● Introduction Wix and WordPress.com can both help you build, host and manage a website without purchasing conventional web hosting separately. But they approach that job from very different directions. Wix is an integrated website and business platform. It combines visual website building, AI-assisted creation, hosting, blogging, CMS functionality, SEO, ecommerce, payments, bookings, marketing, analytics…
● Introduction Building a website used to involve making a fairly straightforward choice. You could use a website builder for simplicity. Or you could choose a content management system such as WordPress for greater flexibility and control. That distinction has become considerably less clear. Wix has evolved from a relatively straightforward drag-and-drop website builder into…
● Introduction Beaver Builder and Divi are established WordPress page builders, but they represent two noticeably different approaches to visual website building. Beaver Builder emphasises a relatively focused professional workflow. Its front-end editor, reusable content, responsive controls, Beaver Themer integration, multisite capabilities on higher plans and white-labelling functionality make it particularly relevant to freelancers, developers…
● Introduction Elementor and Divi are two of the most established visual website-building ecosystems available for WordPress. Both can take you considerably beyond the standard WordPress editing experience. Both provide visual drag-and-drop building, responsive design controls, site-wide templates, dynamic content, reusable design systems, WooCommerce functionality and increasingly sophisticated tools for building complete WordPress websites. But…
● Introduction Divi has been one of the most recognisable names in the WordPress page-builder market for years, but evaluating it in 2026 requires looking beyond its established reputation. Divi 5 has arrived. Elegant Themes has rebuilt and expanded the Divi experience with a new generation of its visual builder, introducing features including Flexbox, CSS…
● Introduction Choosing between Beaver Builder and Elementor is not simply a matter of deciding which WordPress page builder has the longest feature list. Both let you visually design WordPress websites without building every page from code. Both provide drag-and-drop editing, responsive controls, reusable content, templates and more advanced functionality through their paid products. But…
● Introduction Choosing an ecommerce platform is one of those decisions that can look straightforward at first. You need somewhere to display products, accept payments and process orders. Pick a platform, build the store and start selling. In reality, the platform you choose can affect almost every part of running an ecommerce business — from…
● Introduction WordPress.com Commerce vs Shopify is an interesting comparison because both platforms can provide the infrastructure required to build and run an online store. But they approach ecommerce from fundamentally different directions. WordPress.com Commerce combines managed WordPress hosting with WooCommerce, giving businesses access to the flexibility of the wider WordPress and WooCommerce ecosystem while…
● Introduction Building an online store with WordPress can give you enormous flexibility, but it can also leave you responsible for assembling several different pieces. You need WordPress hosting. You need ecommerce functionality. You may need premium extensions for more advanced selling features. You need backups, security, performance tools, payment processing, shipping options and a…
● Introduction Building a customised WordPress website no longer requires creating every page through custom code. Visual page builders allow bloggers, small businesses, freelancers, agencies, and website designers to create layouts through a graphical editing environment. However, choosing a WordPress page builder involves more than finding a drag-and-drop editor. Website owners also need to consider:…