GeneratePress is one of the most popular themes of WordPress, but it may not be the best choice for everyone.
GeneratePress still doesn’t support full site editing. You can replicate most of the functionalities of FSE themes with GeneratePress Pro though, but it isn’t the same thing.
Below is a list of the top GeneratePress alternatives, including faster themes and full-site editing themes.
Breakdance
Breakdance is a new page builder from the creators of another page builder Oxygen. One of the main differences between both is the easiness of learning and using Breakdance compared to Oxygen.
Breakdance’s recent features include:
- Woocommerce Custom Product Loops
- Woocommerce Conditions; Stock Status, Stock Quantity, On Sale, etc.
- Advanced Accordion Element
- Tooltip
- Native SVG
Breakdance does what most page builders allow, quickly building a page visually. But it generates a leaner page that will load faster than others.
Breakdance is offered at $199/year for unlimited sites or $99/year for 1 site.
Ollie
The Ollie theme is a block theme that offers +50 patterns. To view its pattern list, you need to install the theme, add a block, browse all, and explore all patterns.
Its pattern list includes:
- Posts
- Text
- Call to Action
- Footers
- Cards
- Features
- Hero
- Pages
- Pricing
- Testimonials
- Contact
Framer
Framer is a platform to build websites where you have full control of all elements.
The platform offers hosting as part of the plans. Framer offers a library of templates with +1000 free templates.
The following tiers are available:
- 2 pages 10GB/bandwidth: $60/year
- 1000 pages 50GB/bandwidth: $180/year
- 10000 pages 100GB/bandwidth + 10 CMS collections: $360/year
Genesis Block Theme
Acquired by WP Engine in 2018, Genesis recently launched the Genesis Block Theme which is their first-ever block editor’s first theme. This theme is independent of the Genesis Framework theme.
It still doesn’t support Full-site Editing, but Genesis said it’s incoming.
Genesis Block theme offers a large section of free sections, and start themes templates.
Frost
Created by WP Engine, Frost is a Full Site Editing theme that offers numerous patterns to build your block-based website. The patterns included are:
- Call-to-Action
- Featured Boxes
- Footer
- Header
- Hero Section
- Homepage: import a full page layout.
- Link Page
- Podcast Episode
- Portfolio
- Pricing Table
- Team Members
- Testimonials
Gutenberg
Gutenberg(Block editor) is an alternative to GeneratePress. Some Gutenberg block libraries don’t require installing a block plugin to use its patterns, as it leverages the block editor(Gutenberg) capabilities for the blocks.
Wpalpha offers one of the best full-page pattern and pattern library of WordPress.
GutenbergHub offers a free Gutenberg pattern library on their website, you can even share previews of full-page patterns that you built. There’s also the official WordPress pattern repository. It allows you to copy and paste the patterns from there, without having to install a plugin, like others.
