The Avada Builder plugin, and one of the two required plugins with Avada, is our very own stand-alone page builder plugin, packed with innovative features and options. With Avada 6.0 and above, Avada Builder now comes in two interfaces in the one plugin, the traditional back-end wireframe editor, and the front-end Avada Live.

As is the case with all plugins, you will have to install and activate it first in order to use it. To learn how, please continue reading below.

Step 1 – To be able to install the required plugins, you must first register Avada. See the How To Register Avada doc for details on that simple process.

Step 2 – Once you have registered Avada, navigate to the Avada > Plugins-Add-ons tab.

Step 3 – Here you will see the two required plugins, Avada Core and Avada Builder. You should install the Avada Core plugin before installing the Avada Builder plugin.

Step 4 – On the Avada Core plugin, hover over the plugin’s image and click the ‘Install’ button. After the install completes and the plugin activates, click the “Return to Avada Plugins” link.

Step 5 – Back on the plugins page, hover over the Avada Builder’s image and click the ‘Install’ button. After the install completes and the plugin activates, click the “Return to Avada Plugins” link.

Once finished, you can now use the Avada Builder throughout your site, on any post types you enable in the Avada Builder Options.

In the Avada > Plugins / Add-ons section you will see Avada’s two required plugins, the Avada Core and the Avada Builder plugin. The ‘Install’ button for the Avada Builder plugin is disabled to ensure that the Avada Core plugin is updated first. Doing it in this order is very important and will prevent fatal errors on your site. If you accidentally installed the Avada Builder plugin before updating Avada Core, please see our ‘Troubleshooting’ section below.

In the Avada > Plugins section you will see Avada’s two required plugins, the Avada Core and the Avada Builder plugin. The installation and activation order of the the Avada Core and Avada Builder plugin does not matter, provided it’s a fresh install and you’re not updating from a later version. Make sure both are active for Avada to work correctly.

If you have updated to Avada 5.0+ and somehow managed to install and activate the Avada Builder plugin before updating the Avada Core plugin, you may experience fatal errors on your site. To learn how to remove these errors and to update correctly, please continue reading below.

Step 1 – Log into your server using FTP and navigate to your WordPress installation’s wp-content/plugins folder.

Step 2 – Locate the Builder plugin folder named fusion-builder and temporarily rename it to something else. For example, fusion-builder-dis.

Step 3 – After that is done, log into the WP Dashboard of your site and navigate to the Avada > Plugins tab. Locate the Avada Core plugin and update accordingly.

Step 4 – Once more using FTP, navigate to the wp-content > plugins folder and rename the Avada Builder plugin folder back to it’s original name, fusion-builder.

Step 5 – Lastly, log into your site’s WP Dashboard and navigate to the Avada > Plugins tab. You will see the Avada Builder plugin is automatically enabled.