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Blank Slate

by Aaron Reimann · Page Builders

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Provides a blank page template for use with WordPress page builders.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned
How scoring works →
52 Health · D
Maintenance 6/100
Rating quality 92/100
Support 70/100

52 health vs 69 average across 1,269 Page Builders plugins

10K+

Active installs

≈19K estimated

219.7K

Total downloads

since 2016

4.62★

Rating (adjusted)

5.0★ raw · 23 reviews

+1%

817

Downloads · 30d

category median +15%

Removal-risk signals

53/100

Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.

  • Long abandoned. No update in 3+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 6.1.12.

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.

58 / 100

Room to improve

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 12/100
WP compatibility 46/100
Rating quality 85/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 1268 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+1% vs prior 30d
23Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

817

now · peak 1.2K

81630d 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

Blank Slate · #1551 you Elementor Website Bu · #1 Website Builder by S · #91 Kadence Blocks · #104

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.

82per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
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.

0

releases in the last 12 months

3.5y ago

latest release · v1.2.2

9

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.2.2 · 3.5y ago1.2.1 · 5.7y ago1.2 · 6.1y ago1.1.5 · 6.4y ago1.1.3 · 7.7y ago1.1.4 · 7.7y ago1.1.2 · 8.1y ago1.1.1 · 9.2y ago1.1 · 9.7y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 94% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.2 94%
v1.1 5.5%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “10K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
10K–20K ≈19K

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

Install history · since 2019-03-28 · 1,433 observations

10KInstalls · 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.

Ratings · 23 reviews

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5★
23 4★
0 3★
0 2★
0 1★
0

Details

Version
1.2.1
Last updated
3.5y ago
Added
2016-04-07 · 10 yrs old
Requires WP
4.7
Tested up to
6.1.12
Requires PHP
5.3
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Latest updates

via wp.org changelog

Recent releases and news for this plugin

  1. — Version 1.2.1 Fix minor WP compatibility issue: wp_body_open(). 1.2.1
  2. — Version 1.2 Enhancement: Allow themes to override plugin templates Maintenance: Add wp_body_open() template tag Security: Update Lodash version 1.2
  3. — Version 1.1.5 Updated code to meet coding standards. 1.1.5
  4. — Version 1.1.4 Added support for language translations. Bugfix for template context. Prevent assigned template from being used on archive pages where the first page is using the Blank Slate template. 1.1.4
  5. — Version 1.1.3 Removed old approach that is only supported in WordPress version 4.6 and older. Updated code for better integration with the pro version. Updated code to better adhere to WordPress coding standards. Tested in WordPress 5 1.1.3
  6. — Version 1.1.2 Showing title for themes that don’t support title-tag 1.1.2

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 5.6

✓ 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 8 languages, 6 at 90% or more

Dutch 100%
Dutch (Belgium) 100%
German 100%
German (Formal) 100%
Portuguese (Brazil) 100%
Swedish 100%
Spanish (Mexico) 16%
Spanish (Spain) 16%

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2024-10-29 20K+ → 10K+ down after 1 days in tier
  2. 2024-10-28 10K+ → 20K+ up after 1 days in tier
  3. 2024-10-27 20K+ → 10K+ down

Competes with

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