HT Builder – WordPress Theme Builder for Elementor

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Directory rank vs rivals

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

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 98% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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

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.

1. ★★★★★ binmadie

   5.7y ago

   It will make you pay after installing it

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2. ★★★★★ parhamm

   6.8y ago

   On the surface this plugin looks great. Except once installed in WordPress alongside Elementor Page Builder, the entire WordPress site slows down. Maybe there is a fix that can overcome this. The moment I uninstalled this plugin, as well as the HT Builder Pro (which has the same problem), my entire wordpress site increased in speed by 4 times. This topic was modified 6 years, 2 months ago by parhamm.

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

1. Medium · 6.4 HT Builder – WordPress Theme Builder for Elementor <= 1.3.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2024-11-01 CVE-2024-51682 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.3.0 Patched in 1.3.1
2. Medium · 4.3 HT Builder <= 1.2.9 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via plugin_activation ↗
   2023-04-03 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Affects <= 1.2.9 Patched in 1.3.0

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

Translated into 2 languages, 0 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

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

1. 2026-07-16 900+ → 1K+ up after 34 days in tier
2. 2026-06-12 800+ → 900+ up after 34 days in tier
3. 2026-05-09 700+ → 800+ up after 10 days in tier
4. 2026-04-29 800+ → 700+ down after 1 days in tier
5. 2026-04-28 1K+ → 800+ down after 264 days in tier
6. 2025-08-07 900+ → 1K+ up after 149 days in tier
7. 2025-03-11 800+ → 900+ up after 37 days in tier
8. 2025-02-02 700+ → 800+ up after 50 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).

• Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder 10M+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A
• Make Column Clickable for Elementor 100K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags B
• Dynific Addons for Elementor (formerly AnyWhere Elementor) 70K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags B
• Themesflat Addons For Elementor 40K+ installs · 3.1★ · 2 shared tags B
• OoohBoi Steroids for Elementor 40K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A
• UiCore Elements – Free widgets and templates for Elementor 40K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags B

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HT Builder – WordPress Theme Builder for Elementor: 1K+ active installs, 2.5★ (2 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/ht-builder