WordPress has evolved from being just a simple blogging application into a tool that can be used to create all kinds of web sites.
Whatever you can think of, somewhere around the world someone is bound to be already building it with WordPress!
In this article you will discover the ultimate click-to-edit front end builder for WordPress sites.
Drag And Drop Content Editors For WordPress
The WordPress Visual Editor – Is There An Easier Way For Creating Amazing-Looking Content In WordPress?
Using the built-in WordPress WYSIWYG editor to create or edit complex layouts can sometimes be challenging.
(The WordPress content editor is great for adding, formatting and editing “linear” content, but adding more complex page elements can be quite challenging!)
For example, if you look at the screenshot below …
Adding the above to a page would require inserting something like this inside your WordPress content editor …
Typically, this is not an issue … unless you need to change your layout (for example, move some of the content from box 3 into box 2, or change the background color in a box from bright red to gray. Then, you’re stuck having to mess around with page code or html.
The WordPress visual editor is supposed to give non-technical users an easy-to-use WYSIWYG content editor, but as you can see, if you are trying to edit more complex page elements, what you see in the visual editor is not really what you get …
(“What You See” isn’t always “What You Get” … unless you can visualize code!)
In some cases, you could be better off working with the html source itself instead of the WordPress visual editor when trying to create complex layouts …
Even though WordPress is extremely easy to use, this makes it hard for non-technical website owners to fully manage their own content.
The fundamental issue about having to use HTML and shortcodes to create content in the default WordPress editor can be summarized by asking the following questions:
1) Speed – How long does it take to create a web page using the 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, what you see when working in the back end doesn’t look even remotely similar to what you see in the front end. This means that you need to abstract 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 switching tabs and performing updates to see how your content is coming along, which can affect how fast you can create your content, as you wait for for your updated content to load.
Many WordPress developers have tried to come up with a range of solutions aiming to address this issue. These solutions range from standalone WordPress plugins you can install on your site that add new functionality to the editor, to WordPress themes that provide built-in features like drag and drop editing …
(WordPress “drag and drop” editors aim to make creating complex layouts easier!)
Some solutions require so many page design features, that users need to learn how to work with complicated-looking front end content editors …
Many of these solutions work, but they still don’t address the fundamental issue of using HTML and shortcodes as described earlier. Creating and adding sophisticated content elements on a 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 layouts quickly, this can start to become very frustrating.
Ask yourself this …
If there were no technical constraints, how would you like to build and edit your web content?
Now, imagine the following …
- You spot something in the content that needs correction so you, just click on the content and start changing it. Your content has been instantly changed.
- 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 translate any HTML or shortcodes.
- You have an idea for a specific item of content that you would like to add, so you immediately begin typing, and you build your web page as you go, without delays, no tab switching, and without having to wait for new pages to republish and reload.
Would this not be the perfect way to build content for your WordPress web site? Just click-to-edit and drag and drop elements around your pages and posts?
(Imagine being able to create complex pages quickly 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 Landing Pages And Content Builder
Plugin Description
Thrive Content Builder is a truly intuitive WordPress click-to-edit drag-and-drop content building plugin.
Thrive Content Builder is a new and exciting way to speed up the process of adding content to WordPress websites.
Once installed, the plugin adds a visual content editor and an item menu that lets you click, then drag and drop design elements to your page …
(Thrive Content Builder adds a new content builder to your WordPress site)
The 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 examine each of the above and how all of this functionality works together to help you easily transform and improve your web presence and create awesome sales pages and content.
Thrive Content Builder – WordPress Plugin
With this plugin installed easily add content to your web pages and build complex page layouts using drag and drop elements …
Every element on your page can be built using ”click-to-edit” and “drag and drop” …
Once you have positioned your elements on your page, you can then edit them without going through additional steps or complicated option screens …
The built-in Thrive Landing Pages also lets you work inside stunning landing pages and easily edit these …
Thrive Content Builder and Landing Pages is simple, easy to use, and ideal for all WordPress users at all levels. In fact, working on content with the plugin installed is so amazingly easy, that the developers guarantee that once you start using it, you’ll never look back!
Learn more about this plugin here: Thrive Content Builder
Thrive Content Builder and Thrive Landing Pages were created by the same team that developed Thrive Leads, another excellent plugin we’ve recommended on this site.
See this post to read about the plugin:
Benefits Of Using Thrive Content Builder And Landing Pages
Here we have listed just some of the benefits and advantages of using Thrive Content Builder to speed up content creation:
Be Up And Running In No Time
Thrive Content Builder installs like any WP plugin. Just upload the plugin file to your Plugins folder via your administrator section and activate.
Real-Time Content Content Creation
Thrive Content Builder is simple to use and lets you create and edit content in real-time.
What You See Is Really What You Get
With Thrive Content Builder installed, what you see as you work within the editor – typefaces, elements, page layouts, etc. is exactly what your visitors will see on the front end of your site.
Some additional benefits and advantages include:
- Eye-Catching Web Page Layouts With Drag-And-Drop Ease: Create any layout you can imagine with drag-and-drop ease.
- Add Customizable Elements Without Using Short Codes: With the Thrive Content Builder plugin you not only get a visually exciting drag and drop content editor, but the plugin also includes an impressive collection of customizable web design elements that you can customizable and insert into your content layouts without using short codes, like tabbed content, star ratings for review pages, testimonials, responsive maps, etc.
- Ideal For Non-Technical Users: Not having to deal with technical stuff, or wait for your page to refresh frees up your attention and allows you to be more focused while you build content or click through multiple layers of menus to get what you need done.
(Easily add, edit and customize web page elements like testimonial boxes, flat design elements, feature grids, section dividers, custom HTML and CSS, etc.)
Plugin Features
Thrive Content Builder offers WP users a number of powerful features. Below we have listed just some of these:
- Built-In Content Editor Functionality Is Preserved: You have access to all of the built-in WordPress editing options that you are used to (e.g. bold, centering text, font styles, etc.),
- Drag And Drop Multi-Style Elements: The plugin makes a “drag and drop” list of elements available on your post or page screen when editing content.
- Conversion-Boosting Elements: The plugin provides you with various eye-catching and customizable elements that will help increase your sales conversions, including buttons and call-to-action elements, testimonial boxes, and guarantee forms. In addition to customization options, various elements also offer multiple design options.
- Responsive Element Design: Add responsive columns, guarantee boxes, section dividers, e.g. which will display great on all different kinds of devices.
- Add Animation Events To Web Pages: The Event Manager feature lets you add animated buttons, trigger lightboxes and more!
(Add Animated Elements To Your Web Pages)
Thrive Landing Pages – 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 initial signup to purchase, product download and more.
(Thrive Landing Pages plugin gives you access to conversion-optimized page templates)
Thrive Landing Pages – Benefits
- Everything is hosted on your own WordPress site
- Save time building landing pages
- 100% conversion-optimized pages
- No tech skills needed
- Works with any theme
Thrive Content Builder and Landing Pages not only can be used to 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 …
(Landing page sets that work together logically and use the same conversion-optimized design language)
There are 30+ templates available, with more templates scheduled for release. In addition to the existing templates, expect to see new templates in the future for email lead generation, sales pages, lesson pages, personal branding pages, webinar pages and more.
Fully Customizable And Flexible Landing Page Template
Typically, in order to fully customize a landing page template, you would need to either pay a web site designer to do the work, or learn web coding languages like HTML and CSS 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 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 great-looking pre-built pages that are fully optimized and ready to go, and complete design freedom that allows you to change or customize anything on your page template …
The landing page templates included with this plugin let you do the following:
- Edit text in any headline, bullet point, button, etc.
- Delete text, images or any other part of your landing page
- Change the background image or background colors
- Edit the color of text, links, buttons, etc.
- Choose your own fonts
- Select your own images
- Edit the size of the content area
- Rearrange the order of elements on your page
- Translate everything on the page into a different language
- Add any kind of custom content in the pages
- Start with a blank web page and create your own templates, or even build your own library of custom landing page templates.
(Change or customize any element of your page)
Transform Your Site Into A Powerful Marketing Machine With Thrive Lightbox Plugin
The Thrive plugin combo includes Thrive Lightbox, which lets you add fully customizable 2-step opt-in forms and animated elements to your web site …
(Add opt-in forms and events to your pages with Thrive Lightbox)
Thrive Lighbox 2-Step Opt-in Forms
A 2-step opt-in process helps increase 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 2-step opt-in process)
Thrive Lightbox Event Manager
An “event” consists of a trigger and an action. You can make opt-in forms appear when your visitor clicks or hovers 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 page, using various effects (e.g. fade in, slide in from bottom to top, rotate, etc.
(Set up and manage events on your pages with Thrive Lightbox)
A lightbox and event is created automatically for your landing pages, but you also have complete control over events, triggers and design.
Feedback From Plugin Customers
Here are a couple of the testimonials and feedback 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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”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 – Useful Tips
Thrive Content Builder works with any WordPress theme, not just with the Thrive Landing Pages plugin. Note, however, that you cannot use Thrive Content Builder to edit content that was not created using the plugin.
You can add short codes inside Thrive Content Builder or Thrive Landing Pages and they will display correctly when published.
Thrive Lightbox works with any content built with Thrive Content Builder.
Product Support
Thrive Content Builder and Landing Pages provides free updates, new landing pages and upcoming features. The plugin developers are constantly working on adding new features and improving existing ones.
Thrive plugins are well-supported, and users get lifetime software updates, and 1 year unlimited support with their purchase, backed by a risk-free, thirty day, full refund guarantee.
This is an exciting product that just keeps getting better.
Software Price
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 enables you to configure the plugin on one site only. Cost includes full feature set, unlimited updates and one year of unlimited support. Cost = $59.00.
- Unlimited Sites Licensing – This license lets you activate the plugin on unlimited web sites that you personally own. Cost includes full feature set, unlimited updates and one year of unlimited support. Cost = $87.00.
- Agency Edition – This license option allows you to run the plugin on all of your own websites and your client domains. Includes access to Thrive Content Builder, plus all Thrive Themes & Thrive Plugins. Cost = $247.00 per year.
Note: The price of this product depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. The price above was current at the time this content was published. This may not be the actual price set by the plugin developer when you visit the website and you may be shown additional upsells or one-time offers after you’ve purchased.
Check the plugin’s website for the current price here:
Additional Info
The developers of the Thrive Content Builder plugin 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 templates that help to speed up your content creation, and on the other hand, you have complete control over your design process and the ability to change everything on your web page, using the plugin’s visual content editor, which allows you to see exactly how the content you are working on will display on the “front end” after being published.
For ”how to” videos showing plugin usage, including help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, support help desk, contact details and more, visit the Thrive Content Builder website.
Install This Plugin …
If you want to edit something, just 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, you drag it and drop it into its new location. There are no additional steps involved.
If you want to transform and improve your web site and create amazing sales pages, streamlined landing pages and engaging content, Thrive Landing Pages and Content Builder delivers an incredible conversion-boosting package with a single, inexpensive plugin.
For full details, check out the plugin here:
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