WPEssential
by WPEssential · Page Builders
WPEssential is a flexible extension of WordPress. It is open-source and themes also page builder solution in WordPress. Create any theme, anywhere and …
49 health vs 72 average across 674 Page Builders plugins
Removal-risk signals
28/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.
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.
Room to improve
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 800 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
32
now · peak 64
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
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “10+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,370 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-09-15 20+ → 10+ down after 97 days in band
- 2025-06-10 10+ → 20+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-06-09 20+ → 10+ down after 25 days in band
- 2025-05-15 10+ → 20+ up after 25 days in band
- 2025-04-20 20+ → 10+ down after 18 days in band
- 2025-04-02 10+ → 20+ up after 205 days in band
- 2024-09-09 20+ → 10+ down after 2 days in band
- 2024-09-07 10+ → 20+ up after 17 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Dynamic Visibility for Elementor 50K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Envo Extra 20K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags B -
Futurio Extra 20K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
Ansar Import – One Click Starter Sites – for Elementor & Themes 10K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B
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