Elementor, ACF, Bosstrap – in which technology to build your site on WordPress?
WordPress is free software that allows you to build websites. This is one of the most popular solutions that will be perfect for small, medium and large enterprises that do not need very specialized and unusual solutions. However, WordPress alone is not enough, because in order to build a full-fledged website, then you need to install a few additional plug-ins. Today we will introduce three of them: Elementor, ACF, and Bosstrap.
Elementor
Elementor is one of the most popular editors that even novice Web Designers can handle. The goal of the developers of this solution was to make the process of creating a site on WordPress as simple as possible. Thanks to their efforts, you don’t need to have advanced knowledge of HTML or CSS, and you can still successfully build a working and professional website. The plugin is available in both free and paid versions, but today we will deal with the former. However, there is no need to worry, as even the basic version contains many useful features that will allow you to operate freely. The whole system is based on the fact that you build a site a bit like building blocks. You select the function you need from the list and drag it to your page. There are many graphic options available to personalize the design. However, keep in mind that not all themes work with this plugin.
Do we recommend?
Of course! We are proficient in web design and no specialized solutions are alien to us. However, the inclusion of Elementor in the project, is a great convenience for our customers. Thanks to its intuitive operation and simple handling, they can make minor changes themselves, after we have already commissioned the site. Elementor makes it easy to replace the photo, change the text color or even the content itself here! Doing it yourself is much faster than outsourcing such intervention to professionals. After all, they have new projects and tasks that will not allow them to react quickly. Of course, we always offer support and assistance to our customers, but we want to ensure that they can make small changes on their own.
Advanced Custom Fields
This plugin is an excellent (and in our humble opinion, essential) tool for professional WordPress developers. It was designed to manage the custom fields of CMS WordPress, and was created by Elliot Condon. With ongoing updates, it is always compatible with WordPress. The developers are constantly developing and improving their product, which we can use in the basic version – free, or be tempted to go for the paid PRO version. Adding custom fields is a great option for sites that require unusual, personalized solutions. Most of the ready-made formulas require us to use a specific scheme, which will not work in every case. By including ACF in WordPress, we can add meta fields to pages or posts and give them the values we want directly while editing the page. Through a custom field entry system, we can add elements such as an image, file or text to pages and create links between them.
Do we recommend?
Definitely yes! Though of course for more advanced web developers. The Advanced Custom Fields plugin is a tool that significantly extends the capabilities of WordPress so that you can customize your site for your individual needs. It not only introduces a wide selection of field types, but also allows you to group, add or assign them to specific subpages. For us, an equally key option is the ability to prepare an admin panel for the client, so that he can edit and operate the site himself after it is handed over. It is one of the most popular WordPress plugins for a reason.
Bootstrap
It’s a tool that certainly makes it easier and faster for anyone building websites. Bootstrap is free and can be used for commercial projects. All this makes it one of the most popular collection of open-source libraries in the world. The sites and applications created with this plugin have a modular structure, so they can be modified and expanded quite easily later. It is mainly used to design and create frontend code for responsive websites and applications. Bootstrap can be adapted to almost any website design.
Do we recommend?
Yes! Definitely, the plug-in makes working on a website or mobile application much more convenient and efficient. This plugin was created to make working on the visual and technical aspects of the site more intuitive and simpler. Especially in terms of responsiveness and mobile-first. Of course, this plug-in is not the only one of its kind on the market, but it is one of the better ones, as it is constantly being updated and improved. Of course, all of this can be done without using this type of plug-in, but it will make the whole process much longer and more difficult. And as we all know, time is money.
