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Ibtana – WordPress Website Builder
Stunning templates that come with a side of technical instability.
DecliningReview burst
55/100
The builder is easy to use but critical bugs frequently break existing content or prevent saving pages.
Active installs
~15,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+
Rating
4.3★
30 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-19%
Declining
246 → 199 installs/day
Warnings
- Reviews concentrated in a single month — usually a marketing push or paid wave.
What to watch out for
- MAJOR35% of reviews in one month (2025-03-11)
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 · -19% in the last year
246/day a year ago→199/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayIbtana is praised for its user-friendly website builder and responsive support, but several users report serious functional bugs that can halt site operation.
What people like
- +Responsive and reliable customer support×4
- +Easy to use, allowing site creation without advanced coding×2
- +Variety of customization options
- +Works smoothly with WordPress core
- +Packed with useful features and well-designed interface
Common complaints
- −Plugin can hang if external CDN (cdnjs.cloudflare.com) is unavailable due to missing timeout handling
- −Installation fails with "Destination folder already exists" error
- −Previously created Ibtana blocks become unsupported after updates, forcing redesign
- −Cannot save or publish pages, rendering the builder unusable
- −Support lacks a ticket-based system, relying on email only
Review trustMostly organic
- 4.00★Verified rating — drops from 4.30★ once one-shot reviewers are removed
- 27%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
- past spikeReview timing — up to 35% of all reviews landed in a single month
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-12-172025-03-112026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 30 total
Latest reviews · 30 analyzed
- 2025-07-19★★★★★Almost Perfect Pluginmstancu98
- 2025-06-21★★★★★Nice Pluginfreshmartsolutions1-shot
- 2025-06-13★★★★★Perfect assistancelucatesta79
- 2025-05-16★★★★★Strongly Recommended!husanthompsonenterprises1-shot
- 2025-02-27★★★★★I love this plugin!smaselli
- 2025-02-24★★★★★Website Builder with Great Support!ischoolamerica
- 2025-02-24★★★★★excellent supportisrarescue
- 2025-02-23★★★★★Prompt and good customer servicewpamirtharaj1-shot
- 2025-02-21★★★★★Top support from these guysropet
- 2025-02-11★★★★★Superb Plugin with Fantastic support.iamstarchris
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to Ibtana
Top Builders plugins, ranked by score.For 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.
176
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
174
Prior 7-day baseline
153
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
148
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
+1.1%
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.
35%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
2.11
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
77%
5★ share in analyzed sample
27%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
-100%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.27 → 4.00★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered