I’m going to be developing a new WordPress website for a client soon, and my client wants to be able to add and update some page content and blog posts / custom posts. I think I’m going end up using a page builder and have read a lot of good things about Oxygen and Bricks, but I’m interested in what other people have to say about those options or if there are other options out there that would work for this scenario. I’m looking for something that that will be accessible to my client, but will also produce a performant website – I understand that most page builders trade off performance for accessibility due to the bloat they introduce. The most recent page builder I’ve used has been Cornerstone, part of the X/Pro theme by [Theme.co](http://Theme.co), which is pretty extensive but has been difficult for clients to work with and is not the greatest when it comes to performance.
Some background about myself: I’m a self-taught developer that started out using pre-built WP themes for clients back in 2016, where I would just swap out copy, images, and branding. I then played around with page builders like Visual Composer for a bit. I tried to stay away from writing any code myself way back then. When the pandemic happened, I taught myself React, and have built multiple websites with React, Gatsby, Next, Astro, and 11ty. I have experience with different CMS platforms like Contentful and Sanity. Now, I love writing code and I’d rather create a custom WP theme and code everything myself, but this client turned down that option.
So, what do people think about Oxygen and Bricks? What are the pros/cons to either of those options? Is there something I can use to mix custom coding and page building capabilities?
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