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Gutenberg vs YOOtheme builder

20 October 2026 at 06:39

I gave gutenberg second chance after few years and still cant get into it. what am I missing?

So I’ve been using YOOtheme Pro builder for a few years now for my WP sites. When gutenberg came out I tried it, didnt really like it and kinda forgot about it.

But I keep seeing threads here that gutenberg is the future, page builders are bloated, just use blocks etc. So recently I decided to give it a real second try (core blocks only, no extra plugins).

And honestly... I still dont get it. It feels really clunky to me. Mostly the basic stuff like arranging and moving things on the page:

  • selecting the right block is a pain. with few nested groups/rows/columns I almost always click the wrong one, I basically have to keep List View open all the time
  • moving stuff around. drag and drop works sometimes, sometimes not. and the arrows only move it inside the parent so moving section into another container is just annoying
  • layout and spacing. group vs row vs stack vs columns, content width, wide/full, block gap, padding, margin.. everything is somewhere else. simple section takes way too many clicks
  • responsive. I cant really set different spacing or hide something on mobile without custom css. in yootheme its just normal part of the workflow
  • settings are all over the place. toolbar, sidebar, styles tab, sometimes you need to select parent block first to even see the option. I never know where to look

I know the argument that builders are heavy and overloaded with options. But yootheme is not like that imo, its pretty lightweight, not overloaded and the output code is clean. For me its few levels above in daily use.

And yes I know gutenberg is core, free, no lock-in and will be there as long as WP exists. Switching away from yootheme isnt painless, I get it.

So my question mainly to people who used both:

  • do you feel the same or did gutenberg “click” for you at some point?
  • am I doing something wrong? some workflow or setting that makes core blocks less painful?

Not trying to start a war here, I really would like someone who knows both to convince me lol

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