I try to use any less plugin as possible, here is a list of my tools: Bricks page builder ACF Pro Core Framework WPCodeBox 2 RankMath FluentSMTP FluentForm
Bricks Builder Advanced Themer Happy files JetEngine WPVivid Solid Security Rank Math ACSS Frames BricksMaven Happy to see many of the shared items in the stack
Excellent list! I'm considering Bricksforge but haven't come to a use case / justification yet. Currently, I'm using: Bricks / Happy files ACSS / Frames SEOPress Pro ACF Pro ASE Fluent Forms / SMTP / Snippets PhastPress / Meteor Termageddon Wordfence WPvivid (used both for backups and migrations)
Superb tech stack mate. My default installs depend.on the builder I use for a particular project, but I'm definitely steering towards Bricks as THE default builder, and using most of those you've mentioned.
100%. Cleaner code, better accessibility and you can achieve 90+ page speed on mobile quite easily as long as you know what you’re doing. If you get Bricks then get ACSS as well so you can build websites really quickly. You need to learn CSS especially well though if you want to get the most out of Bricks.
@@KOBE42__ Interesting. I do know raw html and moderate to almost advanced CSS so no problem there. I've always had difficulty seeing good pagespeed scores with divi on mobile despite every caching mechanism, optimization, cloudflare CDN, image optimizations, etc. Would be amazing to get pages loaded in under a second or two. Divi has a ton of bloat where it adds so much code for pages that don't use that specific code.
Bricks Builder ACSS Frames Advanced Themer JetEngine (Thinking of switching to ACF Pro) WP Codebox 2 Happy Files Pro SEOpress Siteground Security and Optimiser If anyone has tried both ACF Pro and JetEngine, please let me know which is better and why.
Bricks is a one man shop it can be closed at any time so don't waste your time on it and it has tons of addons as well. Affiliates simply hype for their own underground payment. The founder built HappyFiles also but it never had any update since then.
Great tutorial as always, Paul. One question related to Core Framework: How do you manage/config the Typography and Spacing variables values? Do you input manual values or you use the "Scale Ratio" options that they provide? I find it very dificult to get the desired values using the scale ratio (1.25, 1.333 etc), for example the 2xl is too big and xl is too small. Meanwhile I see that people recommend using them for a good hieararchy of design. btw never found any tutorial related exactly to this topic, in the Figma design tutorials they always use static values for spacing and typo.
Is there any free plugin that allows to save contacts from contact forms? I used WP Forms with Constant Contact but the trial ending means the integration also will end. A Simple Plugin that saves the email addresses will be helpful!
There's no lifetime deal for ACF pro. Also, their renewal policy is this: "Do I need to renew my license? Yes. Licenses are renewed automatically each year to give you continued access to premium features and plugin updates. You may also opt-out from auto renewals in favour of manual control from your online account." This wording means you will lose all functionality ifnyou don't renew... .
I always start new projects with: - Bricks Builder - Advanced Theme (with ACF Pro) - ACSS as framework - Brixies That's all that I need... then, sometimes, I use fancy bricks templates, and fancy animatios, or bricks maven or frames, as templates.
