Sidcraft Page Builder Wordpress Plugin - Rating, Reviews, Demo & Download
Plugin Description
Sidcraft Page Builder is a free visual page builder for WordPress. Build landing pages, home pages, blog layouts and complete websites on a live canvas with drag and drop, nested containers, CSS Grid and responsive controls, then publish through the normal WordPress workflow. No coding needed, and clean HTML and CSS when you want it.
Why Sidcraft Page Builder?
- True visual editing: drag units from the library, edit text inline, undo and redo, right-click menus, and preview desktop, tablet and mobile side by side.
- CSS-first output: XEditor elements print one clean HTML element each, with no wrapper divs, so pages stay light and fast.
- Design once, reuse everywhere: global colors, typography, classes, variables, components and site kits keep every page on brand.
- Performance built in: per-page CSS and scripts, external CSS files, a unit cache, lazy images and self-hosted Google Fonts.
- Spam-safe forms and logins: honeypot, Google reCAPTCHA or privacy-friendly Cloudflare Turnstile, with the Submit or Log In button kept disabled until the visitor passes the check.
Visual editor
- Drag-and-drop canvas with Containers, Inner Sections and CSS Grid (tracks, gaps, spans, drag-to-resize).
- Desktop, tablet and mobile views with per-breakpoint values and custom breakpoints.
- Inline text editing, undo/redo, revisions and history, autosave with restore bar, favorites and a searchable unit library.
- Sidcraft Page Builder colour picker with HEX, RGB, HSL, opacity, eyedropper and Global Colors.
- Content, Style and Advanced tabs on every unit: spacing, borders, shadows, backgrounds (image, gradient, video, slideshow), transforms, filters and blend modes.
- Style > Items flex controls (direction, justify, align, gaps, wrap) on containers and widgets.
- Editing lock so two people never overwrite each other.
XEditor (CSS-first layer)
- Atomic elements: Div Block, Flexbox, Grid, Heading, Paragraph, Image and Button.
- Classes & Variables Manager: global
--xe-var-*tokens and reusable.xe-class-*utility classes with Normal, Hover, Focus and Active states and breakpoints. - Class stacking on every unit (XEditor and classic).
- XEditor Loop data model with dynamic tokens such as
{{post.title}}and{{post.url}}(rendering comes with Sidcraft Builder Pro).
50+ free units
- Layout: Container, Inner Section, Grid, Spacer, Divider, Menu Anchor, Sidebar, Template, Component, Collection Loop.
- Content: Heading, Text, Text Editor, Image, Button, Icon, Icon Box, Image Box, Icon List, Read More, Text Path, Code, HTML, Shortcode, WordPress Widget.
- Media: Gallery, Image Carousel, Video, Audio, SoundCloud, Embed, Google Maps.
- Interactive: Tabs, Accordion, Toggle, Nested Tabs, Nested Accordion, Nested Toggle, Flip Box, Counter, Progress Bar, Alert.
- Marketing: Price Table, Testimonial, Star Rating, Rating, Social Icons, Link in Bio.
- Site: Site Menu (responsive navigation), Login, Form, Cloudflare Turnstile.
Forms, login and spam protection
- Form unit: text, email, phone, URL, textarea, select and checkbox fields; stacked, inline or two-column layout; custom recipient and success message.
- Cloudflare Turnstile (new): under Settings Integrations, paste your site and secret keys, or let Sidcraft Page Builder create the Turnstile widget for you with a Cloudflare API token. Test keys, theme, size and appearance options are included.
- Require Turnstile per form: the Form unit (Spam protection Require Cloudflare Turnstile) and the Login unit (Require Cloudflare Turnstile) keep the Submit or Log In button disabled until the visitor completes the check. The button locks again if the token expires or after each submission, and every token is verified on the server with Cloudflare Siteverify.
- Site-wide protection: optionally protect every Sidcraft Page Builder form, the WordPress login form (wp-login.php) and the comment form.
- Cloudflare Turnstile unit: drop it next to any Sidcraft Page Builder form to protect that form.
- Honeypot and Google reCAPTCHA (v2 or v3) are also supported.
Templates and theme
- Save any section as a template and place it with the Template unit, the Sidcraft Page Builder Template block, a sidebar widget or the
[sidcraft_page_builder_template]shortcode. - Canvas and Full Width page templates, header and footer editing, and template import and export.
- Works with any theme; optionally turn off Sidcraft Page Builder’s default colors and fonts so your theme keeps them.
Motion and accessibility
- Entrance and exit animation presets, custom keyframes, scroll triggers and hover effects.
- ARIA label, role and custom attributes placed on the real link, button, field or image.
- RTL styles and translation-ready strings.
Site tools
- Maintenance and Coming Soon mode, Safe mode for troubleshooting, and one-click rollback to an earlier Sidcraft Page Builder version.
- Replace URL tool, system info, roles and capabilities, Units Manager and experiments.
- Yoast SEO and Rank Math see your Sidcraft Page Builder content; WPML and Polylang can translate it.
- Import pages and templates built with Elementor (when Elementor is active) into new Sidcraft Page Builder documents.
- REST routes, WP-CLI commands and hooks for developers.
Sidcraft Builder Pro
Sidcraft Builder Pro is a separate add-on that adds Theme Builder, popups, display conditions, dynamic tags, Loop Grid and Loop Carousel, 70+ extra units, WooCommerce builder units, hosted payments (Stripe, PayPal, Square, Authorize.Net, Razorpay, Mollie) with Payment Forms, form actions and submissions, custom fonts and icons, custom code, editor notes and an AI assistant with an MCP server. Pro’s Login & Register and Payment Form units also include the “Require Cloudflare Turnstile” option.
The full unit list and user guide are at canvasly.pro. For third-party services used by optional features, see “External services” below.
External services
Sidcraft Page Builder works without any external service. The services below are contacted only when you use the feature that needs them; none of them is used to track you or your visitors, and no data is sent to the plugin author.
Google Fonts (Google LLC)
Used to show the Google fonts you pick in the editor. When a published page uses a Google font, the visitor’s browser loads the font stylesheet from fonts.googleapis.com and the font files from fonts.gstatic.com, which sends the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent to Google. If you turn on “Load Google Fonts locally”, your server downloads the stylesheet and font files from the same two hosts once, when you save that setting or click Download, and visitors load the fonts from your own site instead.
Terms of Service, Privacy Policy.
Google reCAPTCHA (Google LLC)
Used to protect forms from spam, only after you enter reCAPTCHA keys under Settings. Pages with a protected form load the reCAPTCHA script from www.google.com, which sends the visitor’s IP address, browser data and interaction data to Google. When the form is submitted, your server sends the reCAPTCHA response token, your secret key and the visitor’s IP address to www.google.com/recaptcha/api/siteverify to check it.
Terms of Service, Privacy Policy.
Cloudflare Turnstile (Cloudflare, Inc.)
Used to protect forms, the WordPress login form and comments from spam, only after you enter Turnstile keys under Settings, Integrations. Protected pages load the Turnstile script from challenges.cloudflare.com, which sends the visitor’s IP address and browser data to Cloudflare. When the form is submitted, your server sends the Turnstile token, your secret key and the visitor’s IP address to challenges.cloudflare.com/turnstile/v0/siteverify. If you also enter a Cloudflare API token, the settings screen sends that token and your account ID to api.cloudflare.com, only when you click Verify or Create widget.
Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, Turnstile Privacy Addendum.
Google Maps (Google LLC)
Used by the Google Maps unit to show a map. The page embeds a map from www.google.com for the address you enter, which sends that address and the visitor’s IP address and browser data to Google when the page is viewed. If you enter a Google Maps API key under Settings, the key is sent with the request to the Maps Embed API.
Terms of Service, Privacy Policy.
YouTube (Google LLC)
Used by the Video unit when you link a YouTube video. The page embeds the player from www.youtube.com, or www.youtube-nocookie.com when privacy mode is on, which sends the video ID and the visitor’s IP address and browser data to YouTube when the page is viewed.
Terms of Service, Privacy Policy.
Vimeo (Vimeo.com, Inc.)
Used by the Video unit when you link a Vimeo video. The page embeds the player from player.vimeo.com, which sends the video ID and the visitor’s IP address and browser data to Vimeo when the page is viewed.
Terms of Service, Privacy Policy.
Dailymotion (Dailymotion SA)
Used by the Video unit when you link a Dailymotion video. The page embeds the player from www.dailymotion.com, which sends the video ID and the visitor’s IP address and browser data to Dailymotion when the page is viewed.
Terms of Service, Privacy Policy.
VideoPress (Automattic Inc.)
Used by the Video unit when you link a VideoPress video. The page embeds the player from videopress.com, which sends the video ID and the visitor’s IP address and browser data to Automattic when the page is viewed.
Terms of Service, Privacy Policy.
SoundCloud (SoundCloud Global Limited & Co. KG)
Used by the SoundCloud unit to play a track or playlist. The page embeds the player from w.soundcloud.com with the track URL you enter, which sends that URL and the visitor’s IP address and browser data to SoundCloud when the page is viewed.
Terms of Use, Privacy Policy.
Kit and template import
When you import a kit or template file whose images are listed by URL rather than packed in the file, your server downloads each image from the address in the file so it can be added to your Media Library. The request goes to whichever site hosts that image, and sends only your server’s IP address and a WordPress user agent.
Source code
The editor script (assets/js/editor.js) is built from the files in src/editor/ with esbuild. The full source, the build script (build.mjs) and instructions are on GitHub: github.com/ssiddiqi4/canvasly-wordpress-builder. Run npm ci and then npm run build to rebuild it. The other scripts in assets/js, including frontend.js and xeditor.js, are not compiled: the shipped files are the source.
Screenshots
Visual editor – Unit library on the left, the page canvas in the center, and Content, Style, and Advanced on the right.
Responsive editing – Switch the canvas between desktop, tablet, and mobile.
CSS Grid – Place children in rows and columns, span cells, and resize by dragging an edge.
Design system – Global colors, typography, classes, variables, and components.
Templates – Save a section and embed it with a shortcode, a block, a unit, or a sidebar widget.
Sidcraft Builder Pro – Theme Builder, popups, shop units, and the annual plans.
