Blocks CSS: CSS Editor for Gutenberg Blocks vs Classic Editor

Head-to-head on the signals that matter, from the public WordPress.org data.

Blocks CSS: CSS Editor for Gutenberg Blocks

Health A89

Health A88

Active-install trajectory

Blocks CSS: CSS Editor for Gutenberg Blocks moved down one install band, 5K+ to 4K+; Classic Editor moved down one install band, 9M+ to 8M+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Blocks CSS: CSS Editor for Gutenberg Blocks	Classic Editor
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	4K–5K	8M–9M ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-20%	-11% ✓
Overall health	A · 89 ✓	A · 88
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100 ✓	91/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	90/100	98/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.56★	4.89★ ✓
Reviews	25	1,251 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	97/100 ✓	83/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	14d ago ✓	5mo ago
Downloads · 30d	4.8K	777.8K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.7%	8.5% ✓
Category	Blocks	Blocks

✓ marks the stronger plugin on each row. Rows where they're level show no marker.

Release activity

Blocks CSS: CSS Editor for Gutenberg BlocksClassic Editor

7-day average daily downloads. Downloads spike for about a week after each release as the install base re-downloads, so read this as release cadence, not growth.