WordPress has evolved from being just a simple blogging application to a tool that can be used to create all types of sites.
Whatever you can think of, someone is probably already building it using WordPress!
This article will help you discover the fastest and most straight-forward WYSIWYG editor for WordPress web sites.
Drag And Drop Content Editors For WordPress
The WordPress Editor – Is There An Easier Way For Creating Content Layouts In WordPress?
Using the default WordPress content editor to build or edit complex content elements can sometimes be difficult.
(The built-in WordPress content editor is great for adding, formatting and editing conventional text and images, but adding complex content elements can be quite challenging!)
For example, let’s say you want to create something like the layout shown below …
To add the above boxes with text and buttons to a page would require entering something like this inside your default WordPress content editor …
Generally, this is not really an issue … until you have to edit some part of your layout (for example, move part of the content from box 3 into box 2, or change the button inside a box from bright red to purple. Then, you’re stuck having to mess around with page code.
The WordPress visual editor is supposed to give users an easy-to-use WYSIWYG editor, but as you can see, when creating with more complex page elements, what you see on your editor 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, you may even be better off working with the html source itself instead of the visual editor when trying to create complex layouts …
Even though WordPress is the most user-friendly CMS platform available, this makes it difficult for non-technical users to have full control of their own content.
The fundamental problem of having to use shortcodes and HTML to create content with WordPress can be summarized by asking the following questions:
1) Speed – How long will it take to create a web page using this editor?
2) Abstraction – How closely does the content in the ”back end” resemble the content in the “front end” when you are creating or editing a page?
As you can see from the above image, what you see in the content editor does not look even remotely similar to what you see in the front end. This means that users need to mentally translate what the content will look like when working with sophisticated layouts. Other solutions require taking a number of steps before you can start configuring your page layout, or endlessly switching tabs and performing tweaks and updates to see how your content is coming along, which can interrupt the creative process, as you wait for your content to reload.
A number of WordPress developers have come up with various solutions with the objective of addressing this issue. Some of these alternative solutions range from plugins you can install on your site that add new functionality to the editor, to WordPress themes that include built-in features like drag and drop editing …
(WordPress “drag and drop” editors aim to make creating complex layouts easier!)
Some solutions end up including so many page-building features, that users need to learn how to work with complicated-looking front end editors …
Many of these alternative solutions work fine, but they don’t really seem to address the fundamental challenge of using shortcodes and HTML as described earlier. Creating, 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 your web content to look ”perfect” quickly, this can become very frustrating.
Ask yourself this …
If there were no technical constraints, how would you like your web content builder to work?
Now, visualize this …
- You look at your content and if you spot something that needs fixing, simply click on the content and start typing. Your content is then instantly fixed.
- You can drag and drop elements on the page, and see them exactly as they will appear on the front end without having to mentally abstract from shortcodes or HTML.
- You have an idea for an item of content that you would like to add, so you just begin typing, and you build your web page as you go, without delays, without tab switching, and without having to wait for edits to refresh and reload.
Would that not be the ideal way to create content for your website? Just click-to-edit and drag and drop elements around the page?
(Imagine being able to create complex pages quickly for your web content with no 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 revolutionary plugin for WordPress that lets users quickly create and change content on their posts and pages with a true WYSIWYG click-to-edit and drag and drop content editor.
Thrive Content Builder provides WordPress users with a new and exciting way to speed up the process of creating content on.
Once installed, the plugin adds a visual content editor with a menu that lets you drag and drop elements on your web page …
(Thrive Content Builder adds a new content editing option to your WordPress site)
The Thrive Content Builder And Landing Pages 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.
Let’s review all of the above plugins and how all of this exciting functionality works together to help you easily transform and improve your business online and create awesome sales pages and content.
Thrive Content Builder Plugin For WordPress
This plugin lets you easily add content to your web pages and build complex page layouts using drag and drop elements …
Every aspect of your page can be designed, changed and repositioned using “drag and drop” and “click-to-edit” …
Once elements have been positioned on the page, you can then further customize or edit these without going through additional steps or switching tabs …
You can also build beautiful landing pages that can just as easily be edited or customized …
Thrive Content Builder and Landing Pages is simple, easy to use, and ideal for all WordPress users at all levels. In fact, designing pages with the plugin installed is so effortlessly easy, that the developers warn that once you start using it, you’ll never look back!
Learn more about this plugin here: Thrive Content Builder
The integrated Thrive Content and Page Builder plugin was created by the same team that developed Thrive Leads, another terrific plugin we’ve previously written about on this site.
See this page to read more about the plugin:
Plugin Benefits
Below are just some of the many benefits of using Thrive Content Builder to speed up your page design and content creation process:
Installation Is Easy And Fast
Thrive Content Builder installs like any WP plugin. Just upload a zip folder that contains the plugin files to your Plugins folder via your WP admin login and activate.
Edit Content In Real Time
Thrive Content Builder is is not only really simple and intuitive to use, it also lets you add content right inside your web pages in real-time.
A Truly Visual Editor
With Thrive Content Builder installed, what you see as you work within the editor – typefaces, visual elements, page layouts, etc. is exactly what your visitors will see on the front end of your site.
Some additional benefits and advantages include:
- Stunning Web Page Layouts With Drag & Drop Ease: Create any layout you can imagine with intuitive drag-and-drop functionality.
- Add Design Elements With No Shortcodes Required: With Thrive Content Builder you not only get a visually exciting click-to-edit WordPress content builder, but the plugin also includes an impressive collection of professional web design elements that you can insert into your content layouts without using shortcodes, for e.g.: tabbed content, content reveal feature, testimonials, countdown timers, etc.
- Ideal For Non-Technical Users: Not having to constantly switch tabs as you edit your content and then wait for the updates to load frees up your attention and allows you to build the pages your business needs, quickly and without having to edit code or click through multiple steps to get what you want done.
(Thrive Content Builder lets you easily insert, edit and customize web page elements like testimonials, flat design elements, text boxes, buttons, credit card icons, etc.)
Features
Thrive Content Builder provides many features to WP users. Here are just some of these features:
- Regular WordPress Editor Functionality Is Preserved: You have access to all of the regular WordPress editing options that you are used to (e.g. underlines, paragraph centering, heading styles, etc.),
- Drag And Drop Multi-Style Elements: The plugin makes a “drag and drop” table of elements available on your post or page screen when editing content.
- Conversion-Boosting Elements: The plugin provides you with a range of eye-catching and customizable elements that will help increase the effectiveness of your sales pages, including buttons and call-to-action elements, testimonials, and guarantee forms. In addition to customization options, multiple design options are also available for various elements.
- Mobile-Friendly Design: Add responsive elements like column layouts, boxes, content dividers, e.g. which will display correctly on devices with differently sized screens.
- Add Animation Events To Web Pages: Thrive Content Builder’s Event Manager feature lets you create animated buttons, trigger lightboxes and more!
(Add Animated Elements To Your Web Pages)
Thrive Landing Pages Plugin – Landing Page Templates
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 initial signup to purchase, product download and more.
(Thrive Landing Pages plugin gives you access to conversion-optimized page templates)
Thrive Landing Pages Plugin – Benefits
- Hosted on your own WordPress site
- Save time and money designing pages for your WordPress web site
- 100% conversion-optimized landing page templates
- No tech skills required
- Works with any WordPress theme
Thrive Landing Pages and Content Builder not only can be used to create beautiful-looking content in your WordPress posts and pages, but you can also choose from dozens of professionally designed, landing page templates that are conversion-optimized and fully customizable …
(Landing page sets that work together logically and use the same conversion-optimized design language)
There are currently over thirty templates available, with more templates being worked on. In addition to the templates shown above, expect to see new templates in the future for email lead generation, sales pages, course pages, personal branding pages, webinar pages and more.
Customizable Landing Page Template Sets
Normally, in order to fully customize landing page templates, you would need to either hire a web designer to do the work, or learn web coding languages like HTML and CSS and figure out what to do 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 mess around with code or use complex 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 attractive pre-built pages that are fully optimized and ready to go, and complete design freedom that allows you to change and customize any aspect of your page template …
The landing page templates included with this plugin let you do the following:
- Edit text in all buttons, headlines, bullet points, etc.
- Delete text, images or any other component of your landing page
- Change the background image or colours
- Edit the color of buttons, links, text, etc.
- Select your own fonts
- Use your own images
- Modify the size of the content area
- Rearrange the order of web page elements
- Translate pages into a different language
- Add any type of custom content in the pages
- Use pre-designed, customized pages, or create your own from scratch and save them as new page templates.
(Change and edit any aspect of your page template)
Thrive Lightbox – Transform Your Web Site Into A Marketing Machine
The Thrive plugin package also includes the Thrive Lightbox plugin, which lets you add fully configurable 2-step opt-in forms and events to your web pages …
(Add opt-in forms and animation to your sales pages with the Thrive Lightbox plugin)
2-Step Opt-in Forms
A 2-step opt-in process can help increase your conversion rates. When visitors click on an image or button they are presented with your opt-in form …
(Opt-in forms help improve your conversion rates.)
Thrive Lightbox Event Manager
An “event” consists of a trigger and an action. You can make opt-in forms appear when when visitors click or hover over a button or an image, or when someone reaches a certain point on the page. You can also use the Event Manager to animate attention-getting elements on your web pages, using various effects (e.g. zoom in from the page center, slide in from top to bottom, roll out, 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 your events, triggers and design.
Testimonials From Users
Below are just some testimonials that users have written about Thrive Content Builder:
”You guys are simply awesome I am loving everything you are doing at the moment. Keep up the great work you really are making such a big difference in this field. Jule Fuller”
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“I’m blown away by the plugin. Keep up the incredible, WordPress changing work, guys! Dean Phillips”
Thrive Content Builder – Tips
Thrive Content Builder works with any WordPress theme, not just with Thrive Landing Pages. Note, however, that you cannot use Thrive Content Builder to edit content on existing pages or posts that were not created with the plugin installed.
You can add WordPress shortcodes inside the Content Builder or Landing Pages plugin and they will be displayed correctly on on your site.
Thrive Lightbox works with any content you build with Thrive Content Builder.
Product Support
Thrive Landing Pages and Content Builder Plugin provides free updates, new landing pages and upcoming features. The plugin developers are constantly working on adding new features and improving existing ones.
Thrive software is very well-supported, and users get unlimited upgrades, and one year unlimited support with their purchase, backed by a no-risk, 30 day, complete refund guarantee.
This is an exciting product that just keeps getting better.
Product Pricing
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 Licensing – This option enables you to set up the plugin on one site only. Includes full feature set, unlimited updates and 1 year of unlimited support. Price = $59.00.
- Unlimited Sites Edition – This lets you set up the plugin on unlimited domains that you personally own. Includes full feature set, unlimited updates and 1 year of unlimited support. Price = $87.00.
- Agency License – Use on all your web sites and on client domains. Cost includes access to Thrive Content Builder, plus all Thrive Themes & Thrive Plugins. Price = $247.00 per year.
Please Note: The price of this product can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. When we last checked, the product sells for the prices shown above. This may or may not be the actual pricing charged by the product developer when you visit the plugin site and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after purchasing.
Check the plugin’s website for current pricing details:
Additional Information
The Thrive Landing Pages and Content Builder plugin developers repeatedly 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 web page elements and template sets that help to speed up page design and content creation, and on the other hand, you have 100% control over your design process and the freedom to change everything on your page, using the plugin’s visual content editor, that lets you get things done without having to open multiple dialog boxes.
For a demo video of the plugin, including installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, support help desk, contact details and more, visit the Thrive website.
Get The Plugin …
If you want to edit something, you click on the element and start editing. If you want to change something, do it, and you will see the change happen immediately. If you want to move something, just drag it and drop it into its new location. There are no complicated steps involved.
If you want to transform and improve your site and create awesome marketing pages and content, this plugin delivers an incredible conversion-boosting package with a single, inexpensive plugin.
For full details, visit the plugin website here:
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