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Starter Templates – AI-Powered Templates for Elementor & Gutenberg
Instant site gratification for anyone terrified of a blank screen.
Healthy
84/100
The plugin offers great speed for beginners despite an inflated star rating.
Active installs
~2.5 million
our estimate · wp.org shows 2.0M+
Rating
4.9★
4,740 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-4%
Holding steady
14,126 → 13,518 installs/day
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Holding steady · -4% in the last year
14,126/day a year ago→13,518/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayStarter Templates is well-regarded as a time-saving tool for quickly launching WordPress sites, especially for beginners, with standout praise for Brainstorm Force's support team, though some desirable layouts are locked behind a paid tier.
What people like
- +Speeds up site building significantly by providing ready-to-import full-site templates×6
- +Accessible and easy to use for beginners and non-designers×4
- +Customer support is consistently praised as fast and effective×5
- +Templates are described as clean, modern, and visually appealing×2
Common complaints
- −Some of the more desirable or advanced layouts are locked behind a paid/Pro plan×2
- −The setup experience is not entirely smooth for all users, with some areas needing further work
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.34★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.90★
- 19%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2024-05-152025-06-092026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 4,740 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-06-03★★★★★Skipped the Boring Partsara2561-shot
- 2026-06-01★★★★★Highly recommendedAdendum
- 2026-05-25★★★★★Do thispicaruco
- 2026-05-25★★★★★Huge time saver tbhbobbi2
- 2026-05-18★★★★★Thank you Astra VIP supportheyrsl1-shot
- 2026-05-18★★★★★No More Blank Pagescraney25
- 2026-04-24★★★★★Very goodDaniel1-shot
- 2026-04-24★★★★★Very good supportwpger
- 2026-04-22★★★★★Great for Quick Startshelbischmidt
- 2026-04-20★★★★★Customer Supportkiraravnak
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
12,629
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
12,019
Prior 7-day baseline
12,139
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
313,076
Mean release-day peak (30d)
61,780
Latest day · 2026-06-03(spike)
+5.1%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
13%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
0.94
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
79%
5★ share in analyzed sample
19%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
+10%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.32 → 4.34★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered