| 1 | Astra | Lightweight | 93 / 100 | 2.1 s | 892 KB | 12 | Extremely fast, many ready-made templates; great for most sites. |
| 2 | Neve | Lightweight | 92 / 100 | 2.2 s | 593 KB | 9 | Very small install size; ideal for simple, speedy sites. |
| 3 | Hello (Elementor) | Lightweight (Elementor’s base) | 91 / 100 | 2.3 s | 980 KB | 13 | Minimal footprint — best when paired with Elementor builder. |
| 4 | Hestia | Lightweight | 89 / 100 | 2.5 s | 687 KB | 10 | Versatile, great for agencies/portfolios with pre-built patterns. |
| 5 | Kadence | Lightweight | 88 / 100 | 2.6 s | 899 KB | 10 | Feature-rich yet performant; powerful header/footer builder. |
| 6 | GeneratePress | Lightweight | 87 / 100 | 2.9 s | 990 KB | 14 | Extremely lightweight core; excellent for block-editor workflows. |
| 7 | OceanWP | Lightweight | 87 / 100 | 3.1 s | 937 KB | 14 | Highly extensible, good Gutenberg/Elementor compatibility. |
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| 8 | Avada (Fusion Builder) | Page builder (bundled) | 86 / 100 | 2.8 s | 1.1 MB | 13 | Rich feature set and many demos; good balance of features & speed. |
| 9 | Divi (Divi Builder) | Page builder (bundled) | 83 / 100 | 3.2 s | 1.3 MB | 18 | Powerful visual builder — tradeoff: heavier page size and requests. |
| 10 | Beaver Builder Theme | Page builder (bundled) | 83 / 100 | 3.3 s | 983 KB | 19 | Clean code, developer-friendly; pairs well with Beaver Builder. |
| 11 | Salient | Page builder (tailored WPBakery) | 79 / 100 | 3.6 s | 992 KB | 17 | Well-designed demos; choose if you need many ready templates. |
| 12 | BeTheme (BeBuilder) | Page builder (bundled) | 79 / 100 | 3.8 s | 1.5 MB | 18 | Very feature-rich with 650+ demos — heavier payload. |
| 13 | The7 (Elementor/WPBakery) | Page builder (bundled) | 77 / 100 | 4.1 s | 1.4 MB | 16 | Extremely customizable, but slowest in these tests (heavy builders). |
