Mesh – Page Builder

How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

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.

1 search this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 1 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.

Directory rank

Ranked about #17,400 to #18,100, alongside the other plugins at 80+ 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 1 Nov 2026.

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 · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

Crossed into this band 2 months ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 80.

At the current install trend, crossing 90+ in roughly 143 days.

1. ★★★★★ loogaroo

   7.7y 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

   8.0y 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

   8.4y 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

   8.5y 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

   9.0y 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

   9.4y 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

   9.4y 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

   10.3y 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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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.

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 2026-11-01. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/mesh