Abs – Additional block styles
by WebMan Design | Oliver Juhas · Blocks
Also makes 15 other plugins · 7.6K+ installs across the portfolio →
Provides new additional creative block styles for WordPress native blocks.
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Health
B 77/100
Few reviews
Active installs
400+
≈490 estimated
Momentum
+24%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Add “styles”, “additional” and “style” to your wp.org tags. You rank #5, #8 and #19 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 3 listed these are the slots worth spending.
77 health vs 71 average across 2,523 Blocks plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →5.5%
of downloads still active
At least 400 of 7.3K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Blocks plugin keeps 2.1%, across 1,578 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Blocks plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 2 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
Details
Recent review vibe
read from the latest 2 reviews to 2024-10-29Reviewers like how it extends core blocks with extra styles instead of adding new ones, and they point out that content still renders fine if you turn the plugin off.
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 232 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.13★ and held back under 25 reviews
3 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
34
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.6
Velocity
places per keyword, 25d
10%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 25d
-0.1
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| block styles | #2 | #15 | down 1 |
| block style your tag | #4 | #18 | up 1 |
| styles | #5 | #18 | down 1 |
| additional | #8 | #21 | down 1 |
| style | #19 | #23 | down 4 |
| editor styles | #21 | #23 | down 1 |
| block editor your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| blocks your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
37 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 6 listed. 31 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Add “styles”, “additional” and “style” to your wp.org tags. You rank #5, #8 and #19 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 3 listed these are the slots worth spending.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 932 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
2
releases in the last 12 months
8mo ago
latest release · v1.8.2 · 13 Mar 2026
12
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “400+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 2.2 years ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 90% of the way through.
Install history since 4 Oct 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ apollosk2.0y ago
I’ve been using Additional Block Styles for a few weeks, and it’s a game-changer! This plugin adds so many creative styling options to Gutenberg blocks, making it easy to give my site a fresh, custom look without needing extra CSS. The options are straightforward, and the styles integrate seamlessly with existing blocks. Highly recommend for anyone looking to take their WordPress design up a notch!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Bjarne Oldrup2.4y ago
I meant to test Abs for quite some time now, as it cleverly extends the possible styles of the core blocks, not adding a gazillion extra “advanced heading” blocks etc. to your already bloated block inserter. Abs adds a class to the blocks meaning, you can actually disable the Abs plugin entirely, and your content will still render, just with normal core styles. You won’t even get the dreaded “This block contains unexpected or invalid content.” This approach makes Abs very robust, in the way that should you ever encounter a problem with the Abs styling, you just disable that feature in the Abs settings panel, and core WordPress styling will be used. No lock in. No dependencies. Tested with WP 6.5, PHP 8.3, the W3C HTML Validator and WebAIM Wave. No issues found. Definitely give Abs a try. I might not do as much as some block plugins, but what it does, it does extremely well.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 6 languages, 2 at 90% or more
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
7 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Provides new additional creative block styles for WordPress native blocks."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 9 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 9 of 9 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("use this", "if you have").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Gutenberg.
- ! Headings and lists 2 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,950 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 2 of 3 tags appear in the text; "block-editor" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-08-06 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-08-05 400+ → 300+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2024-08-02 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-08-01 400+ → 300+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2024-07-29 300+ → 400+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2024-07-26 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-07-25 300+ → 400+ up after 147 days in tier
- 2024-02-29 200+ → 300+ up after 15 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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Ultimate Blocks – 25+ Gutenberg Blocks for Block Editor 50K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A -
Gutenverse – WordPress Blocks, Page Builder & Site Editor 20K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Twentig Supercharged Block Editor – Blocks, Patterns, Starter Sites, Portfolio 20K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A -
Genesis Custom Blocks 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
aThemes Blocks 7K+ installs · 3.7★ · 2 shared tags B -
WP Magazine Modules Lite 5K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags B
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