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Bold Page Builder

by boldthemes · Page Builders

Also makes 7 other plugins · 58.8K+ installs across the portfolio →

Free Page Builder and Visual Composer - Build stunning responsive post and page layouts with easy to use drag and drop builder - no coding required.

How scoring works →
80 Health · B
Maintenance 100/100
Rating quality 65/100
Support 70/100

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

Directory ranking optimization

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80 / 100

Well optimized

Biggest win: Support resolution

Update recency 100/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 76/100
Listing tuning 100/100
Support resolution 0/100

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,421 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-13% vs prior 30d
222Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

19.0K

now · peak 91.8K

19K30d 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

Bold Page Builder · #822 you Elementor Website Bu · #1 Page Builder: Pagela · #141 Colibri Page Builder · #497

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

3.6Stars · 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.

475per 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.

14

releases in the last 12 months

2mo ago

latest release · v5.9.5

15

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

5.9.5 · 2mo ago5.9.4 · 2mo ago5.9.3 · 2mo ago5.9.2 · 3mo ago5.9.1 · 3mo ago5.9.0 · 3mo ago5.8.2 · 3mo ago5.8.1 · 3mo ago5.8.0 · 4mo ago5.7.3 · 4mo ago5.7.1 · 4mo ago5.7.2 · 4mo ago5.7.0 · 5mo ago5.6.9 · 6mo ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 36% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v5.9 36%
v5.2 9.6%
v5.4 6.9%
v4.5 5.2%
Older / other versions 42%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “40K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
40K–50K ≈46K

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

Install history · since 2018-11-28 · 1,442 observations

40KInstalls · 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.

Details

Version
5.9.6
Last updated
20d ago
Added
2017-01-05 · 9 yrs old
Requires WP
5.0
Tested up to
7.0.4
Requires PHP

Recent reviews

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  1. swapnil1234
    1.3y ago

    In your theme, you want us to use your builder, but it has very limited options when compared with WPBakery or Elementor. 1. In your theme Industrial, the homepage slider is not responsive. There is no option to make that section row to make responsive. 2. Shortcodes added in the text block are not showing on the frontend. You should look into these issues and try to fix them.Thank you

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  2. Fausto
    1.3y ago

    Posiblemente el mejor maquetador de WordPress, al menos así me lo parece por su facilidad, rapidez y usabilidad, encima es gratuito. Ágilmente puedes copiar y pegar varios modulos, incopora IA y es una herramienta muy versatil. Me sorprende que no esté más extendida y que no sea más conocida y popular. Es una excelente herramienta. Mucho mejor que WP Bakery, por ejemplo.

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  3. Yahya Cotton Eddaqqaq
    1.4y ago

    the builder is very limited, I had a horrible experience with it. This topic was modified 1 year, 3 months ago by Yahya Cotton Eddaqqaq.

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  4. fasm
    1.5y ago

    I’ve been using it for almost 10 years ?! And I’m very happy with it. I did only one page design with it, that what I was looing for. Once, with an update I had to fix my page designs because the margin system had change (it’s a bit anoying…) but over the years I have been very happy with the simplicity, the flexibility, the well organised setup system. It’s not as complex and optionnable than it’s new concurrents but I like it’s speed to organise as I want my layouts.It’s funny how people love it or hate it. It’s a basic builder to organise your frame. Everything else is cosmetic that you won’t have much here. It’s an old fashion builder but so powerfull. This topic was modified 1 year, 4 months ago by fasm. Reason: forgot things

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  5. tdutkowski
    1.6y ago

    Very bad builder, so limited. Do not recommended.

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  6. guerre64
    1.7y ago

    The developers of this builder are obviously missing in action, or simply do not care one iota for people who continue to use it. There is no response via the support system on wordpress dot org, which is absolutely useless. The latest update of Bold Builder broke the layout on my Client’s site and there doesn’t appear to be any way to fix it. What makes matters worse is, this has happened over the last few updates and others have asked for support before me and not received a single answer or acknowledgment. I am going to encourage my Client to let me rebuild their website, as the current state of this plugin is disastrous. STAY AWAY FROM BOLD BUILDER!!! If I could give it no stars at all, I would. This topic was modified 1 year, 7 months ago by guerre64.

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  7. onetailer
    1.8y ago

    I regret choosing the Stellarium template from BoldTheme. While the design looked promising initially, the actual functionality fell far short of expectations. False Advertising: The template was advertised as WooCommerce-compatible, but critical features, like “Add to Cart” and “Checkout,” simply don’t work as expected. Combining WooCommerce with other elements like the Cost Calculator is impossible, a limitation that wasn’t clearly disclosed beforehand. Technical Issues: The template constantly triggered errors related to the “Coming Soon” plugin and other core functionalities. Instead of providing solutions, support deflected responsibility, making these issues my problem to fix. Subpar Support: Despite paying for extended support, the assistance was unhelpful and dismissive. Simple requests, like making the demo work as advertised, were ignored. The team suggested submitting a refund request rather than resolving the issues—a deeply frustrating experience for a paying customer. Misleading Setup: The demo content and WooCommerce functionality do not replicate the advertised examples. If you’re looking for a functional e-commerce solution, this template is far from ready out of the box. I rarely leave reviews, but this experience was extremely disappointing. I would not recommend this template unless you’re prepared to spend hours troubleshooting and rebuilding features that should work from the start.

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  8. 7mdo2u
    1.8y ago

    My website has been ready for a long time, but the requests for my offered service were too low, so I hired an agency to improve it. Now I had a new theme and I have to rewrite all the texts. An administrator was also added, who simply put everything on my server without giving me a detailed explanation. Problem: I am a German native speaker. Now that I have watched many youtube videos and found the document for the theme customization it works quite well. A better explanation of the setup would be nice.

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Latest updates

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

  1. Version 5.9.5 Security: escaped the shortcode bb_version attribute before it is written into the rendered output, preventing a stored XSS via a crafted attribute value (authenticated, content-editing users). Security: added a capabili 5.9.5
  2. Version 5.9.4 Fixed colored-icon SVGs being stripped in the front-end editor preview (added inline SVG to the editor re-render kses allowlist). 5.9.4
  3. Version 5.9.3 Redesigned the Row “Columns layout” control: row width and column structure are now selected separately, with the column structure shown as layout preview thumbnails. Fixed horizontal page overflow on rows configured wit 5.9.3
  4. Version 5.9.2 Security: hardened the Raw Content save filter against a null-byte / control-character bypass that could allow Contributor-level users to store executable scripts (CVE-2026-5920). 5.9.2
  5. Version 5.9.1 Fixed CSS Post Grid not rendering the excerpt, share, date, and super/subheadline when those options were enabled. Fixed category filtering on the CSS Post Grid and Masonry Post Grid for categories with encoded (non-ASCI 5.9.1
  6. Version 5.9.0 Added 1300, 1500, and 1600 pixel boxed row widths to the Section and Row “Columns layout” / “Row width” dropdowns (alongside the existing 1200 and 1400 options). Fixed an unwanted border that appeared around colored head 5.9.0

Known vulnerabilities

via Wordfence Intelligence

36 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, 3 still affect the current version.

  1. 2026-08-15 CVE-2026-2357 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 5.6.8 Patched in 5.6.9
  2. 2026-05-13 CVE-2026-3694 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 5.6.8 Patched in 5.6.9
  3. 2026-02-06 CVE-2025-12159 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 5.4.8 No patch available
  4. 2026-02-06 CVE-2025-13463 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 5.5.3 No patch available
  5. 2026-02-06 CVE-2025-12803 Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS) Affects <= 5.5.3 Patched in 5.5.4
  6. 2026-02-06 CVE-2025-15267 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 5.5.7 No patch available
  7. 2026-01-20 CVE-2026-25451 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 5.6.9 Patched in 5.7.0
  8. 2025-11-27 CVE-2025-66057 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 5.5.2 Patched in 5.5.3
  9. 2025-10-23 CVE-2025-7730 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 5.4.5 Patched in 5.4.6
  10. 2025-08-27 CVE-2025-58194 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 5.4.3 Patched in 5.4.4
  11. 2025-07-16 CVE-2025-54006 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 5.4.1 Patched in 5.4.2
  12. 2025-07-02 CVE-2024-5647 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 5.1.2 Patched in 5.1.3
  13. 2025-05-28 CVE-2025-5286 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 5.3.6 Patched in 5.3.7
  14. 2025-05-17 CVE-2025-3715 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 5.3.5 Patched in 5.3.6
  15. 2025-05-07 CVE-2025-47488 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 5.3.2 Patched in 5.3.3
  16. 2025-05-07 CVE-2025-47525 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 5.3.0 Patched in 5.3.1
  17. 2024-12-11 CVE-2024-54382 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') Affects <= 5.1.5 Patched in 5.1.6
  18. 2024-12-02 CVE-2024-53801 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 5.2.1 Patched in 5.2.2
  19. 2024-10-24 CVE-2024-50417 Missing Authorization Affects <= 5.1.3 Patched in 5.1.4
  20. 2024-09-30 CVE-2024-47391 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 5.1.0 Patched in 5.1.1
  21. 2024-09-24 CVE-2024-47298 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 5.1.1 Patched in 5.1.2
  22. 2024-07-29 CVE-2024-7100 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 5.0.2 Patched in 5.0.3
  23. 2024-04-09 CVE-2024-2733 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 4.8.8 Patched in 4.8.9
  24. 2024-04-09 CVE-2024-2734 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 4.8.8 Patched in 4.8.9
  25. 2024-04-09 CVE-2024-2735 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 4.8.8 Patched in 4.8.9
  26. 2024-04-09 CVE-2024-2736 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 4.8.8 Patched in 4.8.9
  27. 2024-04-05 CVE-2024-3266 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 4.8.8 Patched in 4.8.9
  28. 2024-04-05 CVE-2024-3267 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 4.8.8 Patched in 4.8.9
  29. 2024-03-25 CVE-2024-30179 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 4.7.6 Patched in 4.7.7
  30. 2024-02-12 CVE-2024-1160 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 4.8.0 Patched in 4.8.1
  31. 2024-02-12 CVE-2024-1157 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 4.8.0 Patched in 4.8.1
  32. 2024-02-12 CVE-2024-1159 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 4.8.0 Patched in 4.8.1
  33. 2023-12-05 CVE-2023-49823 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 4.6.1 Patched in 4.7.0
  34. 2022-06-20 CVE-2022-2089 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects < 4.3.3 Patched in 4.3.3
  35. 2021-08-02 CVE-2021-24579 Deserialization of Untrusted Data Affects <= 3.1.5 Patched in 3.1.6
  36. 2019-08-23 CVE-2019-15821 Missing Authorization Affects <= 2.3.1 Patched in 2.3.2

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

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0

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

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-05-04 50K+ → 40K+ down after 1072 days in tier
  2. 2023-05-28 60K+ → 50K+ down

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