70
Microthemer Lite – Visual Editor to Customize CSS
Pure joy for designers who want visual control without writing code.
Declining
70/100
It offers powerful visual styling. The free version lacks advanced layout features.
Active installs
~15,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+
Rating
5.0★
44 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-39%
Declining fast
160 → 98 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MAJORnear-100% 5★ in bursty pattern
- MINORdownloads down 39% vs a year ago
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 fast · -39% in the last year
160/day a year ago→98/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayMicrothemer Lite is widely praised as a powerful visual CSS editor that integrates well with page builders and offers precise, non-destructive styling, though newcomers may find its learning curve steep.
What people like
- +Powerful and feature-rich, supporting animations, JavaScript and a wide range of styling options×4
- +Visual targeting mode makes locating and editing specific CSS selectors easy
- +Allows simple visual editing of common CSS properties such as color, border, spacing and responsive settings×3
- +Non-destructive editing; changes are saved in a separate stylesheet and can be reset easily
- +Good performance and fast operation
- +Seamless integration with page builders (Elementor, Oxygen, Gutenberg blocks) and other plugins×2
- +Responsive support even for free users
- +IDE-like environment with draft mode and ability to add custom JavaScript
Common complaints
- −Steep learning curve for beginners; can feel complicated at first
Review trustMostly organic
- 5.00★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 5.00★
- 7%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
- past spikeReview timing — up to 33% of all reviews landed in a single month
- 100%5★ concentration — near-perfect across only 44 reviews — not yet a proven track record
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2024-03-162025-05-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 44 total
Latest reviews · 44 analyzed
- 2025-01-13★★★★★Bowing Down Before this CSS God!dmitric
- 2024-10-16★★★★★Works perfectlyFeuille Blanche
- 2024-03-07★★★★★Amazing CSS Styling PluginB
- 2022-09-07★★★★★Wowjhnpldng
- 2022-07-20★★★★★an excellent job!!!trik79
- 2022-06-27★★★★★Excelentelucaslima28
- 2021-12-07★★★★★Easy to use and extremely well made pluginrefica
- 2020-10-31★★★★★Highly recommendedMartin Sauter
- 2020-09-15★★★★★Brilliant!shailpik
- 2020-08-26★★★★★A must have plugin for fast website developingMohammad Arshad
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.
70
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
84
Prior 7-day baseline
68
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
302
Mean release-day peak (30d)
74
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-16.7%
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.
33%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
2.89
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
100%
5★ share in analyzed sample
7%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
5.00 → 5.00★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered