Simone Maranzana

Andrea Gandino

Evolve

Brix is the best page builder plugin out there: thanks to its intuitive drag & drop interface and its powerful set of tools, you’ll be able to transform literally any WordPress theme into something truly awesome.
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Lite vs Premium
This is the Lite version of Brix Builder. It contains all the core features of the plugin, and allows you to create great layouts in no time.
If you want more, though, a Premium version of the plugin is available on <a href="https://justevolve.it/product/brix" rel="nofollow ugc">justevolve.it</a>, adding new features and extending the basic functionality of the plug in. Premium support and regular updates are also part of the premium version.
Here are some of the features included in the Premium version:
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<li>NEW! Frontend drag&drop editing mode</li>
<li>Premium support</li>
<li>Full-blown responsive mode</li>
<li>Enhanced backgrounds</li>
<li>More content blocks</li>
<li>Advanced grid features</li>
<li>Enhanced column carousels</li>
<li>Custom templates import/export</li>
<li>Several built-in templates ready for use</li>
<li>More icon sets (2200+ icons)</li>
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NEW FRONTEND EDITING MODE
The new shiny “Frontend editing” mode is Brix’s way of showing you a live and high fidelity preview of the changes you’re making to the page layout and content, displaying it exactly how a visitor would see it. Try it now in our <a href="https://brixbuilder.com" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow ugc">online demo</a>.
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Works on every theme
Brix can be used with any WordPress theme and the best thing about its approach is that it doesn’t lock you in. Brix doesn’t rely on shortcodes: you can switch themes as many times as you like and your content will follow you, even if you disable the plugin completely.
Works on every post type
Brix can be activated on any post type. By default, it works for pages, but easy controls can make it work in other contexts as well, such as posts, portfolio items or even products.
No coding required, yet developer friendly
Brix allows you to visually compose any page or layout you can imagine with a grid-based, easy interface, without touching a single line of code.
Brix is friendly to developers too: the code is clean, efficient and well documented.
FAST!
Page builders can be slow, and nobody likes heavy plugins that slow down your website. Brix is different. Content generated by Brix is constantly optimized to only load the thing that you need, the moment you need them; Brix works great with caching systems, but even without any of them, the simple fact that it doesn’t rely on shortcodes, makes it quick to render.
Advanced Grid System
With Brix interface, you can precisely control even the tiniest detail of your design in a professional way thanks to the most advanced grid management system ever created.
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<li>Padding and margin controls. You can control spacing for every element on every device by using <code>px</code>, <code>em</code>, <code>%</code> or the unit you need.</li>
<li>Special column structures. Combine full width section layouts or take advantage of the unique special section feature, and quickly adjust a row’s column structure with just a couple of clicks.</li>
<li>Quickly split & merge columns. Adjust the row columns layout with just one click thanks to the innovative live split/merge controls.</li>
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SEO ready
You have full control over the markup that is generated by Brix. It’s up to you to choose the heading structure, and whether to use <code>section</code> tags or not; also, Brix works great with major WordPress SEO plugins like YOAST.
Built to grow
Brix has been designed to be modular and scalable and it can be extended with additional functionality and components with no hassle.
Also, we’re profoundly committed to make Brix better and better, and we’ll keep updating it regularly, extending its documentation and adding new tutorials as well.
Read more on the <a href="https://justevolve.it/category/brix/" rel="nofollow ugc">Brix official blog</a>.
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Want to know more? Join the Brix Community!
Help make the Brix community grow and meet other users and discuss with the team about what you’d like to see next in Brix. 
 Here are our official channels:
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<li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/1863909033848406/" rel="nofollow ugc">Brix Builder Community</a> group on Facebook,</li>
<li><a href="https://brixbuilder.slack.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Slack</a>.</li>
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Join today! 🙂
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Brix: WordPress page builder

Brix is a powerful drag & drop page builder that allows you to visually compose any layout you can imagine with a grid-based, easy interface.

Hotjar

Hotjar helps you to connect the dots between what your users do and why—so you can confidently create and optimize user experiences that convert. See what your users see, ask how they feel, and connect 1:1, all from one powerful and intuitive platform.
Hotjar Observe:
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<li>Visualize user behavior – Heatmaps visually represent where users click, move, and scroll on your site. With this context, you’ll be inspired with simple ways to improve your site.</li>
<li>Put yourself in their shoes – Watch recordings of real user behavior on your site. See visitors’ clicks, mouse movements, u-turns, and rage clicks. Learn what frustrates users and resolve issues early.</li>
<li>Measure conversions and learn why users drop off – Visualize your conversion flows with Funnels, and understand where your users are getting stuck by zooming into relevant recordings.</li>
<li>Explore and understand your metrics – Trends connects the dots between numbers and user behavior insights so you can visualize your most important metrics and find the recordings and heatmaps of the underlying user behavior with a single click.</li>
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Hotjar Ask:
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<li>Hear from your users – Surveys bring voice-of-customer to your decision-making. Gathering evidence for a landing page or feature? Use a targeted Survey to validate your ideas and better understand your users.</li>
<li>Get feedback with context – A real-time suggestion box on your site, Feedback lets users express frustration or delight about individual parts of your site, right down to the page, form, or image they’re looking at.</li>
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Hotjar Engage:
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<li>Connect with users – Automate the recruitment, scheduling, and hosting of moderated user interviews, and focus on what matters the most—connecting with users.</li>
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Hotjar Platform:
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<li>Stay on top of your user metrics – Use your Dashboard to get a high-level view of user data and spot issues before they become serious, identify trends, and find deeper insights.</li>
<li>Integrate Hotjar with the tools you love – Connect Hotjar with thousands of popular apps, so you can automate your work and have more time for what matters most—no code required.</li>
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This plugin provides a simple installation of Hotjar on your WordPress site. <a href="https://insights.hotjar.com/register?utm_source=wordpress&utm_medium=plugin" rel="nofollow ugc">Sign-up for your free trial today</a>!

The Hotjar plugin works as expected and it took less than a minute to get it up and running! The whole process was super smooth (and by "process" I mean simply copy-pasting my Hotjar site ID into Hotjar settings).

It's a 5 star plugin as is, but I'd love the addition of a user role restriction so I can exclude administrators from user recordings.

Up and running in a minute

It seems the data isn't sent to Hotjar, finally I prefer using the JS integration directly.

Plugin is not working


…Now it won't even correctly verify the installation. The tracking script was in my website yet the HotJar control panel claimed over and over that it wasn't when I tried to verify the installation. I tried FOUR different browsers, since it claimed that ad blocking in my primary browser was preventing it from working. The other 3 browsers have no ad-blocking extensions. Still no dice. I could see the requests reaching the site while trying to verify, and I even tested the requests that were made and, sure enough, the tracking script was installed.



So… I'm done. I'll find another way to tackle the task I needed to complete. My HotJar account is deleted and I will no longer be suggesting it to my customers.


Used to be good

The fast & visual way to understand your users.

Brix: WordPress page builder vs Hotjar