In reply to Abraham Stockman.

On the debate above, between Elementor versus Gutenberg with third party blocks versus the struggle with the half-baked columns block, it seems real standardisation is the issue.

It fails because the standardisation is not baked into the block editor itself. There’s is the impression that it is when you look at the pretty good offerings from the likes of Elementor or kadence blocks but these are still to a degree using their own proprietory mechanisms for layout, albeit wrapped up in the block paradigm. Deactivate a plugin to use another and your layout goes out the window.

The much unloved columns block doesn’t solve this issue. In fact blocks need to be provided for layout to cover sections, rows and columns. They need to be basic with settings for padding and offer good responsive functionality. There should be an API that allows third party vendors to hook in their own interfaces, bells and whistles. Change theme or builder plugin and your layout remains intact.

That would be real standardisation.