Featured Plugin: Page Builder by SiteOrigin
Pros:
- FREE!
Who doesn’t like free? - Easy drag and drop interface
Create as many columns as you want, drop in some widgets and away you go. - Responsive layouts and columns
Layouts automatically adjust to the current screen size. - Time Saver
Quickly create the layouts you want without having to learn HTML. - Saved History
Made a change that’s not working for you, no problem, switch back to a previous version of page! - It’s a plugin, not part of your theme
So when you decide to move on to another theme, you don’t have to re-configure all your content in another system. - Widely used and actively developed
New features added regularly & bugs patched.
Cons: (Maybe?)
- FREE
Support will not be as fast as with a paid plugin. - Lose layout & formatting if you deactivate the plugin
Once you create all your pages, if you decide to deactivate or stop using the plugin, you will lose all your formatting, and have to re-create your layouts. - Some loss of customization
Since you can’t edit the HTML directly, you may be locked into doing things the way that the plugin does them for you.
Watch a video about how it works and download it here:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/siteorigin-panels/