We're excited to announce our biggest sale of the year to celebrate Visual Composer's Birthday anniversary! From June 17 to June 28, you can get up to 50% off on all our premium licenses and upgrades. This is the best time to upgrade your plan with our powerful website builder and access all premium features.

Sale Details

• Date valid: From June 17 to June 28, 2024
• Discounts: Up to 50% off all Visual Composer premium licenses:
  • 30% OFF Single for 1 website – Save $14.70
  • 40% OFF Plus for 5 websites – Save $39.60
  • 30% OFF Accelerate for 20 websites – Save $44.70
  • 50% OFF Agency for 1000 websites – Save $174.50
  • 20% OFF Lifetime for 1 website – Save $29.80

Premium Features Included

Every premium license comes with powerful features to make your website creation process better:

• Drag & Drop Builder – Easily create your website by dragging and dropping elements where you want them.
• 300+ Content Elements – Choose from over 300 elements like text, images, buttons, and more to build your site.
• 200+ Templates – Start quickly with more than 200 pre-designed templates that you can customize.
• Font Manager – Access a wide range of fonts to make your site look just the way you want.
• Theme Builder – Design and customize every part of your theme, including headers, footers, and sidebars.
• Popup Builder – Create engaging popups to capture visitors' attention and grow your audience.
• Insights Analytics – Get real-time analytics to improve your SEO rankings & website performance.
• Free Stock Images – Use a library of hundreds of thousands of high-quality, and fully-licensed free stock images.
• Premium Support – Get priority support from our expert team whenever you need help.

Discounts on Upgrades

Already using Visual Composer Premium? Upgrade to a higher plan during the sale and pay only the difference! This is a great chance to get more licenses and support your growth.

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Don’t miss out on this incredible sale! Mark your calendar and upgrade to Visual Composer premium from June 17 to June 28 to enjoy these exclusive discounts.

Stay tuned for more updates and let's celebrate another 13 amazing years with Visual Composer!

In a world where technology and environmental sustainability are becoming increasingly intertwined, Visual Composer is joining the WordPress Gives A Hand movement for the 4th year in a row. In 2023, we will donate to One Tree Planted - an organization whose main focus is the global restoration of forests.

If this is your first time hearing about the movement - WordPress Gives A Hand is a global initiative that brings together businesses, organizations, and individuals associated with the WordPress ecosystem. Each partner chooses a cause close to them and donates part of their revenue during the charity event. This year it’s from December 25th to December 31st.

Why Trees Matter

This year we chose to support One Tree Planted, a non-profit organization dedicated to global reforestation.

Trees play a crucial role in maintaining the balance of our ecosystem and over the years deforestation has made an impact on climate change. It has been destroying the homes of more than half the world's land-based plants and animals, and three-quarters of all birds. So one way to reduce the damage is by planting more trees and One Tree Planted is doing just that.

Trees Planted Over The Years

Source: One Tree Planted

One Tree Planted has planted over 92.7 million trees in more than 80 countries since 2014 and we’re proud to be part of the future of reforestation.

How You Can Contribute

You can join Visual Composer and other WordPress community members and be a part of this collective effort.

By purchasing Visual Composer for your website building needs during the last full week of the year, you are indirectly contributing to the WordPress Gives A Hand movement and supporting the valuable work of One Tree Planted.

Here are other WordPress companies joining WordPress Gives a hand this year. By purchasing from any of them, you’ll be part of our collective movement.

• WPBakery is donating to One Tree Planted
• Indystack is donating to SOS Children’s Village Croatia
• WPCommerz is donateing to UNICEF
• Amelia, wpDataTables, Trafft, and WPAleks are donating to Budi Human
• Themeisle is donating to Akshaya Patra
• PublishPress is donating to The Narwhal
• CatFolders is donating to Idea Hub Nepal
• Brandy by YayCommerce is donating to Society Path
• TranslatePress and Cozmoslabs are donating to SOS Children's Villages Romania
• YITH is donating to One Tree Planted
• And last but not least, LeDetailWP is donating to Onward Eugene

Let’s create positive change together, one tree at a time

Visual Composer's participation in the WordPress Gives A Hand movement marks a significant step towards a more sustainable and environmentally conscious future. As businesses increasingly recognize the importance of corporate social responsibility, the WordPress community sets a great example by intertwining technological innovation with a commitment to preserving our planet for future generations.

Keep an eye out for upcoming updates, and let's create a lasting impact together!

We're thrilled to introduce you to Ultimate Addons for Visual Composer, a game-changing addon that extends and enhances the functionality of the Visual Composer Website Builder. It gives you access to an impressive library of additional elements, templates, blocks, and more.

In this blog post, we'll explore its features, provide a step-by-step guide on getting started, and take you behind the scenes of the fascinating journey of bringing this remarkable add-on to life, directly from the creators themselves.

Discovering Ultimate Addons for Visual Composer

Let's start with what matters most — the features.

Elements and Extensions: Expanding Your Design Arsenal

One of the standout features of Ultimate Addons for Visual Composer is its extensive library of over 150 elements and extensions. From advanced post grids and captivating content elements to interactive containers and eye-catching e-commerce pricing tables, these additions open up a world of possibilities for enhancing your website's look and functionality.

And the best part? You can customize these elements to perfectly align with your brand's unique style, ensuring a seamless integration into your website's aesthetics.

Templates: Streamlining Your Design Process

It doesn't just stop at elements and extensions. Ultimate Addons for Visual Composer offers over 225 pre-designed templates. Crafted with expertise, these templates cater to a wide range of industries and niches. Whether you need a stunning landing page, an elegant portfolio showcase, or a simple blog layout, these templates have got you covered.

With just a few clicks, you can have a professional-looking page up and running. These templates save you time and ensure your website leaves a lasting impression.

Blocks: Elevating the Visual Experience

Creating an immersive web experience has never been easier. Thanks to Ultimate Addons' collection of over 390 professionally designed blocks, you can effortlessly captivate your website visitors.

These blocks are not just visually striking, they're built with responsiveness in mind. This means your design layouts will shine on any device, whether it's a desktop, tablet, or mobile phone.

Unmatched Value: Empowering Your Web Journey

Now, let's talk value. Ultimate Addons doesn't just provide you with an exceptional toolkit for website building and design, it offers a deal that's hard to beat.

For just $69, you get access to all the powerful features of Visual Composer (valued at $149), including the complete theme builder. But that's not all – you also receive a lifetime license for Ultimate Addons, along with hundreds of additional templates, blocks, and elements to supercharge your website's functionality.

Think of it as a comprehensive package that empowers you to unlock the full potential of your WordPress website without breaking the bank.

Getting Started with Ultimate Addons for Visual Composer

Getting started with Ultimate Addons for Visual Composer is easy. Simply follow these steps:

1. Purchase and download the addon from CodeCanyon.
2. In your WordPress dashboard, go to Plugins > Add New.
3. Click "Upload Plugin," choose the addon file, and click "Install Now."
4. Once installed, click "Activate."

Once activated, you're all set! You can access the Ultimate Addons elements and templates right within the familiar Visual Composer interface and enjoy the enhanced capabilities and flexibility that Ultimate Addons offers for building and designing your WordPress website.

Ultimate Addons for Visual Composer: From Idea to Reality

Let's dive deeper into the journey of bringing the addon to life as we share insights from Lucas Selsek, the CEO of WPbuilders – the team behind well-known WordPress themes like TheFox and Cesis, operating under the name Tranmautritam.

Whether you're running a small agency or just starting to make a name for yourself as a solo web creator, it's not uncommon to feel like you're either not working enough, or working yourself dry. Even thinking of setting some growth goals or becoming more profitable might seem like a pipe dream. After all, you’re most likely usually stuck in the feast or famine cycle, solely focused on making ends meet.

But, with the right knowledge, and the help of the experience of others — boosting your earnings from website creation work consistently can become reality.

That is why we have gathered a few known and proven ways to land higher-paying clients and scale your web development or design business of creating websites to success. Many entrepreneurs, like yourself, have struggled in this space and found the perfect balance before. As Eleanor Roosevelt once said, “Learn from the mistakes of others. You can't live long enough to make them all yourself”. So, without further ado, let's get into it.

How To Value & Price Your Work Properly

Web developers are in high demand currently. The most important question right now is: How do you become a successful web developer? The answer to this is much simpler than one may think — all it takes is a few simple steps.

First off, get yourself the right tools and invest in filling the gaps in your knowledge by taking online courses or reading books on the subject matter. Next, make sure that you take up any networking opportunities that can help build relationships between other professionals with shared interests. And lastly, price yourself competitively and learn to qualify leads in a better way.

Earn More By Giving More Value

The most straightforward way to increase your average income as a web creator is by learning more complementary skills. The more value you can offer a client, the higher will be your earnings. You can prioritize your field of skills by advancing in designing, programming, or in a particular framework or language you want to master. It's always a good idea to look into which combinations of skills are in demand currently.

Experience is a strong indicator of competence. Oftentimes the size and the success of the projects you've worked on has a greater impact on potential clients choosing you than just a list of degrees and certificates alone.

However, there’s an even more powerful way to create value in the eyes of your prospects. And that is making sure your clients understand you’re not there to simply provide them a service but to help them achieve their own goals.

Think of it like this: you’re not simply creating a website, you’re helping another entrepreneur enable their full potential and build their own empire. Or simply just perform better at their job (e.g. an in-house marketer). In a nutshell, it means changing the focus from yourself to the needs of the client.

Instead of talking about YOUR accomplishments, ask them about their goals. Asking “Why?” 5 times is a great technique to come to a conclusion of why something is important to the client. Even when they approach you to rebuild their website, for example, they might be looking to not only increase sales but also better communicate their brand values.

In addition, be transparent about addressing expectations, deliverables, and due date(s) beforehand. Because these things give people hope for successful outcomes while also showing dedication towards earning a said paycheck.

Find Your Niche & Increase Fees

The benefits of specializing in just one field are numerous. You can satisfy the needs and wants of a more niche audience, as well as give your potential customers significant value. By solving more specific problems you satisfy those not-as-often addressed customer needs. Plus, they will more likely to choose you, because of the demonstrated understanding of where their type of business is and where they want to be.

This will also allow you to increase your fees, while also adding to your value as a web creator. You may choose not to raise prices for existing clients but only go higher with new ones to build and maintain a loyal client base. Interestingly enough, most freelancers are seriously underpricing their services and rates, so check for the signs telling you if you should be re-evaluating your prices.

​​Raising prices helps increase your earnings because it indicates a high-quality service. And therefore also attracts better quality clients (just make sure you can deliver). On the other hand, keeping prices low attracts customers who don't want to miss a good deal. Especially in a tight market like this one, with increasingly more competition among designers and developers. The best thing about increasing them though? It allows you to eliminate cheap customers — so do it now, to avoid unnecessary headaches further down the road.

One of the best tips here is to know your target customer, their wants, needs, and peculiarities, so you can adjust your prices and offers accordingly. And then think about what is your unique value proposition you can offer them, that differentiates and makes you more beneficial to them, than other creators.

Focus On High-Paying & Long-Term Clients

There are two basic ways that you can increase revenue as a freelancer in web development, or any other niche for that matter. You could either land more clients or increase the lifetime value of each client (or both, of course). And do so, not by over-charging them but simply — asking the fair price for the value you bring.

Identifying the high-paying customers is simple — they’re the type of customers who spend the most and purchase more of your offered products and services at once. If you don’t know who they are, it might be time to take stock. And having a system to track your business, like a CRM or marketing automation software, helps a lot in this case.

By focusing on clients who see you as a strategic expert, rather than someone doing ‘monkey work’ you will be able to command higher fees. This will also prevent yourself from too much scope creep where you’re constantly working on small tweaks here and there, that reduce your productivity. Plus, most web creators are solopreneurs, which means there’s also a limit to how many clients you are able to take on at the same time, so plan accordingly.

It's also much easier to work with existing clients and upsell or cross-sell your services to them than to target, attract and land new ones. So, acquiring new clients takes much more time and effort, and if you have to do it continuously, can be a bit soul-crushing. That's why you should be focusing on satisfying existing clients, and offering ongoing services so you can obtain recurring revenue.

Optimizing Your Workflow

Optimizing your day-to-day activities by figuring out which tasks you struggle with for longer than you'd like, can have a positive impact on your revenue. From hiring help to using streamlined tools, and automating processes — invest in tools and people that will save you time, and in return, help get to your desired results faster.

Using Streamlined Tools

It's easy to get overwhelmed with all the productivity advice out there. Even more so, because many tools make sweet promises that feel pretty tempting, but don't always deliver. That's why it's important not to overcomplicate things when you're first mastering this whole streamlining thing — keep things simple!

First and foremost, take advantage of all of the free tools available online. If you want something enough, you will make it happen. Just look at these 17 killer web applications to increase your productivity in no time.

Secondly, think about using tools that get you from point A to point B faster, while also delivering the same excellent quality to the end-user. Meaning, does it really matter if you used a CMS to build a website, or build it with “real code”? If it delivers basically the same result for a client visually and practically, opt to save your time. Despite it being more expensive, it doesn't really add any additional, visible value from websites built on WordPress, for example.

The greatest benefit of using tools like website builders is that they allow your customer to maintain their websites easily by themselves, without breaking them. Besides that, website builders have gotten so advanced that they allow web creators to create completely unique designs with close to zero code and reuse them for faster turnaround.

If you're a web creator, the work doesn’t stop when you launch a website. We highly recommend using Conversion Optimization Tools and building them into your maintenance package to create more sustained income. CRO tools record users' sessions on-site, generate heatmaps of which parts users linger on, and what CTAs convert them the best. This way you can improve client website design based on actual data — by magnifying what works, and changing what doesn't.

Transition From Single Project Work To Retainers

Aside from increasing your fees, generating a constant stream of revenue should also be your top concern. One way to achieve this is through retainers. Otherwise known as a contract between a client and a web creator to work together month to month over a longer period of time.

The benefits of working with retainer agreements which typically include a recurring flat fee are:

• Having a clear schedule and steady and guaranteed income for a set amount of time
• You can focus your energy on a single project at a time, making you more productive as studies show, and deliver better results to clients, in the long run
• You can budget your monthly expenses based on the agreement
• The client is guaranteed that their project will be given top priority and all of the web creator's focus for a certain amount of time (as agreed on) each month

Of course, there are benefits and disadvantages to each pricing strategy, but surely retainers are overall better if your goal is consistent revenue. In comparison to charging a fixed or hourly rate for short-term clients.

Hiring Help To Do More Work

Although most of us like how we do things ourselves, choose to work smarter, not harder. Even if web development, design, and freelancing are just a side-hustle. Essentially, you should keep doing the things you're the best at and are your main income generators. All of the rest, you should consider handing over to others, who do it just as well, for lower rates.

As a direct result of the COVID-19 outbreak, the demand for web development has increased even more (2,5% in 2022). Because many businesses and entrepreneurs are pushed to build and expand their online presence. Take advantage of a negative situation and turn it into a positive, and help people launch their business online.

Also, by help, we don't mean only other freelancers, but also applications and tools, including AI. They are built to replace or facilitate mundane activities — so take those advantages.

Consider introducing online chats with auto-replies, implementing personalized contact forms, and automated customer scheduling applications for more efficiency. Those and other activities can be easily optimized with the help that many Customer Relationship Management softwares, like Hubspot, provide.

The secret to success is to optimize and automate as many processes in your work routine as possible. A great way to find some helping hands, to get the job done faster, is through freelancing platforms. The most popular ones are Upwork, Fiverr, PeoplePerHour, and Codeable.

Create a Stronger Online Presence

Web creators prefer to focus on creating designs and websites for their customers. So spending time on their own sales and digital marketing activities might come as a challenge. Still, even with a small time investment into basics, you can achieve a boost to your brand. Here are some tried and true fundamentals.

Build A Personal Portfolio

Creating a portfolio website is an effective way to showcase the work you're most proud of. Plus, it helps distinguish you from other web creators in today's competitive market. It's an excellent way to establish credibility, show off your style and personality. And most importantly — what your work ethic is all about.

When it comes to your online presence, the first thing that potential clients will look for is a professional-looking profile. It's a digital footprint that represents you as an individual or your company in this ever-growing world of business networking. So if you don’t have one or haven't updated it in a while, it should come as a top priority.

Portfolio websites can serve as displays of creative projects you have been involved with. As well as a springboard for attracting new opportunities. Potential clients are more likely to hire you having cold hard proof of your past successes in front of them. That's easiest done in the form of a portfolio or website.

You may want to include all the comprehensive details of your past web development or design work. But it's important to not go overboard and choose quality over quantity. List only your most-valuable accomplishments and do make sure your contact information is easily accessible.

Essentially treat your site like a product itself.

Aside from making your portfolio look pretty, it should also be practical and perform just as well. That includes applying the best practices that contribute to a good user experience. This means making sure you: 1) Apply the best SEO approach for attracting traffic on search engines like Google. 2) Adjust it for accessibility so it's usable for everyone. 3) Ensure high performance across all devices by using responsive design techniques.

In addition to owning a website, or sometimes using it as a ‘placeholder’ till they have one, web creators gravitate towards Dribbble and Behance. Both are great sources for inspiration and gaining more exposure for your work.

In conclusion, take good care of your website's usability and design as much as you would for a client's site. And start by taking some inspiration from the best web developer portfolio examples on the net.

Leverage Social Media Where Your Clients Are

Social media stopped being a sensation an eternity ago. And it seems an obvious thing to tick off when it comes to building your personal brand. But there is a difference between having a presence and approaching it strategically.

Prioritize making a consistent presence on the platforms your best type of client is most likely to be on. Having a LinkedIn profile is a good idea to have for entrepreneurs and experts of any industry. Since it's one of the world's largest and most frequently used professional networks on the internet, to search for jobs. Even more so, it's an avenue for personal brand and relationship building with prospects and clients.

If you're a web developer that doesn't shy away from code work, you might already have a profile on GitHub. It's one of the most popular code hosting sites that allows you to collaborate with others on projects from anywhere. Alongside GitHub, most established devs also use CodePen, DEV.to, and Hashnode to connect with other professionals around the world. This is a great way to grow your skills and authority in the field. As well as stay in the loop with the latest scoop.

If you want to be successful, choose a platform that you enjoy in your free time. Find inspiration in popular content creators on that platform, and start creating your own content. When creating content, think about the pain points that your customers have with websites. Typically - growing their own business, capturing more leads, and converting them into paying customers. Or even just launching a multi-lingual website to target different audiences. Whatever it may be, you should be able to provide valuable solutions to their problems. And creating content is a great way to show the expertise and services that you can bring to the table.

Networking, Networking, And Once Again Networking

Networking can be difficult. Especially in the era of COVID-19. But it's also incredibly beneficial for extending your career as a web developer or web designer. If in-person events are not possible, you can use apps like Meetup or Run The World to find online events.

Word-of-mouth can be an incredible asset when it comes to winning more work. When someone has heard good reviews about you, they are likely to consider you as their web creator of choice.

Working alone can be difficult, especially if you're a freelancer or independent creator. That why collaborating with others is a great way to expand your network. By building relationships with others who share similar interests and skillsets, that complement yours — you can help each other out.

Lastly, focus on building long-lasting and meaningful relationships with clients, prospects, and colleagues alike. As a business owner, you know that the key to success is customer loyalty and satisfaction. This means understanding what makes our clients tick so we can keep them happy in the long term. It also helps us generate more revenue over time. By building up repeat business from satisfied customers who refer others when they are pleased with their experience as well. This leads back into the importance of developing and nurturing strong relationships between yourself and your clients.

Conclusion

Now you know the 3 main concepts you should be paying attention to in order to scale your web creator business to success. Alongside plenty of actionable tips on how to implement them in your day-to-day activities.

If you keep on improving your craft and working more strategically, by hiring more help. Eventually, you will attract better-paying customers, earn more per client and improve your overall income. If building a team is your dream, these tips can also help you turn your freelance business into an agency. It doesn't matter if you're only just considering taking up web development as a side-hustle, or as a full-time carrier. Working on these 3 main areas is beneficial to any size business.

Looking for culinary-themed websites to draw inspiration from? Curious to witness how fellow restaurateurs are leveraging our builder's features for a competitive edge? Look no further – you're in the perfect spot.

We are thrilled to present our latest showcase: a collection of the best restaurant websites meticulously crafted using Visual Composer. Get ready to feast your eyes on these stunning creations that range from the elegance of fine dining to the cozy charm of bistros, and cafés.

Bon appétit!

The most anticipated Visual Composer release of the year (version 45.2), introduces some exciting new features and performance improvements that make it an even more powerful tool for web experts. One of the most significant changes are the element edit window improvements, which offer a more efficient web development experience.

If you're a WordPress developer, web designer, or agency that works with Visual Composer regularly, you'll want to learn about these new developments. In this blog post, we'll look at the features and discuss how they can make your life easier.

Enhanced Element Edit Window: Streamlined Editing and Easy Navigation

Enjoy a smoother web development process with the enhanced element edit window in Visual Composer 45.2. This update revolutionizes the way content managers, designers, and developers work by providing separate tabs for content, design, and advanced settings.

Content managers can now focus solely on managing content, while designers can effortlessly fine-tune the design elements, and developers have their advanced options neatly organized in one place.

With a simple click, you can easily navigate to the parent elements of any content element within the element edit window. This is a great feature if you're working with complex website layouts, as it allows you to quickly find the element you need to edit.

Managing Tab Access Based on User Roles

Additionally, in Visual Composer 45.3, website admins can also adjust the permissions to specific tabs in the Role Manager for each user role: General, Layout, Content, and Advanced.  

This separation of responsibilities ensures a streamlined workflow among team members, reduces human errors, and simplifies the interface for all users working on your site.

Advanced Settings for All Individual Rows, Columns, and Elements

Along with the element edit window update in Visual Composer 45.2, the advanced settings give you more control and precision over the styling and functionality of every separate element on your website.

This level of customization ensures that the website is tailored to your personal or your client's specific needs and preferences.

In the new advanced tab, you will find the option to add HTML attributes, custom attributes, and custom CSS to each row, column, and element.

Custom Attributes

Custom attributes in Visual Composer 45.2 can be used to store additional information or condition for any element on a page.

For instance, you can create a dynamic product grid where each item's data attributes contain information such as product name (data-name), price (data-price), or availability (data-availability), which can be automatically pulled from a database.

Additionally, the use of attributes can make your website more accessible, which is essential for screen readers and more importantly for people with disabilities. For example, role attributes describe a role of an element on a webpage (e.g. role=”button”) and aria-* attributes describe non-text elements (e.g. aria-label=”laptop image with hands”).

How to add custom attributes to rows, columns, and elements

1. In the editor, hover over the row, column, or element you wish to adjust, and click on the edit button
2. In the element edit window, navigate to the advanced tab
3. Click and expand 'Custom Attributes'
4. Add an extra data attribute

Note: You can add as many data attributes to an individual row, column, or element as necessary - just hit the space in between each attribute (e.g. aria-label=”...” aria-label=”...”).

Custom CSS

With the latest update, you can now add custom CSS to all individual elements more easily, and directly within the advanced settings of every single element, in addition to adding custom CSS both locally and globally in the general page options, the same way as before.

The [element-id] placeholder is a dynamic reference to the element you are adding custom CSS to. And, you can copy and paste it in the same window, if you want to add several CSS rules.

How to add custom CSS to rows, columns, and elements

1. In the editor, hover over the row, column, or element you wish to adjust, and click on the edit button
2. In the element edit window, navigate to the 'Advanced' tab
3. Click and expand 'Custom CSS'
4. Add custom CSS using the [element-id] placeholder

Introducing The New <div> Container Element (Premium)

The new container element provides enhanced flexibility to expand Visual Composer through custom code. This element is specifically designed for developers and is available with all Visual Composer Premium Plans.

The <div> container doesn't contain any additional attributes of the Visual Composer elements, allowing you to seamlessly expand it using custom CSS and JS.

Moreover, you can incorporate any desired element within the <div> container, and nest multiple <div> elements within each other to meet your specific needs.

Release Wrap-Up

With the release of Visual Composer 45.2, you can say goodbye to the headaches of complex website structure navigation and hello to an element edit window that streamlines the process.

With the integration of custom CSS, and data attributes for individual elements, as well as the <div> container element, content management, and design modifications become even easier. So, update now or grab your Premium Visual Composer license today!

Just like how WordPress embraces inclusivity, web accessibility is all about creating websites and content that is accessible to all, especially with new advancements in technology every day.

Whether you're a developer or a designer, it's your responsibility to ensure that your website is accessible for everyone, regardless of their physical abilities.

With Visual Composer, you can easily make your websites accessible and user-friendly for everyone, ensuring equal access to information and services online. Let's explore the key features that can help you create inclusive and accessible websites in 2023.

Importance of Web Accessibility For Your Website

Web accessibility is not just the right thing to do, it is also becoming increasingly more important in terms of legal requirements. Approximately 15% of the world's population faces limitations in accessing websites due to disabilities, yet only around 10% of the web is currently accessible.

Various countries have laws mandating website accessibility for people with disabilities. For instance, in the United States, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires all websites that offer goods or services intended for the general public, to be accessible.

More recently, web developer communities have been raising discussions about the first cases of website accessibility lawsuits. So, even if you think this doesn't currently affect you, consider how you or your clients would feel if faced with a letter regarding website accessibility flaws.

With Visual Composer, you can ensure that your WordPress websites are compliant with all of the following web accessibility standards and best practices:

• Optimal contrast between text and background, ensuring it is possible for people with visual impairments to read the content.
• Readable fonts with adjustable font size, which allow users to increase or decrease the text size according to their preferences.
• Alternative text and ARIA attributes for images, that provide a textual description of the image and help individuals with visual impairments who use screen readers to understand the content.
• Keyboard accessibility, ensuring that all functionality and interactive elements on the website can be accessed and operated using a keyboard alone for individuals who have difficulty using a mouse.
• Responsive design, that adapts to different screen sizes and devices, ensuring that users can access the website and its content easily regardless of the device they are using.

Implementing these practices ensures that your website is inclusive and can be accessed by a wide range of users, including those with disabilities.

Visual Composer Features To Make Your Website Accessible

Visual Composer offers powerful features that help create accessible websites. Let's explore these four key features and how they can enhance the accessibility of your website.

Contrast Checker and Insights

One of the most important aspects of web accessibility is readability.

The built-in Contrast Checker in Visual Composer Insights checks your website's text and background colors, identifies colors with insufficient contrast, and allows you to change them easily.

This is important for people with visual impairments or color blindness, as it improves readability and ensures the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2 AA contrast ratio standards of 4.5:1 are met.

Insights also checks your content for missing image descriptions, ALT attributes, headings, and other attributes, that help describe images. This helps people who use screen readers to understand and be able to interact with your website.

Custom Data Attributes

Custom data attributes are another useful feature for accessible websites, as they provide more context.

Visual Composer allows you to add extra data attributes, such as the aria-label, to images, buttons, or any other element on your website that doesn't have a visible label.

​​These attributes are used by screen readers and other assistive technologies to ensure accurate interpretation and help people using them understand the purpose of each element.

Font Sizes

Optimal font sizes are essential for readability, as they ensure a consistent and pleasant reading experience for your visitors.

Visual Composer allows you to adjust font sizes to fit your design and for each device, ensuring optimal readability across different screens and devices. All of this is possible through the Font Manager.

In addition, Visual Composer allows you to use REMs instead of pixels as a unit of measurement. Using REMs allows users to zoom in or increase their font sizes without disrupting the layout, while pixels do not. Therefore, using REMs is highly recommended to enhance accessibility.

Responsive Design

Lastly, let's talk about responsive design, a crucial aspect for everyone who browses the web using various devices.

Responsive design ensures that content remains accessible and readable, regardless of the screen size.

With Visual Composer, you benefit from automatic responsiveness, meaning your designs will adapt to different devices seamlessly. However, the editor also provides additional options for custom responsiveness, allowing you to fine-tune your layout according to your preferences.

Additionally, all Visual Composer pre-built templates are also made responsive with accessibility in mind.

Responsive websites play a vital role in promoting inclusivity, expanding audience reach, and showcasing a strong commitment to accessibility for all users. It's a crucial step that should not be overlooked.

How to Check if Your Website Is Accessible

There are several tools available that can help you check if your website is accessible. One popular tool is the WAVE Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool, which checks your website for accessibility issues and provides suggestions for improvement.

Another tool is the Web Accessibility Checker, which checks your website's compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG).

In addition to using these tools, there are plenty of other web accessibility testing tools and audits available. These can give you a better understanding of how people with disabilities use your website and where improvements can be made.

Create Inclusive Websites Accessible to Everyone

In conclusion, Visual Composer is the perfect tool for creating user-friendly and inclusive websites for everyone. Its built-in contrast checker, advanced settings for custom data attributes, customizable font sizes, and responsive design features make it easy to create accessible websites.

Whether you're a web expert, WordPress developer, or web designer, you should seriously consider using Visual Composer if you want to design and build accessible websites in 2023.

So, start building accessible websites today! 

Brizy is a visual website builder that offers businesses extensive customization tools and templates to create a professional online presence. However, some users need more advanced features or website builders that align better with their budgets. In such cases, it makes sense to look for other alternatives.

You can start with Visual Composer, our intuitive, drag-and-drop website builder for WordPress that allows you to build and customize your website visually. It's created for web creators of all experience levels. It’s easy to use and has many features that help you create the best possible user experience. To start using Visual Composer, get started for free today.

In today's article, we will evaluate the five best Brizy alternatives to help you make an informed decision and choose the best website builder for your next project.

Let's start by explaining what Brizy is.

What is Brizy?

Brizy is a WordPress website builder that offers an intuitive drag-and-drop editor. It also gives web developers the flexibility to build a site from scratch with Brizy themes, pop-ups, and blocks.

While Brizy has shown promising potential to WordPress site builders, it is not a perfect tool. For example, it doesn’t leave a clean line of code after you uninstall the plugin. Brizy also offers fewer design elements compared to other page builders. These are some of the reasons why users search for alternatives.

Brizy alternatives: The evaluation parameters

We have evaluated the five Brizy alternatives based on the following parameters:

1. User rating
2. Unique features
3. Integrations
4. Customer support
5. Pros
6. Cons
7. Pricing

In the following sections, we will discuss each solution and present our findings.

Top 5 Brizy alternatives in 2023

After researching available website builders on the market, the following solutions have the best results based on our evaluation parameters. Let's discuss each of them.

1. Visual Composer

Visual Composer is a user-friendly website creator that allows you to create professional sites via a simple drag-and-drop editing tool, premium templates, and design elements.

User rating

On Capterra, Visual Composer has a 4.4 score out of 5 based on 55 user reviews.

What makes this website builder unique

Visual Composer includes over 500 elements, ready-to-use templates, and premium features to help you build a professional website without writing a single line of code. It offers a theme builder and a simple interface in the frontend editor to bring your creative website ideas to life. We also have a unique add-on, our font manager, that lets you change WordPress fonts globally.

If you need some inspiration as you build your website, you can check out some stunning website examples built with Visual Composer.

Integrations

Visual Composer offers integration with numerous marketing tools and plugins like WooCommerce, Gravity Forms, Facebook, WPML, etc.

Customer support

Visual Composer provides support via live chat, tickets, and email, with an average first response time of less than an hour and a 96% customer satisfaction rate.

Pros

• The Visual Composer Hub provides numerous content design elements and templates to build a professional website that your clients will love
• It provides automatic optimization to boost your SEO efforts
• It automatically adapts your website designs for mobile responsiveness and offers custom optimization for different device types

Cons

• The website building tool has a slight learning curve

Pricing

Visual Composer offers a free version, that's free forever, and premium plans, each including all premium features of the plugin. It has the following six pricing plans:

• Single – costs $49/year for one website
• Plus – costs $99/year for five websites
• Accelerate – costs $149/year for 20 websites
• Growth – costs $349/year for 100 websites
• Agency – costs $849/year for 1000 websites
• Lifetime – costs $149 for 1 website (one-time purchase)

If you’re interested to see how Visual Composer works, get started for free today or explore how it can benefit your web creator business.

2. Elementor

Elementor is a WordPress page builder that lets you create websites via a simple drag-and-drop visual builder.

User rating

Elementor has a 4.7 score out of 5 on Capterra based on 553 user reviews.

What makes this website builder unique

Elementor lets you create sticky headers and footers that display as your site visitors navigate your website.

Another unique feature you can get from Elementor is the ability to make your site visually appealing and interactive via animations and motion effects. Though this feature is present in Brizy, there are more animation effects in Elementor.

Integrations

Elementor integrates with marketing tools like MailChimp, ActiveCampaign, Zapier, MailerLite, Hubspot, Woocommerce, etc.

Customer support

Elementor provides support via email, FAQs, and knowledge base. This visual website builder also has an active community where you can interact with other developers and web designers. You can also use video tutorials to learn more about Elementor features.

Pros

• Fully responsive page builder with a drop interface that lets you build websites without any coding skills
• Integrates with many marketing tools and supports many WordPress plugins for improved functionality
• It provides many widgets you can use on your web pages

Cons

• Its drag and drop editor doesn't let you adjust padding and margins
• It doesn't offer a lifetime payment option like Brizy and Visual Composer.

Pricing

Elementor provides a free version you can use if you don't need an advanced feature like the popup builder. With the Elementor free plan, you can access 50 widgets, live editing, and drag and drop editor. In terms of the paid version, Elementor offers four plans:

• Essential – costs $49/year with one pro website activation
• Expert – cost $199/year with 25 pro website activations
• Studio – $499/year with 100 pro website activations
• Agency  – $999/year with 1000 pro website activations

3. ThriveThemes

This WordPress website builder helps you build marketing websites that convert users and drive revenue. It offers an intuitive interface and almost 300-page templates you can choose from.

User rating

ThriveThemes scores 4 out of 5 on G2 based on 25 user reviews.

What makes this website builder unique

ThriveThemes targets a specific niche - marketing and affiliate. It makes this WordPress website builder more conversion-focused. Marketers and business owners who sell products can use the ThriveThemes digital marketing tools to drive revenue.

Integrations

ThriveThemes offers API integrations with numerous marketing tools like MailChimp, DropBox, Google, ConvertKit, Facebook, HubSpot, etc.

Customer support

ThriveThemes offers free training via Thrive University, where you can find courses to learn how to use each tool. It also provides support via tickets.

Pros

• This web page builder has unique features for building affiliate and marketing websites
• It provides almost 300 templates to give you more flexibility when building your website
• It is focused on conversion and lead generation

Cons

• You might not fully benefit from ThriveThemes if your goal isn't to build a marketing site
• It offers numerous products, which can result in a high learning curve
• The customer support response time is quite slow, which can be annoying if you encounter an issue

Pricing

ThriveThemes doesn’t offer a free plan or a free trial. It provides two paid pricing plans with a 30-day money-back guarantee. The paid plans include:

• Thrive Suite Quarterly – for up to five websites. It costs $99/quarter.
• Thrive Suite Yearly – for up to five websites. It costs $299/year and provides access to all features at the lowest price.

4. Wix

Wix is a website builder that offers an intuitive drag-and-drop editor. It is beginner-friendly, and you can use it to build an e-commerce store, portfolio, freelance, and small business websites.

User rating

Wix has a 4.2-star rating of 5 on G2 based on 1,453 user reviews.

What makes this website builder unique

Wix provides over 800 templates that let you build marketing landing pages and professional websites.

Integrations

Wix integrates with over 200 marketing tools like MailChimp, ZenDesk, Hubspot CRM, SalesForce, etc.

Customer support

Wix offers support via live chat, tickets, knowledge base, email, and phone support.

Pros

• Wix provides a simple drag and drop web page editor even if you have no coding skills
• It has numerous e-commerce tools you can use to build an e-commerce site

Cons

• You will have to start from scratch if you need to change your template after publishing your site
• Its numerous web design options can be overwhelming

Pricing

Wix has many pricing plans that don't seem very clear at first. While it offers a free plan, it also provides paid plans you can use for professional sites, e-commerce, and business sites.

Professional pricing plans:

Connect domain – costs $4.50/month and includes 500MB of storage space
Combo – costs $8.50 and includes 3GB of storage space
Unlimited – costs $12.50 and includes 10GB of storage space
VIP – costs $24.50 and includes 35GB of storage space

The e-commerce and business pricing plans:

Business basic – costs $17/month and includes 20GB of storage space
Business unlimited – costs $25/month and includes 35GB of storage space
Business VIP – costs $35/month and includes 50GB of storage space

5. Oxygen Builder

Oxygen Builder combines all necessary features for building websites, blogs, portfolio websites, or any other type of website. It includes a drag and drop page builder, content builder and editor, and a single page builder.

User rating

Oxygen Builder has a 4.5 score out of 5 on G2 based on 24 user reviews.
What makes this website builder unique
Oxygen Builder includes analytics, hosting, increased security, and social media integration.

Integrations

This WordPress website page builder offers WooCommerce integration that gives you the ability to create an online store. It also integrates with other web page builders like Beaver Builder, Visual Composer, and Elementor.

Customer support

Oxygen Builder provides support via FAQs, video tutorials, manuals, and tickets.

Pros

• Advanced features for developers and designers that prefer a more complex page builder
• Flexible and easy-to-use design customization options

Cons

• If your goal is to build a simple blogging site, then Oxygen might not be a suitable option
• Its advanced functionalities lead to a steep learning curve

Pricing

Oxygen Builder offers a free plan and a lifetime payment option. It includes four pricing packages with a 60-day money-back guarantee:

• Basic – costs $129 with a lifetime license
• WooCommerce – costs $169 and includes a lifetime license and
• WooCommerce integration
  Agency – costs $199 and has everything in WooCommerce plus Gutenberg block builder and simplified client UI
• Ultimate – costs $229 and includes everything in Agency plus composite elements

Brizy alternatives: Features comparison

So far, we've highlighted key features of the notable Brizy alternatives. We've prepared a comparison table so you can easily spot critical differences between these solutions and make your decision faster.

Brizy alternatives: The final verdict

The five Brizy alternatives explained in this article undoubtedly include features that the Brizy page builder lacks.

Visual Composer stands as the best choice for your next project. It offers over 500 content elements and ready-to-use templates that give you the flexibility to create beautiful websites that your clients will love.

It also offers automatic optimization to boost SEO and your site's speed. Its intuitive drag-and-drop interface eliminates the complexity of building a website. You can check our case study to learn how Visual Composer has helped web creators achieve success.

Get started with Visual Composer today and enjoy all the advanced features that will help you skyrocket your website.

The first rule of Fight Club states that you don't talk about Fight Club. The good news is that WordPress Builder Fight Club is a different breed. It is easy to join, you can talk about it, and there is no Brad Pitt to hold (kick) you back.

At WP Builders Fight Club, all major page builders and website builders compete in a fair game to show their performance and abilities.

What is WP Builders Fight Club?

WP Builders Fight Club is a community-driven project for page builders and website builders to compete in terms of performance, design, and other capabilities.

The idea is simple, you need to create a WordPress page. But not any kind of page - the page needs to follow the Fight Club guidelines and requirements. The requirements include technical specifications and design accuracy.

All pages created with different builders are then stored in a similar environment. This helps to measure the performance and receive unbiased results. The results include reports from GTMetrix and Google PageSpeed Insights.

The goal of the project is simple - have an honest and transparent comparison of all major WordPress builders in one place.

As of today, there are all major page builders and website builders presented, including Elementor, Builderius, Beaver Builder, and Visual Composer.

WP Builders Fight Club and Visual Composer

We decided to join WP Builder Fight Club with Visual Composer. Visual Composer Website Builder is a complete solution that allows you to build WordPress sites without using the styling of any WordPress themes.

Our goal was to complete the challenge to showcase the capabilities of our visual site builder while not compromising on performance.

Our solution consisted of Visual Composer, Advanced Custom Fields, and SVG Support. We also had Twenty Twenty-Three theme installed (per WordPress guidelines) but did not use it. What makes Visual Composer stand out is that we will not load any theme files if you are using Theme Builder to avoid theme footprints on performance.
The page layout was built using Visual Composer Theme Builder where you can design headers and footers. In the layout, we used Advanced Custom Fields for dynamic content and custom CSS for additional styling.

Since Visual Composer is a low-code solution, web developers and agencies can easily tweak the look and feel of their sites using custom CSS and JavaScript. In the Fight Club challenge, we used custom CSS to introduce pixel-perfect image overlap.

For the content part, we used Visual Composer free and premium elements from the Visual Composer Hub (cloud element library). The library consists of hundreds of content elements and integrations which reduces the need for additional plugins and add-ons.

Results

With Visual Composer, we managed to score 98 performance points in GTMetrix and Google PageSpeed Insights. The score on mobile was a bit lower (88 points) which means there is room for improvement.

We also reached 100 points in the structure and high scores for accessibility and SEO. To be fair, we did not work on the SEO score as a part of the Fight Club challenge. Jumping into Visual Composer Insights and data attributes can easily help you to get 100 points in SEO.

If we compare Visual Composer with other major builders on the market, we see that we have scored higher than some well-known players and are among the top solutions among builders when it comes to performance.

If you’re curious, you can learn more details about how exactly the page was replicated, what challenges we faced, and how we overcame them.