Section Builder with Backgrounds – Customize with Color, Gradient, Image and Parallax.
by Plugin Envision · Blocks
Also makes 5 other plugins · 5.4K+ installs across the portfolio →
Easily customize your WordPress sections with solid colors, gradients, or image backgrounds. Add stunning parallax effects and more.
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Health
B 83/100
Few reviews
Active installs
1K+
≈1.9K estimated
Momentum
+77%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “block” for “gradient”. “block” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “gradient” sits at #4 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
83 health vs 71 average across 2,524 Blocks plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →4.9%
of downloads still active
At least 1K of 20.4K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Blocks plugin keeps 2.1%, across 1,579 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 3 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
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: Support resolution
Updated 27 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 1 review, smoothed to 4.12★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
0 of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
To rank higher: Mark more forum threads resolved — the resolved ratio feeds the ranking.
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.
35
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.4
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
13%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.6
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| color gradient or image background your tag | #1 | #16 | 0 |
| parallax section backgrounds your tag | #2 | #20 | 0 |
| background section | #1 | #15 | 0 |
| section customization your tag | #4 | #23 | 0 |
| gradient | #4 | #23 | 0 |
| parallax | #4 | #22 | 0 |
| backgrounds | #5 | #21 | 0 |
| customize background | #2 | #19 | 0 |
| gradient background | #2 | #21 | 0 |
| parallax background | #2 | #17 | 0 |
| background effects your tag | #7 | #23 | 0 |
| background | #5 | #21 | up 1 |
| background section block | #3 | #20 | down 1 |
| background color | #3 | #21 | 0 |
| section | #9 | #21 | 0 |
| color section | #6 | #22 | 0 |
| post background | #7 | #23 | down 1 |
| color | #21 | #24 | down 3 |
| sections | #19 | #24 | down 1 |
| image background | #9 | #24 | 0 |
| block your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
39 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 14 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 1 of its tags isn't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “block” for “gradient”. “block” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “gradient” sits at #4 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 6 Mar 2024 · 970 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1.5K · 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.
3
releases in the last 12 months
27d ago
latest release · v0.20 · 4 Oct 2026
20
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin. 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 “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 16 months 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 5 Mar 2024
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1
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 "Easily customize your WordPress sections with solid colors, gradients, or image backgrounds. Add stunning p..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 6 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 6 of 6 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Gutenberg.
- ✓ Headings and lists 5 headings and 1 list.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,950 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "background effects" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-07-03 900+ → 1K+ up after 56 days in tier
- 2025-05-08 800+ → 900+ up after 48 days in tier
- 2025-03-21 700+ → 800+ up after 33 days in tier
- 2025-02-16 600+ → 700+ up after 29 days in tier
- 2025-01-18 500+ → 600+ up after 52 days in tier
- 2024-11-27 400+ → 500+ up after 47 days in tier
- 2024-10-11 300+ → 400+ up after 52 days in tier
- 2024-08-20 200+ → 300+ up after 32 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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Crowdsignal Forms 200K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag A -
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