f(x) Builder
by David Chandra Purnama · Page Builders
Also makes 13 other plugins · 1.8K+ installs across the portfolio →
A simple page builder plugin. The one you can actually use.
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Health
D 47/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
20+
≈25 estimated
Momentum
+25%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “beta”, “drag and drop” and “page builder” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
47 health vs 72 average across 1,889 Page Builders plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.5%
of downloads still active
At least 20 of 4K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Page Builders plugin keeps 2.4%, across 1,263 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Page Builders plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance 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 9+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.34, well behind 6.8.
Details
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.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 3366 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.8.34; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 5 reviews, smoothed to 4.18★ and held back under 25 reviews
3 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 3366 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| beta your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| drag and drop your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| page builder your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “beta”, “drag and drop” and “page builder” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 67 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #25,300 to #28,300, alongside the other plugins at 20+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow 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
9.2y ago
latest release · v1.0.2 · 13 Aug 2017
7
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “20+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 6 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 4 Mar 2017
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Peter Raschendorfer9.3y ago
Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks a lot. Works great.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Mary9.5y ago
I love it!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ artmaug9.5y ago
I’ve used several Page Builders, but none integrates as perfectly as the f (x) Builder plugin. Clean design, very lightweight and easy to use make this plugin essential for any WordPress site. Please continue with this beautiful development, I sincerely do not know if it needs any improvement, it is perfect for me. Many thanks to the developer!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ mikhmich10.1y ago
I mean it works without me thinking how to use it), which is unbelievable for a builder. Simple and efficient. I tried it yesterday when it was alpha, today is beta, I liked UI improvement. Great potential!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ nick635268310.1y ago
No bells and whistles, just a plain and simple page builder, with a FULL editor at our disposal. Perfect for those who create their own themes or shortcodes or use some quality shortcodes plugins. What’s really amazing is that it add 0 (ZERO) strain on the server – the page loads are exactly the same with this page builder active or not. If you are using a shared hosting, and especially if you are using a “heavy” plugin like Woocommerce, and if you want to have a page builder without effecting the speed of the site, then besides a good theme and agood cache plugin, this is the page builder to use. I cannot specify how excited I’m with this, I hope they don’t add too many things to it. There are a million other page builders that have plenty of features, at the expense of speed and memory (RAM). We needed at least one that is extremely lightweight, and this is it. Besides, there is no way any builder plugin can compete with Visual composer, so dominating a different niche is very clever. If anything that needs to be added, the ability to have full width content when the theme is fixed width, ala Visual Composer, or SiteOrigin. The Divi builder plugin and the Beaver builder plugin fail miserably with this.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3.2
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
0 of 8 pass · checked 26 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ! Has a FAQ Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 1 of 1 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("Installation Instructions").
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("use it"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 893 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 1 of 3 tags appear in the text ("beta", "drag-and-drop" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-04-30 30+ → 20+ down after 233 days in tier
- 2025-09-09 20+ → 30+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-09-07 30+ → 20+ down after 732 days in tier
- 2023-09-06 40+ → 30+ down after 311 days in tier
- 2022-10-30 50+ → 40+ down after 9 days in tier
- 2022-10-21 40+ → 50+ up after 17 days in tier
- 2022-10-04 50+ → 40+ down after 92 days in tier
- 2022-07-04 60+ → 50+ down after 282 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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Kirki – Freeform Page Builder, Website Builder & Customizer 500K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A -
Page Builder by SiteOrigin 400K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder 400K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B -
Colibri Page Builder 80K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A -
Post and Page Builder by BoldGrid – Visual Drag and Drop Editor 50K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Bold Page Builder 40K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags B
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