Assistant — WordPress Page Builder Plugin
Assistant – Every Day Productivity Apps
by Beaver Builder · WordPress.org page
Assistant has 4,000+ active installs on WordPress.org and 202,835 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on August 21, 2026, tested up to WordPress 7.1.
Assistant at a glance
Is Assistant well maintained?
Features
The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.
- Access the front-end UI from anywhere (posts, pages, archives, etc…)
- Get a glance of your recently edited posts on the home screen
- Search WordPress directly from the frontend
- Quickly find posts, pages, and custom post types with the content app
- Upload media to WordPress media library by dropping files on the Media app
- Keep an eye on comments and updates for themes and plugins
- Add custom labels to posts or pages to help organize your site while you work
Assistant reviews and ratings
15 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.
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Great
I'd love to give this a 5 star review as it's from the great BB team but it's not quite there for me yet. I've been using a plugin that offers some of the same functionality for years (Assistant has a lot more to offer) and although this is definitely a time saver I'm finding that I need to do more clicks using this - a minimum of 2 to get anywhere (I've been spoilt with just one click from anywhere with the other plugin). Plus after clicking to view a page Assistant opens again so I need to click to close it which I find really frustrating. I'd also prefer to get rid of the big pencil in the top right and just have the "assistant" in the toolbar as I'm building a site with an ajax add to cart and it's in exactly the same spot. I probably haven't used it to its full potential yet so it may turn into 5 stars yet. I'll probably continue to use my other time saving plugin because of the number of clicks it saves me. However on large e-commerce sites Assistant is the way forward as it doesn't seem to preload the product links in the same way and whilst the other plugin crashed a very large e-commerce site, Assistant worked a treat.
dianemk -
Makes my life much easier
Remote tool with great UI.
JDani -
Killer Diller
I've been a fan of Beaver Builder since I figured it out - which was fairly easy. It's been an incredible boon to my website building. I recently added Beaver Builder Assistant to my workflow, and it kills it! Made everything so much faster - Thank you, thank you, thank you! No charge, works super fast and makes things SO much more accessible. You BB engineers made my life better, more fun and more profitable.
fabulousphil -
Made life easier
Thanks to the Beaver Builder team. When it is a standalone plugin, I did not see much value in the plugin as editing post content not possible with both BBuilder and assistant at the same time in the past. However, with recent integration, it made the post creation and editing a bliss.
venkatapardhasaradhi -
So far so good!
It works great so far! Being able to edit from the front end is really nice.
Dan Martin -
FANTASTIC
Great plugin, first I didn't see the potential but when working with it, it is a GREAT time-saver. Also great to see that the BeaverBuilder team is innovating WordPress!
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Where Assistant ranks on WordPress.org
The rankings we track that Assistant appears in, and how its position changed over 30 days.
| Ranking | WordPress.org placement | Position | 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best Page Builder Plugins | #54 by tag, not in search | #87 | – |
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Details
Assistant is a plugin that allows you to work more efficiently. It provides you shortcuts to common admin tasks on the front-end of your website.
The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.
Rankings Assistant competes in
Tags
- Assistant Pro
- beaver builder
- blocks
- gutenberg
- page builder
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- Version
- 1.5.5
- Last updated
- Aug 21, 2026
- First published
- Mar 13, 2019
- Requires WordPress
- 6.6
- Tested up to
- 7.1
- Requires PHP
- 7.2
- Pricing
- Free on WordPress.org
Assistant FAQ
What does Assistant do?
According to its WordPress.org readme, Assistant offers Access the front-end UI from anywhere (posts, pages, archives, etc…), Get a glance of your recently edited posts on the home screen, Search WordPress directly from the frontend, Quickly find posts, pages, and custom post types with the content app and Upload media to WordPress media library by dropping files on the Media app.
How many active installs does Assistant have?
WordPress.org reports 4,000+ active installs for Assistant as of September 7, 2026.
Is Assistant still maintained?
Yes. The last release was on August 21, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 7.1.
Is Assistant free?
Assistant is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.
Where does Assistant rank among Page Builder Plugins?
Assistant is #87 in the WordPress.org Page Builder Plugins ranking.