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Page Builder by SiteOrigin
The dependable veteran that stays free and actually answers your support tickets.
HealthyDeclining
88/100
This veteran builder earns high praise for its responsive support and useful free features.
Active installs
~1.3 million
our estimate · wp.org shows 500k+
Rating
4.8★
1,004 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-11%
Declining
2,652 → 2,368 installs/day
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 · -11% in the last year
2,652/day a year ago→2,368/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayPage Builder by SiteOrigin is a well-regarded, long-standing free page builder praised for its flexibility and responsive support, with the only notable complaint being an unusually high frequency of updates.
What people like
- +Reliable and flexible page building, suitable for both non-developers and experienced users×4
- +Responsive, high-quality support — often resolving issues within 24 hours×3
- +Free version offers a wide variety of widgets and functionality×2
- +Active development with bugs fixed quickly×2
- +Works well alongside the SiteOrigin Vantage theme×2
Common complaints
- −Excessive update frequency makes it harder to keep sites consistently up to date
Review trustMostly organic
- 4.74★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.80★
- 18%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
- past spikeReview timing — up to 25% of all reviews landed in a single month
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2024-03-162025-05-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 1,004 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2025-06-15★★★★★“Legacy”, but very goodAdrian Mörchen
- 2024-11-28★★★★★Beyond Expectation Supportadventurousghost1-shot
- 2024-06-06★★★★★Works well but too many updatespaulstenning
- 2024-02-18★★★★★Great plugingertjuergensen
- 2023-04-29★★★★★Always GreatDB
- 2023-01-25★★★★★The best free page builderRana
- 2022-12-20★★★★★Great Page builder (easy to use) & best supportSparen
- 2022-10-14★★★★★Stable. Fast devs/supportjackmclean
- 2022-07-15★★★★★Great plugin, excellent support…Terry J
- 2022-04-22★★★★★Alex S is the GOATThe Open Market
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to Page Builder by SiteOrigin
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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.
2,482
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
2,356
Prior 7-day baseline
3,583
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
114,830
Mean release-day peak (30d)
3,192
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
+5.3%
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.
25%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
2.45
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
92%
5★ share in analyzed sample
18%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.79 → 4.74★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered