{"id":121,"date":"2018-01-15T10:00:09","date_gmt":"2018-01-15T08:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpctrl.com\/?p=121"},"modified":"2023-08-04T17:20:29","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T14:20:29","slug":"wpbakery-page-builder-speed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpctrl.com\/wpbakery-page-builder-speed\/","title":{"rendered":"Is WPBakery Page Builder Slowing Down Your Page? See the Speed Test Results"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When I first discovered WPBakery Page Builder and its simplicity I was blown away!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was creating better and better-looking\u00a0websites, with amazing effects and out-of-the-box design, which was a challenge\u00a0even for some designer pros.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Yeah…but that was in 2017.<\/strong>
The sad reality is that WP Bakery fell behind and was overtaken by its competitors. If you read this in 2026, and you thinking of using (or you already use) WP Bakery Page builder for your website, you will be better off switching to Elementor or even better a Gutenberg blocks theme.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

WPBakery Page Builder changed the way regular users create websites in WordPress. It comes packed with most of the themes on Theme Forest today and it’s probably the most well-recognized page builder in the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the following add-ons and extensions<\/a>, you can basically create anything you want.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What’s the WPBakery Page Builder downside?<\/h2>\n\n\n
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In the last couple of years, everyone’s focus turned from the amazing parallax sections and animations to performance, speed, and SEO friendliness. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visual builders are great for providing easy ways for the regular user to create custom pages, but this comes with a price – Speed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WPBakery Page Builder and other similar page builders increase the page code size, adding lots of shortcodes, scripts, and styles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is now a content-driven game, everything is in the words. \u041cinimalist themes and lightweight code displaced the visual effects and fireworks.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Another big factor for the WPBakery Page Builder holdback was the growing number of mobile users. Smaller screens and mobile data connection require another approach to UI, which has no space for fancy sections and animated video backgrounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the end of the day, results are what everyone seeks, not visual pleasure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What’s the difference between a standard HTML page, and one built with WPBakery Page Builder?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Usually, a page designed with the Page Builder has additional code and requests, which result in slower load time compared to a clean HTML page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These additional scripts add up to your page load time and drastically slow down your website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can reduce the “damage” by choosing a fast hosting plan<\/a> or optimizing your website speed<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Check this article<\/a> on how to use a free plugin like Asset Clean <\/strong>up to unload unnecessary scripts and improve your pages load time!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WPBakery Page Builder vs. Elementor Comparison Tests<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Test #1 – Hepta Theme<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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For the purpose of this test, I tested two absolutely identical websites – One made with the WPBakery Page Builder and one with Elementor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both versions of the theme are absolutely identical, they use the same images with the same size, the only difference is the building blocks of the page builder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Test information:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n