What’s best for you

Since the dawn of WordPress Facebook groups, the question has remained the same: “What X should I use?”.

From hosting companies to page builders, this question has been beaten to death.

Those posts are filled with dozens of answers bursting with conviction, so you’d think it would be settled by now — but it only seems to get worse with every new shiny object that hits the shelves.

The anxiety around builders seems to be at an all-time high right now… With the emergence of blocks becoming viable coupled with the Oxygen debacle — a lot of people are wondering what to do.

We spend a lot of time arguing over features when I think what we should be doing is asking “What’s important to me?” and “Where am I willing to compromise?”. All of these tools are totally capable — but they all come with a compromise.

Here are some overly simplified examples with the tools I’ve used…

• Elementor makes everything easy and includes a lot of functionality, but in exchange for that ease, you may have to give up some performance.
• Oxygen can give you the ultimate in flexibility and produces fast websites, but that comes with a steep learning curve and can be a bit buggy.
• GenerateBlocks are easy and highly performant, but they can be limited in functionality and flexibility.

I’ve landed on GenerateBlocks because performance is so important to me — important enough that I’ll give up some of the functionality in exchange.

But that’s not a compromise that makes sense for everyone. If you’re building a lot of complex Woo sites (for example), then GenerateBlocks may not be a great choice for you.

A Porsche 911 might be a great car, unless you’re trying to haul around your 5 kids.

Crocs might be the most comfortable footwear, unless you’re running track.

Books are the ultimate education tool, unless you don’t know how to read.

Context is really important — but it’s often lost in these kinds of threads… and that’s why I’m so excited about my upcoming conversation with Dave Foy.

Dave is making his way back to WordPress after a few years away, and evaluating all the tools on the market.

In this call, we’ll have the ability to take a deeper dive into all the benefits and drawbacks as Dave interviews me about why I rebuilt The Admin Bar website with GenerateBlocks, how it all works, and what kinds of compromises I had to make when leaving Oxygen.

If GenerateBlocks is something you’ve been interested in, I think this conversation will be really helpful in either attracting you to it, or eliminating it from contention.

Either way, I won’t be trying to convince you my way is better — only why it was the best choice for me.

And that’s all that really matters — what’s best for you.