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Notes on building fast WordPress sites.
Practical guides on performance, page building and accessibility. No fluff, and honest about trade-offs, including our own.
The best Elementor alternatives in 2026: an honest guide
Gutenberg, Bricks, Beaver Builder, Breakdance, Divi and Akram compared on speed, price, learning curve and lock-in, so you can pick the right builder for your next site.
Why page builders slow WordPress down (and what actually fixes it)
Where the weight in a page builder comes from, why caching alone doesn’t fix it, and the numbers from building the same page in Elementor and Akram.
GuidesHow to migrate from Elementor to Akram without rebuilding your pages
A step-by-step guide to converting Elementor pages with Akram’s migration tool, what converts automatically, what to check, and how to roll back.
PerformanceCore Web Vitals for WordPress: a practical guide
What LCP, INP and CLS measure, the thresholds Google uses, and the specific fixes that move each one on a WordPress site.
TutorialsBuild a custom header, footer and 404 page with the Akram theme builder
A hands-on tutorial for designing site-wide templates in Akram, including sticky headers, display rules and a 404 page that helps visitors.
TutorialsPopups that convert without annoying people
How to choose popup triggers, frequency and targeting so popups help visitors instead of interrupting them, with accessibility basics and settings for Akram.
GuidesAccessible WordPress sites: what your page builder should do for you
The accessibility basics every WordPress site needs, which parts a page builder should handle automatically, and what you still need to check yourself.
Faster pages start with the builder.
Akram renders pages on save, so visitors get finished HTML. Free, with every feature.