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Greenshift – animation and page builder blocks
Fast animations that currently only speak English.
GrowingReview burst
77/100
The plugin provides incredible animation power and speed despite a steep learning curve and missing translations.
Active installs
~93,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 70k+
Rating
4.8★
107 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+22%
Growing
598 → 731 installs/day
Warnings
- Reviews concentrated in a single month — usually a marketing push or paid wave.
What to watch out for
- MAJOR36% of reviews in one month (2025-04-10)
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
Growing · +22% in the last year
598/day a year ago→731/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayGreenshift is widely regarded as one of the most capable and performance-focused Gutenberg block builders available, though non-English users face a long-standing and unresolved translation gap in the editor interface.
What people like
- +Strong performance and lightweight output — pages load faster and Core Web Vitals scores improve compared to heavier builders×4
- +Advanced animation and interaction capabilities praised as modern and fluid×3
- +Broad, flexible feature set that caters to both beginners and advanced/developer users×4
- +Active developer who responds to feedback, ships frequent updates, and doesn't break existing sites×4
- +Good support and active community×3
- +Competitive pricing, including a lifetime license option×2
- +Dynamic data capabilities and WooCommerce integration noted positively×2
- +Patterns and reusable blocks with sync/unsync options praised as useful
Common complaints
- −UI strings in the Gutenberg editor are largely untranslatable for non-English users due to missing textdomain calls in compiled JS files — affects the core plugin and all add-ons
- −Noticeable learning curve, especially compared to simpler page builders×2
- −Tutorials and documentation considered insufficient given the plugin's complexity
Review trustMostly organic
- 4.78★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.80★
- 6%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
- past spikeReview timing — up to 36% of all reviews landed in a single month
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-07-202025-01-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 107 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-05-18★★★★★The Good, the Bad, and the Uglymark ball
- 2026-04-22★★★★★It is currently very unfriendly to non-English users!cmhello
- 2026-01-24★★★★★Top plugin for blocksminimamente
- 2025-12-13★★★★★Most advanced Gutenberg block collectionMax
- 2025-12-05★★★★★The Future of WordPress Building Starts with GreenShiftbinalwan
- 2025-12-04★★★★★GreenShift is hands down one of the most advanced, future-focused WordPress pageH Hakimy
- 2025-11-27★★★★★Great Block Collectiondmccan
- 2025-11-04★★★★★Perfect Plugin to design page with excellent page speedHozefa Saleh
- 2025-10-28★★★★★Took me a while to check it outMikkelCrunch
- 2025-09-17★★★★★Most complete gutenberg pluginshangri
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.
808
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
749
Prior 7-day baseline
876
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
9,542
Mean release-day peak (30d)
769
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
+7.9%
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.
36%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
2.12
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
87%
5★ share in analyzed sample
6%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
-50%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.74 → 4.78★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered