Ninja Gutenberg Blocks vs Kadence Blocks

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

Ninja Gutenberg Blocks

by Mahmudul Hasan Arif

Health D41

Kadence Blocks

by Nexcess

Health A92

Active-install trajectory

Ninja Gutenberg Blocks Kadence Blocks

Active installs, each indexed to 100 at the start of the window. A line above 100 is growing its install base, below 100 is shrinking.

Metric	Ninja Gutenberg Blocks	Kadence Blocks
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	20–30	600K–700K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	+20% ✓
Overall health	D · 41	A · 92 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	65/100	95/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	75/100 ✓
Rating (adjusted)	3.60★	4.78★ ✓
Reviews	0	331 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	38/100	94/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	7.7y ago	19d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	51	686.0K ✓
Category	Blocks	Blocks

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

Release activity

Ninja Gutenberg Blocks Kadence Blocks

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.