividers, e.g. which will resize and display great on different device screens.
- Add Animation To Web Pages: The plugin’s Event Manager feature lets you insert animated page content, trigger lightboxes and more!
(Add Animated Elements To Your Pages)
Thrive Landing Pages Plugin – Landing Page Template Sets
Thrive Landing Pages provides sets of templates that work together logically and use the same conversion-optimized design language to take your visitors all the way from signup to purchase, product download and more.
(Thrive Landing Pages lets you add conversion-optimized web pages to your web site)
Thrive Landing Pages Plugin – Benefits
- Hosted on your own WordPress site
- Save time and money creating and customizing pages for your website
- 100% conversion-optimized landing page templates
- No web coding skills needed
- Works with all themes
Thrive Content Builder and Landing Pages not only lets you create beautiful content in your WordPress posts and pages, but you can also choose from dozens of professionally designed, page templates that are conversion-optimized and fully customizable …
(Thrive Landing Pages provides sets of templates that work together logically and use the same conversion-optimized design language)
There are over thirty templates available, with more templates scheduled for release. In addition to the templates shown above, the developers plan to release new web page templates for email lead generation, sales pages, training pages, personal branding pages, webinar pages and more.
Customizable Landing Page Template
Typically, in order to fully customize landing page templates, you would need to either hire a web designer to do the work, or learn how to code web pages and figure out how to edit the page code yourself.
As Shane Melaugh, co-founder of Thrive Themes says …
“There are many ways to get a pre-designed page published quickly, but the problem comes with customization. Total design freedom requires either hiring web developers to do the work for you, or learn how to do it yourself, which involves learning how to code or use overly complicated editors. Customizable usually means complicated, expensive or time-consuming. So, you can either have something that is fast and easy to set up, or something that is customizable and flexible. But you couldn’t have both … until now! With Thrive Landing Pages you get the best of both worlds for creating conversion-optimized web pages.”
Thrive Landing Pages gives you beautiful pre-designed page templates that are fully optimized and ready to go, and complete design freedom that lets you change and edit any element of your page templates …
The landing page template sets included with this plugin let you do the following:
- Modify text in any button, bullet point, headline, etc.
- Remove text, images or any other element of your landing page
- Replace the background image or colour
- Change the color of buttons, links, text, etc.
- Use your own fonts
- Select your own images
- Change content area size
- Change the order of page elements
- Translate pages into a different language
- Add any type of custom content in any of the pages
- Start with a blank page and create your own page templates, or even build your own custom landing page templates library.
(Change or customize any aspect of your page templates)
Transform Your Web Site Into A Marketing Machine With Thrive Lightbox Plugin
The Thrive package also includes Thrive Lightbox, which lets you add fully editable two-step opt-in forms and events to your website …
(Add lead capture forms and animated objects to your marketing pages with Thrive Lightbox)
Thrive Lighbox Two-Step Opt-in Forms
A 2-step opt-in process can help improve your conversion rates. Visitors click on an image or button, and then they are presented with your opt-in form …
(Capture more leads and subscribers with a two-step opt-in process)
Event Manager
An “event” consists of a trigger and an action. You can make an opt-in form appear when when visitors click or hover over a button or graphic elements, or when someone reaches a certain point on the page. You can also use the Event Manager to animate attention-getting elements on your pages, using various effects (e.g. zoom out, slide in from bottom to top, rotate, etc.
(Set up and manage events on your web pages with the Thrive Lightbox plugin)
A lightbox and event is created automatically for your landing pages, but you also have complete control over all events, triggers and design.
Testimonials
Here are some of the testimonials and feedback plugin customers have provided for the Thrive Content Builder plugin:
“I have had nothing but the best experience imaginable with this tool since I purchased it. This is by far one of, if not the best plug-in I have purchase to date and it has definitely made working with WordPress a whole new experience. Jim Bond”
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”Your stuff is beautifully designed, fast and has great options for marketers that you just don’t see with other themes. Great, great job! Absolutely love Thrive! David Coleman”
Thrive Content Builder Plugin – Tips
Thrive Content Builder works with any theme in WordPress, not just with Thrive Landing Pages. You cannot use Thrive Content Builder to edit content that was not created using the plugin.
You can add WordPress shortcodes inside the Content Builder or Landing Pages plugin and they will display correctly when published.
Thrive Lightbox works with any content you build using Thrive Content Builder.
Thrive Content Builder Support
Thrive Landing Pages and Content Builder Plugin comes with free updates, new landing pages and upcoming features. The Thrive team is constantly working on adding new features and improving existing ones.
Thrive software is very well-supported, and users get lifetime software updates, and 1 year unlimited support with their purchase, backed by a risk-free, 30 day, complete refund guarantee.
This is an exciting product that will just keep getting better.
Plugin Cost
At the time of writing, the pricing information shown below includes all three components described above (Thrive Content Builder, Thrive Landing Pages & Thrive Lightbox):
- Single Site Edition – This option allows you to set up the plugin on a single website. Pricing includes full feature set, unlimited updates and one year of unlimited support. Cost = $59.00.
- Unlimited Sites Edition – This license option allows you to activate the plugin on all sites that you personally own. Cost includes full feature set, unlimited updates and 1 year of unlimited support. Cost = $87.00.
- Agency Licensing – Use on your domains & on client domains. Pricing includes access to Thrive Content Builder, plus all Thrive Themes & Thrive Plugins. Cost = $247.00 per year.
Note: The cost of purchasing Thrive Content Builder can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. The above reflects the pricing at the time this article was published. This may or may not be the actual pricing set by the plugin author when you visit the website and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after your purchase.
Check the plugin’s website for the latest pricing:
Additional Information
The Thrive Content Builder and Landing Pages plugin developers emphatically assert that the plugin’s architecture gives you the “best of both worlds,” and help bring back the “joy of creating content.”
On the one hand, you have the time-saving benefits of ready-made page elements and beautiful, pre-designed template sets that help to speed up content design, and on the other hand, you also have 100% control over your design process and the freedom to edit and customize everything on your page, using the plugin’s visual content editor, which lets you get things done without having to open multiple dialog boxes.
For a demo video showing plugin usage, including installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, support helpdesk, contact details and more, visit the Thrive Content Builder website.
We Highly Recommend This …
If you want to edit something, you just click on the element and start editing. If you want to change something, do it, and you will see the change happen instantly. If you want to move something, just drag it and drop it into its new location. There are no unnecessary steps involved.
If you want to transform and improve your web presence and create amazing sales pages, streamlined landing pages and engaging content, this plugin delivers an incredible conversion-boosting package with a single, inexpensive plugin.
For more details, check out the plugin here:
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