Yes, Blank Slate is free to use. It is available as a free plugin on WordPress.org.

How many websites use Blank Slate?

Blank Slate has 10K+ active installations as tracked by WordPress.org.

What are the best Blank Slate alternatives?

Popular alternatives to Blank Slate include Blank, Target Blank to Button Block, LDB External Links. You can compare them side-by-side on our comparison pages.

Does Blank Slate work with the latest WordPress?

Blank Slate has been tested up to WordPress 6.1.10. It requires WordPress 4.7+ and PHP 5.3+.

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Blank Slate

Name: Blank Slate
Rating: 5 (23 reviews)
Author: Aaron Reimann

Provides a blank page template for use with WordPress page builders.

By Aaron Reimann·Blank·Free

5(23 reviews)

·10K+ active installs·Updated 3 years ago

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As of April 2026, Blank Slate is a WordPress blank plugin with 10K+ active installations and a 5/5 rating from 23 reviews. It has been downloaded 214K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.7+ and PHP 5.3+. Available on WordPress.org since 2016. Last updated 3 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are down 18% this week. Top alternative: Blank.

5/523 reviews

10K+active installs

214K+total downloads

10 yearssince 2016

Overview

This creates a page template giving you a blank page so only the content of the page is displayed. Header and footer are totally empty. This is great for page builders (Beaver Builder, Divi, etc), landing pages and squeeze pages.

This plugin will load everything that is normally included in the wp_head() and wp_footer(), so all scripts and styles should load as normal.

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