Page Builder: Pagelayer vs Elementor Website Builder

Head-to-head on the signals that matter, from the public WordPress.org data.

Page Builder: Pagelayer

by Softaculous

Health B82

Elementor Website Builder

by Elementor

Health A92

Active-install trajectory

Page Builder: Pagelayer Elementor Website Builder

Active installs, each indexed to 100 at the start of the window. A line above 100 is growing its install base, below 100 is shrinking.

Metric	Page Builder: Pagelayer	Elementor Website Builder
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	400K–500K	10M–20M ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	B · 82	A · 92 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	71/100	89/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	83/100 ✓
Rating (adjusted)	3.87★	4.51★ ✓
Reviews	102	7,296 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	81/100	94/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	8d ago	6d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	300.3K	13.6M ✓
Category	Blocks	Page Builders

✓ marks the stronger plugin on each row. Rows where they're level show no marker.

Release activity

Page Builder: Pagelayer Elementor Website Builder

7-day average daily downloads. Downloads spike for about a week after each release as the install base re-downloads, so read this as release cadence, not growth.