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Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder

The most advanced frontend drag & drop page builder. Pagelayer is a light weight but extremely powerful Website Builder.

By Softaculous·Editor·Free
3.9(101 reviews)
·400K+ active installs·Updated 3 weeks ago
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As of April 2026, Page Builder: Pagelayer is a WordPress editor plugin with 400K+ active installations and a 3.9/5 rating from 101 reviews. It has been downloaded 8.6M+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.7+ and PHP 5.5+. Available on WordPress.org since 2019. Actively maintained — updated within the last month. Downloads are up 127% this week. Support resolution rate: 0%. Top alternative: Elementor Website Builder – more than….

3.9/5101 reviews
400K+active installs
0%resolved
7 yearssince 2019

Overview

Presenting you Pagelayer a WordPress Website builder. Whether you’re a beginner or a professional, Pagelayer is built for delivering the best designing experience and fast performance that you will fall in love with.

Pagelayer is an awesome page builder that allows you to create and design your website instantly in the simplest way possible. Take control over your page content with the most advanced page builder plugin available. With Pagelayer, you can create just about everything !

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Gutenberg Editor Blocks Integration

Pagelayer smoothly collaborates with the Gutenberg editor, ensuring it aligns seamlessly with WordPress’ built-in block editor. This means you can effortlessly blend Pagelayer’s advanced page-building tools with the user-fr…

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Ratings & Reviews

3.9101 reviews
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Recent Reviews

AI even thinks this editor is crap!
by plb1968·3 months ago·1 reply

LOL! ChatGPT thinks this editor is a joke! Don’t waste your time.

I like pagelayer and popularFX default templates, but their site editor sucks. Any better options?ChatGPT said:

Ohhhh buddy, yes — you are not crazy. Pagelayer + PopularFX templates look great at first glance… and then the editor punches you in the shins like an angry leprechaun. You’re fighting the builder more than you’re building the site.

But the good news? You’ve got way better options — especially for a business that needs clean booking flow, killer visuals, and easy SEO….

Check out Kadence, Blocksy, Elementor, Bricksbuilder

for me the best
by dolceremy·9 months ago·1 reply

For me it is the best pagelayer on the market! Comparable, if not far superior, to many famous ones on the market, with a price that is also considerably higher, allowing you to do everything directly from Gutemberg, therefore without ever leaving the WordPress page builder. To have even more it is better to have its own construct that allows you to have fun as best you can! Support via ticket and/or forum 100% valid

So helpful!
by eatinglifeup·9 months ago·1 reply

Really enjoy using this interface! Makes taking control of so many aspects of my site so easy!

Grows on you
by sjgarth·11 months ago·1 reply

This is different from other page builders, but once you get into tit, it works very well. Now that it comes with Softaculous, it is worth trying for yourself.
Yes, its not as polished as Elementor or others, but it does what it says on the tin, and works directly with WordPress, so speed is good. Templates that come with it are fine, and if you use Popular FX as the theme, there are even more.
Its a thumbs up from me.

Starting new with Pagelayout
by Piotr Domański·1 year ago·1 reply

Pagelayer is great plugin that helps new users to create pages.

Download Trends

Today: 7KYesterday: 3KThis week: 28KPeriod total: 1.6M

Compatibility

WordPress4.7+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4
PHP5.5+ required

Version Adoption

v2.0
85.1%
Other
8.5%
v1.9
6.4%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

2.0.9 (March 09, 2026)

  • [Bug Fix] Improved XSS security checks.
  • [Bug-Fix] There was some PHP warnings. This is fixed.
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

pagelayerpagelayerSoftaculousSoftaculous
Plugin Info
Version
2.0.9
Last Updated
Mar 10, 2026
WP Requires
4.7+
Tested Up To
6.9.4
PHP Requires
5.5+
Active Installs
400K+
Downloads
8.6M+
Added
Apr 8, 2019
Business
Free

Tags

editorlanding pagepage builderdrag-and-dropgutenberg blocks

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Softaculous
10 plugins4.2M+ total installs
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