Ansar Blocks – Post Grid, Magazine & Publisher Blocks for Gutenberg Editor & FSE
by themeansar · Blocks
Also makes 8 other plugins · 20.6K+ installs across the portfolio →
Build WordPress post grids, news and magazine layouts with lightweight Gutenberg blocks, dynamic query loops, and flexible containers.
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Health
Not scored
no reviews to score from
Active installs
—
not reported yet
Momentum
+47%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “dynamic post layouts”, “gutenberg blocks” and “magazine blocks” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Not scored yet. Nobody has reviewed this plugin, so a grade would come from directory averages rather than from anything measured here.
Details
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 17 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
No reviews yet, so wp.org scores it as a middling unrated listing
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: No reviews yet. wp.org scores an unrated plugin as middling on rating, so the first good reviews lift it.
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.
31
Momentum
Mixed: one swing, the rest drifting
0.0
Velocity
places per keyword, 26d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 26d
-0.7
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| dynamic post layouts your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| gutenberg blocks your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| magazine blocks your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| news layout your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| post grid your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
3 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 3 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “dynamic post layouts”, “gutenberg blocks” and “magazine blocks” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 13 Jan 2026 · 293 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 158 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #50,200 to #69,500, alongside the other plugins with fewer than 10 installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 1 Nov 2026.
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Estimated active installs
wp.org publishes an install count once a plugin has enough of them. This one has none yet.
wp.org reports no install count for this plugin yet.
Install history since 15 Sep 2026
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
4 of 8 pass · checked 30 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Build WordPress post grids, news and magazine layouts with lightweight Gutenberg blocks, dynamic query loop..."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("for publishers", "whether you are", "built for").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Elementor, Gutenberg, Block editor.
- ! Headings and lists 4 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 3,557 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("Dynamic post layouts", "magazine blocks", "news layout" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
No tier crossings observed yet.
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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Smart Post – Post Grid, Post Carousel, Post Slider Gutenberg Blocks for Blog & News 20K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
BlockSpare – Gutenberg Blocks, AI Content Generator & Site Builder for news, magazine, blog and business sites 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Latest Posts Block – Dynamic Posts Grid, Posts List, Posts Tile with Stunning Layouts for WordPress Blogs & Pages 6K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B -
FancyPost – Post Blocks, Grids & Sliders for Block Editor and Elementor 500+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags B -
Post Blocks & Tools 500+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
PostExtra – News and Magazine Blog Post Blocks for Gutenberg & FSE 90+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags
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