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PowerFolio – Portfolio & Image Gallery for Elementor
Easy to set up until the bugs decide to show up.
HealthyDeclining
67/100
Users appreciate the simple setup but report functional breakage and missing features in the Pro version.
Active installs
~17,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+
Rating
4.5★
12 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-25%
Declining fast
70 → 53 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MINORdownloads down 25% 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 · -25% in the last year
70/day a year ago→53/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayPowerFolio is praised for its responsive support, recent updates, and ease of adding portfolio items, but users report functional breakage, missing pagination and translation features, and occasional support silence.
What people like
- +Responsive, fast support that resolves issues and adds requested features×2
- +Recent updates after a long gap, showing active development
- +Simple way to add portfolio entries in Elementor
- +Works as expected and follows tutorials, making it easy to use
Common complaints
- −Plugin stopped working
- −Missing grid layout with pagination in the Pro version
- −No response from support regarding missing feature requests
- −Cannot edit the portfolio page with Elementor
- −No translation/localization support
Review trustMostly organic
- 4.40★Verified rating — drops from 4.50★ once one-shot reviewers are removed
- 17%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
- past spikeReview timing — up to 29% 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 · 12 total
Latest reviews · 12 analyzed
- 2026-04-05★★★★★Awesome!giddyaf
- 2025-11-20★★★★★Great plugin!djlisa1-shot
- 2025-11-04★★★★★Best plugin for a portfolio and galleries!Andrés Cifuentes
- 2025-10-27★★★★★Very good, Excellent support.caveteam
- 2024-09-18★★★★★No Longer Workstsinhouseweb
- 2023-10-26★★★★★Does not Provide Grid with NavigationAW Cerde
- 2023-06-21★★★★★Simple, practical and works greattamiresdartora1-shot
- 2021-04-30★★★★★Simple and very Usefullsifat12
- 2021-01-20★★★★★Usable but…I can't edit website/”portfolio” pagesvenkee
- 2020-11-16★★★★★Good Free Alternative to Pro Portfolio in Elementorcjgp1
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.
40
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
54
Prior 7-day baseline
38
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
2,378
Mean release-day peak (30d)
250
Latest day · 2026-06-03(spike)
-25.9%
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.
29%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
2.37
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
83%
5★ share in analyzed sample
17%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
-67%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.50 → 4.40★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered