Myth: "A bigger template library means a better builder"

Myth: "A bigger template library means a better builder"

Marketing pages brag about 300+ templates like it's a feature. After importing dozens across Elementor, Divi, and Astra Starter Sites, the count is almost meaningless. Quality and weight matter, volume doesn't.

Pros of large libraries:
— More starting points for non-designers
— Occasionally a layout you'd never have drafted

Cons / what the number hides:
— Most templates are slight recolors of the same five layouts
— Imported demos drag in extra plugins, dummy images, and bloated global CSS
— You inherit someone else's nested-section mess and spend an hour stripping it

Verdict: 30 clean, current templates beat 300 stale ones. Count is a vanity metric.

Best for: judging a builder by one imported demo's Lighthouse score, not the catalog size.