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“This is the route WordPress should have taken when they decided to go with the Block Editor. Breakdance is so much more intuitive and easier to use.”
“Block Editor full site editing feels really clumsy compared to Breakdance. Gutenberg is a nice text writer, but not a site editor.”
“We switched from Elementor & the Block Editor to Breakdance and are able to create performant, well ranking sites faster.”
“You hit a home run with this one on so many levels. I am moving all my sites to Breakdance.”
“This is THE BUILDER! I have so much pleasure working with Breakdance.”
“Breakdance is the best WP tool I've ever seen.”
“The Block Editor is too restrictive and limited for my liking. Breakdance produces leaner code and faster sites”
| Breakdance | The Block Editor | |
|---|---|---|
| Beautiful By Default | yes |
maybe
The Block Editor's WooCommerce styles depend entirely on your theme.
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| Global Woo Styles | yes |
no
Global WooCommerce styles are dependent on the theme you choose. The Block Editor offers no special control over these styles.
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| Optimized For Conversions | yes |
no
Depends entirely on the theme you choose.
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| WooCommerce Elements | 35+ |
14
The Block Editor itself offers no specialized WooCommerce blocks. The ~14 blocks available are from WooCommerce itself, and some of them are still in beta/experimental status.
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| Thank You Page | auto styled with global settings |
maybe
Thank you page styles are dependent on the theme you choose. The Block Editor offers no special control over these styles.
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| Granular Cart Elements | yes |
not provided
You can style parts of the cart page individually, but you can't re-arrange the entire cart page.
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| Granular Checkout Elements | yes | not provided |
| Custom Product Loops | yes |
no
You can customize the template used for the product loop but no dynamic product data is available unless you use the Woo blocks.
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| Live Product Preview | yes |
no
When editing the single product template, placeholder data is used instead of real product data.
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| Custom Mini Cart Icon | yes |
no
The Block Editor only provides three icons to choose from.
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| Ready For Production | yes |
maybe
Some critical WooCommerce blocks are stilled flagged as beta, such as the “Products” block (used for displaying lists of products) and the “Product Collection” block (used for displaying specific types of products as a group based on things such as sale status, best seller status, and more). Cart and checkout blocks are accompanied by a note stating “We are currently working on improving our cart and checkout blocks” and requesting feedback.
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| E-commerce Popups | yes | no |
| WooCommerce Display Conditions | yes | no |
"Breakdance elements have a stunning look right out of the box. It’s pretty easy to make a professional website while keeping installed plugins to a bare minimum."
| Breakdance | The Block Editor | |
|---|---|---|
| Themeless Mode | included | not included |
| Shareable Design Library | included | not included |
| Element Display Conditions | included | not included |
| Form Builder | included | not included |
| Popup Builder | included | not included |
| Mega Menu Builder | included | not included |
| Lottie Animation Element | included | not included |
| Tooltip Element | included | not included |
| Tabs Element | included | not included |
| Automatic Table of Contents Element | included |
not included
The Block Editor technically has a ToC element, but it's behind an experimental flag and is likely not production-ready yet.
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| Icon Element | included | not included |
| Pricing Table Element | included | not included |
| Icon List Element | included | not included |
| Stats Grid Element | included | not included |
| Business Hours Element | included | not included |
| FAQ / Accordion Element | included | yes |
| Star Rating Element | included | not included |
| Counter Elements | included | not included |
| Countdown Elements | included | not included |
| Testimonial Elements | included | not included |
| Facebook Elements (share, embed, etc...) | included | not included |
| Twitter Elements (share, embed, etc...) | included | not included |
| And many more! |
"150% the only WP builder you need. I can’t rate this high enough."
| Breakdance | The Block Editor | |
|---|---|---|
| Custom Form Builder | included | not included |
| Drag & Drop Form Builder Interface | yes | no form builder |
| Global Form Styles | yes |
no
All global styles are dependent on your theme.
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| Conditional Form Fields | yes | no form builder |
| Multi-Step Forms | yes | no form builder |
| File Uploads | yes | no form builder |
| Marketing Integrations |
yes
Includes integrations for platforms like MailChimp, Drip, ActiveCampaign, and many more.
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no form builder |
| Contact Forms | yes | no form builder |
| Registration Forms | yes | no form builder |
| Email Subscribe Forms | yes | no form builder |
| Lost Password Forms | yes | no form builder |
| Login Forms | yes | no form builder |
| Horizontal Forms | yes | no form builder |
| Field Types | 15 | no form builder |
| Dynamic Field Values |
yes
In Breakdance, you can pre-populate form fields with dynamic values from your site's database, current user, etc...
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no form builder |
| Accessibility | A+ | no form builder |
| Honeypot Spam Protection | yes | no form builder |
| Hidden Fields | yes | no form builder |
| Form Customization Options | many | no form builder |
| Multiple Emails / Actions Per Form | yes | no form builder |
| Trigger Popups On Submit | yes | no form builder |
| Pass URL/UTM Parameters | yes | no form builder |
| Custom JavaScript Actions | yes | no form builder |
| Form Submission Management | yes | no form builder |
| Export Submissions To Spreadsheet | yes | no form builder |
"The Block Editor is too restrictive and limited for my liking. Breakdance produces leaner code and faster sites."
| Breakdance | The Block Editor | |
|---|---|---|
| Put Anything Inside | yes | no popup builder |
| Discount Popups | yes | no popup builder |
| Email Capture Popups | yes | no popup builder |
| Welcome Popups | yes | no popup builder |
| Exit Intent Popups | yes | no popup builder |
| Time Sensitive Popups | yes | no popup builder |
| Notification Popups | yes | no popup builder |
| Target By Page | yes | no popup builder |
| Target By Post | yes | no popup builder |
| Target By Archive | yes | no popup builder |
| Target By Taxonomy | yes | no popup builder |
| Target By Date & Time | yes | no popup builder |
| Trigger On Click | yes | no popup builder |
| Trigger On Page Load | yes | no popup builder |
| Trigger On Page Scroll | yes | no popup builder |
| Trigger On Page Scroll Up | yes | no popup builder |
| Trigger On User Inactivity | yes | no popup builder |
| Trigger On Exit Intent | yes | no popup builder |
| Limit Frequency | yes | no popup builder |
| Show Only One Popup | yes | no popup builder |
| Automatic Closing | yes | no popup builder |
"Breakdance is awesome. Dead easy, super fast, no need for lots of plugins for functionality or speed."
| Breakdance | The Block Editor | |
|---|---|---|
| Mega Menu Builder | yes |
no
This feature is available via third-party add-ons.
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| Build Headers & Footers | yes |
yes
If using a FSE theme, you can build headers and footers using the Block Editor.
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| Conditional Headers & Footers | yes | no |
| Dedicated Header Builder Element | yes | no |
| Sticky Headers | yes | no |
| Overlay Headers | yes | no |
| Automatic Header Layout | yes | no |
| WP Menu Element | yes | yes |
| Accessible Menus | yes | yes |
| Vertical Accordion Menus | yes | no |
| Off-Canvas Mobile Menus | yes | yes |
| Dropdown Mobile Menus | yes | no |
"Breakdance is seriously top shelf! Does everything, Simple UI/UX. Just a great experience!"
| Breakdance | The Block Editor | |
|---|---|---|
| CSS Flexbox | yes | no |
| CSS Grid | yes | no |
| Div Element | yes |
yes
The Block Editor doesn't have a raw div block, but it does have a few containers that act similarly to divs.
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| Full-Height Sections | yes |
yes
Must use the Cover block.
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| Full-Width Sections | yes |
yes
Must use the Cover block. Can be enabled for other blocks via your theme.
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| Section Element | yes |
no
There's no Section, but you can manually change another block's tag to section.
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| Vertical Alignment Control | yes | yes |
| Grid & Grid Template | yes | no |
| Grid Auto Columns | yes | no |
| Grid Auto Rows | yes | no |
| Grid Auto Flow | yes | no |
| Draggable Spacing | yes | no |
"As an SEO guy, I've gotta say that Breakdance ticks the boxes. Plus it’s easy and quick to design."
| Breakdance | The Block Editor | |
|---|---|---|
| Responsive Design Approach |
responsive
Breakdance's elements are responsive by default, but it gives you the control to set styles on a per-breakpoint basis.
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fluid
The Block Editor's elements are all supposed to be responsive by default, and you have no ability to set styles on a per-breakpoint basis, leaving you to trust the design decisions of the block developers.
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| Set Styles Per Device/Breakpoint | yes | no |
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Design Preview Accuracy
Does the design look the same on the back-end and front-end?
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accurate |
inaccurate
WP admin styles can leak into the design preview.
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| Responsive Preview |
accurate & scaled
Responsive styles are correctly applied based on the preview width, and the entire preview is visible with optional scaling if the preview is bigger than the available viewport
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questionable
Only offers two pre-determined breakpoints to preview at, and doesn't offer the same type of scaling as Breakdance and other builders do.
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| Preview Breakpoints | 5+ |
3
The Block Editor lets you preview on Desktop, Tablet, or Mobile, but you can't set breakpoint-specific styles.
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| Custom Breakpoints | yes | no |
| Show/Hide Elements Per Breakpoint | yes | no |
| Operating System Conditions |
yes
In Breakdance, you can set elements' visibility based on the viewer's operating system, including mobile operating systems.
|
no |
| Per-Breakpoint Custom CSS |
yes
Custom CSS applied to an element is scoped to the currently selected breakpoint.
|
no
Custom CSS applies at all viewport widths.
|
"I'm in love with Breakdance. So glad I made the switch."
| Breakdance | The Block Editor | |
|---|---|---|
| Dynamic Data Integration | A+ |
F
The Block Editor has some blocks for displaying post titles, post featured images, etc... but no in-depth dynamic data integration like most page builders have.
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| Dynamic Data Sources | 50+ | 0 |
| Fallback Values | yes | no |
| Prepends & Appends | yes | no |
| Conditional Element Display | yes | no |
| Post Loop Builder | yes |
yes
The Block Editor has a rudimentary query loop builder, but the functionality is nowhere close to what is provided by Breakdance or 3rd-party Elementor add-ons.
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Static Post Loop Items
Display static, non-dynamic items among your post loop results.
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yes | no |
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Alternate Post Loop Templates
Define alternate post loop templates to use for specific items in the loop, e.g. every other item.
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yes | no |
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ACF Integration
Advanced Custom Fields
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yes | no |
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ACF Repeater Support
Advanced Custom Fields
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yes | no |
| Metabox Integration | yes | no |
| Metabox Repeater Field Support | yes | no |
| Dynamic Data API | yes | no |
| Custom PHP Conditions | yes | no |
| Conditions API | yes | no |
"Block Editor full site editing feels really clumsy compared to Breakdance. Gutenberg is a nice text writer, but not a site editor."
| Breakdance | The Block Editor | |
|---|---|---|
| Searchable UI Panels |
yes
Search for elements, properties, classes, and just about everything else.
|
elements only
You can search for elements but no much else.
|
|
"Styles Present" Indicator
At a glance, see which styles have been customized from default.
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yes | no |
| Cross-Page Copy & Paste | yes | yes |
| Cross-Site Copy & Paste | yes | no |
| Draggable Spacing | yes | no |
| Drag & Drop | yes |
yes
The Block Editor drag & drop behavior leaves much to be desired.
|
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Draft Mode
Hide sections of content on the front-end while working on them in the builder.
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yes | no |
| Built-In URL Migration Tool | yes | no |
| Keyboard Shortcuts | yes |
yes
Block Editor keyboard shortcuts require strange combinations, like CMD/CTRL + Shift + D for duplicate.
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| Right-Click Menu | yes | no |
| Create Your Own component LIbrary | yes | no |
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Design Presets
Copy & synchronize complex settings and styles across similar elements on your site.
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yes | no |
"Breakdance feels like a breath of fresh air."
| Breakdance | The Block Editor | |
|---|---|---|
| Visual Element Creation IDE |
yes
Element Studio is a visual IDE for creating custom elements live inside Breakdance. It’s included with Breakdance.
|
no
The Block Editor's APIs are very complex and change frequently. Creating elements generally requires React and running build scripts.
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| Modify Built-In Elements |
yes
via Element Studio.
|
yes
via custom code.
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| PHP Code Block Element |
yes
Write and run PHP code live inside of Breakdance.
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not provided |
| Element Display Conditions API | yes | no |
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Form Submission Handler API
Build and run custom handlers on form submissions - i.e. custom php, or a new handler that appears in the Actions After Submit dropdown.
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yes | no forms |
| Hooks / Actions & Filters | yes | yes |
| PHP Array Queries |
yes
Customize any WP_Query in Breakdance with PHP.
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no |
| API Stability | solid |
rapidly changing
The Block Editor platform is still young and often makes drastic changes. While these don’t usually break backwards compatibility, they make it harder for third-party devs to keep up.
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| Add Header & Footer Scripts | yes | no |
| Global Custom CSS | yes | yes |
| Global Custom JS | yes | yes |
| Conditional Custom CSS | yes | no |
| Conditional Custom JS | yes | no |
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