Back-end Editor
Joomla 3, 4, 5, 6
Updated 10 Mar 2026
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The entire backend editor interface comprises of Page Editing Top Panel at the top, the Main Menu Bar on the left, and the Settings Panel on the right.
The backend editor lets you add and edit your addons without blocking the main view of your canvas.
How to Access Backend Editor
You can easily get access to the backend editor of SP Page Builder 5. Download and Install your SP Page Builder 5. Then from your Joomla dashboard navigate to Components > SP Page Builder Pro > Pages. This will open the SP Page Builder 5 Dashboard.

Click on any existing page to access the backend editor of that page. Or you can hit “+ New Page” to create a new page. Once you create a new page, it will directly take you to the backend editor of SP Page Builder.
In this section
- Categories You can create a new category and subcategory from the SP Page Builder Admin Menu > Categories. This feature is only ava…
- Page Edit Top Panel The Page Edit Top Panel sits at the beginning of the backend editor and consists of some useful buttons like Side Topbar…
- Main Menu Bar The editing interface of the backend editor comes with a Main Menu Bar that contains Add Elements, Page Layouts, Saved I…
- Settings/Style Panel The settings panel of the backend editor sits comfortably on the right side of the screen, without blocking your canvas…
- How to Copy, Paste and Duplicate Sections & Addons Copying a section will copy the entire section including the addons and its related settings in that section. To copy a…
- How to Create Sections In order to start adding addons to your page, you must create sections first. These sections give you an initial structu…