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Mesh – Page Builder

by Jonathan Desrosiers · Page Builders

Also makes 8 other plugins · 20.2K+ installs across the portfolio →

A page builder, simplified. Get the most flexibility to display content by adding multiple content sections within Pages, Posts, or Custom Post Types.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned
How scoring works →
48 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 85/100
Support 70/100

48 health vs 69 average across 1,268 Page Builders plugins

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 4+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.9.16.

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.

49 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 6/100
WP compatibility 36/100
Rating quality 64/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 1671 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 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+37% vs prior 30d
5Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

86

now · peak 256

8630d 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

Mesh · #18658 you Visual Composer Webs · #905 Live Composer · #2117 Landing Page Builder · #2342

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.

1.1Kper 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

4.6y ago

latest release · v1.4.1

26

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.4.1 · 4.6y ago1.4.0 · 5.0y ago1.2.5.6 · 7.8y ago1.2.5.5 · 7.8y ago1.2.5.4 · 7.8y ago1.2.5.3 · 8.2y ago1.2.5.2 · 8.2y ago1.2.5.1 · 8.3y ago1.2.5 · 8.3y ago1.2.4 · 8.3y ago1.2.3 · 8.7y ago1.2.2 · 8.9y ago1.2.1 · 9.0y ago1.2 · 9.0y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share 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.

v1.4 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “80+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

modeled estimate
80–90 ≈87

Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.

Install history · since 2018-02-02 · 1,397 observations

80Installs · 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.

Details

Version
1.4.1
Last updated
4.6y ago
Added
2016-05-12 · 10 yrs old
Requires WP
4.0
Tested up to
5.9.16
Requires PHP

Recent reviews

All reviews on wp.org ↗
  1. loogaroo
    7.5y ago

    This is a must for me because I can do exactly what I need. The DOM is light and the pages load with best performances. I use it with “Simple CSS” plugin to create special CSS per page, for best performance. I can create landing pages with large row and narrow rows, and use several widgets and shortcodes to include features, like “SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle” plugin and “Shortcodes Ultimate” plugins. I love it!

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  2. Terry Zielke
    7.9y ago

    Works like a charm. Though I do have an issue with the section IDs getting double quotes and not reading correctly.

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  3. sitesandsuch
    8.2y ago

    Mesh is fantastic. I discovered it more than a year ago while looking for a better way to use the Foundation framework in WordPress. And I found it. Mesh is very powerful yet surprisingly easy to implement and use. I don’t usually work on projects where the end-user is making their own changes to a site, but if they would need to do so, I know they could. I liked it when I first used and the recent updates make it even better. I don’t understand why this isn’t one of the top plugins for professional WP development. It should be!!!

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  4. ecaron
    8.4y ago

    This is one of those plugins where you think it should be native to WordPress, and absolutely should be used by 100x more people. It gives a lot more design possibilities than you can create through other mechanisms, and it has a really low learning curve.

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  5. Andres
    8.8y ago

    I’ve used this plugin on a number of custom sites in the past two years. I have not had an issue with it. I love how well it works with Foundation, and clients have been happy! Thank you so much.

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  6. mitchelsliwa
    9.2y ago

    I absolutely LOVE mesh. Its is extremely powerful and its future is bright. I am not even joking when I say it changed my life. I am able to quickly create custom pages on the fly with very little front end dev needed. Being able to make custom templates and customize has upped my game even more as of recent. I am using Mesh on a massive corporate intranet and everyone wants their own special page. Before using mesh, my predecessor had a litany of unorganized custom templates per page that users could not edit. Not anymore! Mesh is helping give power back to users which keeps them out of my hair. Not to mention, it works with Foundation!

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  7. besabestin
    9.2y ago

    I am really satisfied with this plugin. In fact, I just created an account to appreciate this plugin with low number of reviewers.

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  8. jroel
    10.1y ago

    I wish I had found this earlier!!! THANK YOU!! I was coding little custom sections w/bootstrap for the 2 main pages of a site and it took hours to customize it so the user could edit it. Then I found this and had a “der” moment. I will use this a lot!

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 5.9

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. 2026-08-31 70+ → 80+ up after 209 days in tier
  2. 2026-02-03 80+ → 70+ down after 1 days in tier
  3. 2026-02-02 70+ → 80+ up after 11 days in tier
  4. 2026-01-22 80+ → 70+ down after 1 days in tier
  5. 2026-01-21 70+ → 80+ up after 18 days in tier
  6. 2026-01-03 80+ → 70+ down after 10 days in tier
  7. 2025-12-24 70+ → 80+ up after 1 days in tier
  8. 2025-12-23 80+ → 70+ down after 16 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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Mesh – Page Builder: 80+ active installs, 4.9★ (10 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/mesh