Visual Composer — WordPress Landing Page Plugin
Visual Composer Website Builder
by Visual Composer · WordPress.org page · Website
Visual Composer has 40,000+ active installs on WordPress.org and 3,080,131 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on July 23, 2026, tested up to WordPress 7.0.4.
Visual Composer at a glance
Is Visual Composer well maintained?
Features
The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.
- Personal site
- Business website
- Landing page
- Coming soon page
- Under construction page
- Maintenance mode page
Visual Composer reviews and ratings
220 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.
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How do you miss the same folder in two consecutive releases
I was looking at your past history and noticed that you broke each new major release for the same reason... one would think that you'd learn from your mistake and not make the same one twice ( especially in the following one ) ... shows either someone is used to just pressing a few buttons and not caring about what really happens or even bothered to test the release before making it available online. C'mon guys, you're a professional company, you need to do better! Blindly building new versions is not a good way - speaks volume about how much you you care about the end users' frustrations. Last item... how about just try to make your plugin little more "efficient" and "responsive" This would really make lots of users quite happy and you guys will begin to get more positive reviews. Cheers, Frustrated user experience but still willing to support you.
arjpan -
Locked in once you use it
It works well, layouts are great and you can make your own elements. However once you set your site up with this you are locked in. There is not way to make your site usable without Visual Composer once you set it up because it fills your post body with shortcodes.
szmo -
Visual Composer ROCKS! (even the free version :>)
Thanks for providing this EXCELLENT platform and proficient page builder! Please continue, as I (like many others) am looking forward to the next improvements and continued support :>) Thanks again!
sayermcshane -
Nice one
I work with products of this company since very early years (2014 and before), Visual composer, in my mind, is a cool, and a very underrated builder. Try it!
Alexander Gilmanov -
buggy, super slow and doesn't work on many pages.
The buggiest, slowest and most incompatible plugin I have ever used. Seems every other plugin breaks VC.
meganetrix -
Worst composer tested
Praised as the best composer on the market, we immediately noticed that it had major flaws. The use of our own cloud immediately revealed itself to be a major flaw because it took us up to 6 minutes to wait to be able to make a change to the text block. We installed the Virtual Composer Tester template on the site to ensure maximum compatibility but nevertheless the problems continued. Not only that, but after the last plugin update it became impossible to make any changes to the pages because trying to remove or delete a widget, even a simple text block, caused the page to crash and lose all its content. Furthermore, the cloud system slows down the loading times of the site which receives a poor score on GTMetrix. We contacted the support center but after 10 hours of waiting we received no assistance. Even though on the manufacturer's website they say to respond to everyone within 60 minutes and we didn't do it over the weekend but during the week. We tried uninstalling the plugin and re-installing the previous version of the plugin, the one that initially worked, but this crashed the entire site, forcing us to carry out 3 restore/backups of the site. Very bad experience. We hope for a refund but we are not sure we will be able to obtain it, given that support does not provide a specific "satisfied or refunded" item, nor does it provide a specific ticket to request a refund
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Where Visual Composer ranks on WordPress.org
The rankings we track that Visual Composer appears in, and how its position changed over 30 days.
| Ranking | WordPress.org placement | Position | 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best Landing Page Plugins | #10 by tag, #59 in search | #18 | – |
| Best Page Builder Plugins | #25 by tag, #79 in search | #24 | – |
| Best Popup Plugins | #13 by tag, not in search | #53 | – |
| Best Coming Soon Plugins | #41 in search, not tagged | #70 | – |
Visual Composer alternatives
Plugins that solve the same problem, ranked by how closely they overlap with Visual Composer.
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Landing Page Builder 8,000+ installs · 4.6 -
Live Composer 10,000+ installs · 4.4 -
Website Builder by SeedProd 700,000+ installs · 4.9 -
Beaver Builder Page Builder 100,000+ installs · 4.7 -
Colibri Page Builder 90,000+ installs · 4.4
Details
Drag and drop page builder that gives the freedom to design WordPress websites, landing pages, custom themes, maintenance mode & coming soon pages.
The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.
Rankings Visual Composer competes in
Tags
- drag and drop website builder
- landing page builder
- page builder
- popup builder
- theme builder
- Version
- 45.16.1
- Last updated
- Jul 23, 2026
- First published
- Sep 26, 2019
- Requires WordPress
- 5.5
- Tested up to
- 7.0.4
- Requires PHP
- 7.4
- Pricing
- Free on WordPress.org
Visual Composer FAQ
What does Visual Composer do?
According to its WordPress.org readme, Visual Composer offers Personal site, Business website, Landing page, Coming soon page and Under construction page.
How many active installs does Visual Composer have?
WordPress.org reports 40,000+ active installs for Visual Composer as of September 7, 2026.
Is Visual Composer still maintained?
Yes. The last release was on July 23, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 7.0.4.
Does Visual Composer have good support?
On the WordPress.org forum, 0 of 1 recent support threads for Visual Composer are marked resolved. That is the developer's free support; a paid version usually comes with its own channel.
Is Visual Composer free?
Visual Composer is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.
Where does Visual Composer rank among Landing Page Plugins?
Visual Composer is #18 in the WordPress.org Landing Page Plugins ranking.