Visual Editor Custom Buttons vs Page Builder by SiteOrigin

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

Visual Editor Custom Buttons

by cyberduck

Health D51

Page Builder by SiteOrigin

by Greg - SiteOrigin

Health A95

Active-install trajectory

Visual Editor Custom Buttons Page Builder by SiteOrigin

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	Visual Editor Custom Buttons	Page Builder by SiteOrigin
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	4K–5K	400K–500K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-20%
Overall health	D · 51	A · 95 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	7/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	88/100	97/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	86/100 ✓
Rating (adjusted)	4.47★	4.83★ ✓
Reviews	37	1,005 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	60/100	96/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	3.3y ago	25d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	211	243.4K ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Page Builders

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

Release activity

Visual Editor Custom Buttons Page Builder by SiteOrigin

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.