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Beaver Builder Page Builder – Drag and Drop Website Builder
A dependable veteran that still needs better mobile layout controls.
Healthy
85/100
It offers great stability and support despite some complaints about mobile layout controls.
Active installs
~150,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 100k+
Rating
4.7★
391 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-4%
Holding steady
1,472 → 1,414 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
1,472/day a year ago→1,414/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayBeaver Builder is a well-established WordPress page builder with a strong reputation for stability and responsive support, though a minority of users find it slow, glitchy, and limited in responsive layout controls.
What people like
- +Reliable and stable — users report no site breakage after updates over many years of use×4
- +Support team is fast, responsive, and follows issues through to resolution×7
- +Easy to use and intuitive, including for non-technical clients×5
- +Flexible enough for developers while remaining accessible to beginners×2
- +Abundant tutorials and a helpful community (e.g. Facebook group)×2
Common complaints
- −Missing responsive layout controls — no built-in option to show/hide blocks per device, and no customizable stacking order on mobile
- −Performance complaints — some users find the builder noticeably slow when adding or editing elements×2
- −Reported glitchiness and instability in some users' experience×2
- −Free version restricts key functionality such as copying elements between pages
- −Considered overpriced by some users relative to competitors
- −Limited developer documentation noted as a gap
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.55★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.70★
- 14%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-10-182025-02-092026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 391 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-04-04★★★★★Friendly, human and usable for starters and expertsjelmerjellema
- 2026-04-01★★★★★Excellent Immediate Supportrimasu
- 2026-03-17★★★★★Solid plugin, great supporthumpiedump
- 2025-10-17★★★★★Excellent support!kl20001-shot
- 2025-09-16★★★★★Excellent customer service!Eelke
- 2025-08-07★★★★★Automatic updates of themes to latest versionedwinnieves
- 2025-07-07★★★★★Very flexible builder and suite of productsTinelle Louis
- 2025-06-04★★★★★Thankful and Happybaphometse
- 2025-06-04★★★★★Simply awesomeWP User
- 2025-03-13★★★★★Responsive layouts is not ready yetAmit
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to Beaver Builder Page Builder
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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.
1,221
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
1,424
Prior 7-day baseline
1,137
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
3,652
Mean release-day peak (30d)
1,426
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-14.3%
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.
14%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
1.15
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
82%
5★ share in analyzed sample
14%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
-25%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.36 → 4.55★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered