60
Bold Page Builder
Speed is great until the broken frontend editor breaks your heart.
DecliningPoor rating
60/100
A few users like the speed but many report broken editors and poor support.
Active installs
~46,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 40k+
Rating
3.6★
66 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-22%
Declining
332 → 260 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MAJORverified rating is 3.45★
- MINORreviews unevenly distributed over time
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
Declining · -22% in the last year
332/day a year ago→260/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayBold Page Builder is a basic, long-standing layout tool that a small group of loyal users appreciate for its simplicity and speed, but it is widely criticised for limited features, a broken frontend editor, poor WooCommerce compatibility, and unresponsive developer support.
What people like
- +Considered simple and fast to use for basic layout organisation once learned×3
- +Reported as stable and reliable over long-term use by some users
Common complaints
- −Feature set is considered very limited compared to competitors like Elementor and WPBakery×5
- −Frontend live editor is broken and does not work in Chrome or Firefox×2
- −Updates have broken existing page layouts on live sites×2
- −Developer support is unresponsive or absent, with questions going unanswered on the support forum×2
- −Causes display and layout issues on WooCommerce Cart and Checkout pages×2
- −No real-time preview; changes cannot be seen live while editing
- −Leaves behind residual code in pages if the plugin is removed or switched
- −Shortcodes added inside text blocks do not render on the frontend
- −Slider sections are not responsive in at least one bundled theme
- −Steep initial learning curve with poor documentation×2
Review trustReviews look organic
- 3.45★Verified rating — drops from 3.60★ once one-shot reviewers are removed
- 15%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-09-182025-02-092026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 66 total
Latest reviews · 66 analyzed
- 2025-05-12★★★★★Slider is not responsiveswapnil1234
- 2025-05-05★★★★★El mejor maquetadorFausto
- 2025-03-24★★★★★Very limitedYahya Deved Wordpress
- 2025-03-04★★★★★Very stable, simple great addonfasm
- 2025-01-28★★★★★Stay awaytdutkowski
- 2024-12-23★★★★★Non-existent support – just terribleguerre64
- 2024-12-23★★★★★Disappointing Experience with Stellarium Templateonetailer
- 2024-11-03★★★★★Good thing but first hard to learn7mdo2u
- 2024-08-16★★★★★Page builder that has to go milesarun2006th
- 2024-04-19★★★★★Love it!Broomster
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to Bold 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.
311
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
255
Prior 7-day baseline
285
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
6,608
Mean release-day peak (30d)
440
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
+22.0%
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.
15%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
1.56
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
53%
5★ share in analyzed sample
15%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
3.56 → 3.45★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered