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Assistant – Every Day Productivity Apps

by Beaver Builder · Blocks

Also makes 2 other plugins · 204K+ installs across the portfolio →

Assistant is a plugin that allows you to work more efficiently. It provides you shortcuts to common admin tasks on the front-end of your website.

How scoring works →
88 Health · A
Maintenance 100/100
Rating quality 88/100
Support 70/100

88 health vs 67 average across 1,682 Blocks plugins

Directory ranking optimization

How it's scored →

How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

93 / 100

Excellent listing optimization

Well tuned across the board

Update recency 100/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 72/100
Listing tuning 100/100

Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,424 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+368% vs prior 30d
142Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

3.8K

now · peak 9.9K

3.7K30d downloads · Aug 26

Directory rank vs rivals

wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you

Assistant · #3386 you Kadence Blocks · #104 Otter Blocks · #181 Page Builder Gutenbe · #183

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.9Stars · Aug 26

Update activity

How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.

937per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

Actively maintained
from wp.org release tags

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

7

releases in the last 12 months

4mo ago

latest release · v1.5.4.2

69

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.5.4.2 · 4mo ago1.5.4.1 · 5mo ago1.5.4 · 6mo ago1.5.3.2 · 7mo ago1.5.3.1 · 9mo ago1.5.3 · 12mo ago1.5.2 · 12mo ago1.5.1.1 · 1.5y ago1.5.1 · 1.6y ago1.5.0.1 · 1.9y ago1.5.0 · 2.0y ago1.4.9.2 · 2.1y ago1.4.9.1 · 2.5y ago1.4.9 · 2.5y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 95% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.5 95%
Older / other versions 5%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “4K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
4K–5K ≈4.9K

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2019-06-03 · 1,447 observations

4KInstalls · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from. The recent download trend is too spiky to read.

Details

Version
1.5.5
Last updated
7d ago
Added
2019-03-13 · 7 yrs old
Requires WP
6.6
Tested up to
7.1
Requires PHP
7.2

Recent reviews

All reviews on wp.org ↗
  1. dianemk
    4.8y ago

    I’d love to give this a 5 star review as it’s from the great BB team but it’s not quite there for me yet. I’ve been using a plugin that offers some of the same functionality for years (Assistant has a lot more to offer) and although this is definitely a time saver I’m finding that I need to do more clicks using this – a minimum of 2 to get anywhere (I’ve been spoilt with just one click from anywhere with the other plugin). Plus after clicking to view a page Assistant opens again so I need to click to close it which I find really frustrating. I’d also prefer to get rid of the big pencil in the top right and just have the “assistant” in the toolbar as I’m building a site with an ajax add to cart and it’s in exactly the same spot. I probably haven’t used it to its full potential yet so it may turn into 5 stars yet. I’ll probably continue to use my other time saving plugin because of the number of clicks it saves me. However on large e-commerce sites Assistant is the way forward as it doesn’t seem to preload the product links in the same way and whilst the other plugin crashed a very large e-commerce site, Assistant worked a treat.

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  2. JDani
    5.5y ago

    Remote tool with great UI.

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  3. fabulousphil
    5.8y ago

    I’ve been a fan of Beaver Builder since I figured it out – which was fairly easy. It’s been an incredible boon to my website building. I recently added Beaver Builder Assistant to my workflow, and it kills it! Made everything so much faster – Thank you, thank you, thank you! No charge, works super fast and makes things SO much more accessible. You BB engineers made my life better, more fun and more profitable.

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  4. venkatapardhasaradhi
    6.0y ago

    Thanks to the Beaver Builder team. When it is a standalone plugin, I did not see much value in the plugin as editing post content not possible with both BBuilder and assistant at the same time in the past. However, with recent integration, it made the post creation and editing a bliss.

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  5. Dan Martin
    6.1y ago

    It works great so far! Being able to edit from the front end is really nice.

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  6. initsolutions
    6.2y ago

    Great plugin, first I didn’t see the potential but when working with it, it is a GREAT time-saver. Also great to see that the BeaverBuilder team is innovating WordPress!

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  7. Hugues
    6.2y ago

    I can see me (and my clients) using this more and more as it develops. Super fast, well thought through and a real time saver, life simplifier. Cheers BB team. H

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  8. johnboland
    6.2y ago

    All I can say is this is a very cool plugin. Glad it exists. Really makes content management a lot easier on the frontend. The plugin is lightning fast. This honestly is so much more functional than the default WordPress toolbar, aesthetically pleasing with a simple UI.

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Latest updates

via wp.org changelog

Recent releases and news for this plugin

  1. 2026-08-20 Version 1.5.5 Add support for Beaver Builder AI Design systems to be added to a library 1.5.5
  2. 2026-04-30 Version 1.5.4.2 Fix javascript error when viewing bb settings library items Defer loading of stripe library Fix settings items not getting imported when another browser tab is active Add copy public URL button to library settings panel 1.5.4.2
  3. 2026-03-19 Version 1.5.4.1 Fixed thumbnail being cropped incorrectly when exporting images Fixed incorrect image dimensions in item details panel Fixed timeout when downloading zip files of libraries with many items 1.5.4.1
  4. 2026-02-25 Version 1.5.4 Allow exporting/importing of Beaver Builder settings to/from libraries Modify import library to allow selecting type of library item to import Adjust “Add All” UI to prevent accidental exporting of items 1.5.4
  5. 2026-01-28 Version 1.5.3.2 Fixed PHP warning for undefined array key when updating profile Fixed PHP warning for constants already defined 1.5.3.2
  6. 2025-10-29 Version 1.5.3.1 Fixed implicitly nullable parameter declaration deprecated notice in PHP 8.4 Fixed redirection to libraries after connecting to Assistant Pro 1.5.3.1

Known vulnerabilities

via Wordfence Intelligence

4 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

  1. 2025-09-03 CVE-2025-53307 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.5.2 Patched in 1.5.3
  2. 2025-02-22 CVE-2025-26885 Deserialization of Untrusted Data Affects <= 1.5.1 Patched in 1.5.1.1
  3. 2024-04-25 CVE-2024-33538 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor Affects <= 1.4.9.1 Patched in 1.4.9.2
  4. 2023-07-27 CVE-2023-5798 Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) Affects < 1.4.4 Patched in 1.4.4

Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.

CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

Low memory footprint
Low page-speed impact
Runs on latest PHP + WP
No PHP errors
No JS errors
Activates cleanly
No resource errors
No external HTTP errors
Optimized database use
Frequently updated

Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 13 languages, 0 at 90% or more

Spanish (Spain) 40%
Russian 34%
Ukrainian 32%
Portuguese (Portugal) 15%
French (France) 3%
German 3%
German (Formal) 3%
Dutch 2%
Dutch (Belgium) 2%
Dutch (Formal) 2%
English (UK) 2%
Portuguese (Brazil) 2%
Vietnamese 2%

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2025-09-05 5K+ → 4K+ down after 1 days in tier
  2. 2025-09-04 4K+ → 5K+ up after 40 days in tier
  3. 2025-07-26 5K+ → 4K+ down after 3 days in tier
  4. 2025-07-23 4K+ → 5K+ up after 3 days in tier
  5. 2025-07-20 5K+ → 4K+ down after 5 days in tier
  6. 2025-07-15 4K+ → 5K+ up after 11 days in tier
  7. 2025-07-04 5K+ → 4K+ down after 1 days in tier
  8. 2025-07-03 4K+ → 5K+ up after 1 days in tier

Competes with

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