Joy
(@joyously)
The database is defined for the content to be of LONGTEXT type, and according to
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13932750/tinytext-text-mediumtext-and-longtext-maximum-storage-sizes you can store quite a bit more than 10K. It does depend on the character encoding, but not that much.
By using very long text, you might encounter some slowdown with the processing that happens when the data is read from the database, filtered with PHP, sent to the browser, and then Javascript manipulation (mostly when editing, but if there is dynamic blocks, it could be on the front end). You might want to put page breaks into it so that one article is not too overwhelming.
As for a page builder plugin, keep in mind that you have to have the plugin installed and active or it won’t look right. You sort of have to choose one and then never switch. The easiest way is to use the built-in editor (whether that is the block editor or the classic editor) and use the theme to change the look. Building each page is not only repetitive, but unnecessary and time consuming.
Thanks Joy – that’s very useful. 🙂
Re using a page builder, do people use these because no available theme has the look that they want? I’m wanting a minimalistic Medium-esque look, so perhaps I don’t need to use a page builder, especially given the downsides that you mention.
Joy
(@joyously)
I have no idea why people use page builder plugins. I think some do because they are new to WP and think that’s what you do.
The theme’s job is to make the pages consistent across the site. If you fight with that by building each page to be different, it’s more work for nothing.
And if you put style-specific things into the page content (like red headlines or something), then it’s a real hassle when you want to switch to a theme with a red background (that’s extreme, but maybe you get the point).
There are many minimalist themes. It’s the easiest look (and quite boring).
