Page Builder by SiteOrigin-Review

Page Builder by SiteOrigin is one of the best page builder plugins in WordPress. Let us see how it stacks up against other page builder plugin in this review article.

Functionalities

Installing this plugin is as easy as installing any other WordPress plugin. After installing you can see a new Page Builder tab on top of the page.

To edit a page with the Page Builder plugin go to Dashboard→ Pages→ Add New. Click on the Page Builder tab.

You will get the Page Builder interface for editing your page.

You can add widgets, row, layouts from this interface on to your page. But when you try to convert an existing page, it will first take your permission before copying.

To get more ideas about the Page Builder functionalities, have a look at their documentation.

But, you will get the full exclusive features on the Pro version.

Features

So let us talk about the features of the Page Builder by SiteOrigin.Because it’s the features that makes the product unique than others.

Simple Drag n Drop
Has an exclusive widget and row design
No coding required
Works with any kind of WordPress themes
All the functions on a single page
History Browser
Live Editor

Advantages

The advantages are,

No steep learning curve
It provides everything from buttons to images and maps to sliders
Mobile Responsive
Fast content loading
Diversity in language. Available in 17 languages
Search Engine friendly

Drawbacks

It can not save any template but clone it
Doesn’t have any customization options for individual columns
Lack of exclusive templates
Premium support not available

For Developers

Page Builder by SiteOrigin has action hooks and filters to customize the Rest API, make the page builder more customizable and automate the process. They have,

Filtering HTML Structure.
Filtering CSS.
Filtering Custom Row Options.

For WebMasters

For all the web designers out there, this Page Builder plugin is like a breath of fresh air. With its intuitive interface, any client can make some minor requirements as per their requirements. Therefore, reducing the time needed to design the page.

Also, a clean code is generated when using Page Builder. This code can be used for advanced customization.

Technical Report

Loc

Lines of code 10892
Logical lines of code 8861
Comment lines of code 2013

Object-oriented Programming

Classes 40
Interface 0
Methods 452
Methods by class 11.3
Lack of cohesion of methods 5.7

Coupling

Average afferent coupling 1.45
Average efferent coupling 2.9
Average instability 0.71
Depth of Inheritance Tree 1.25

Package

Packages 1
Average classes per package 40
Average distance 0
Average incoming class dependencies 0
Average outgoing class dependencies 0
Average incoming package dependencies 0
Average outgoing package dependencies 0

Complexity

Average Cyclomatic complexity by class 45.6
Average Weighted method count by class 56.05
Average Relative system complexity 237.55
Average Difficulty 16.29