BetterBlocks
by THRIVE - Web Design Gold Coast · Blocks
Handy improvements for the Wordpress block editor interface such as post type support, hiding blocks, adjustable sidebar, and more.
73 health vs 71 average across 739 Blocks plugins
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
Biggest win: Rating quality
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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Since 2025-04-03 · 470 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
38
now · peak 162
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
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “100+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
At the current install trend, crossing 200+ in roughly 908 days.
Install history · since 2025-04-03 · 467 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-06-24 90+ → 100+ up after 36 days in band
- 2026-05-19 100+ → 90+ down after 4 days in band
- 2026-05-15 90+ → 100+ up after 15 days in band
- 2026-04-30 100+ → 90+ down after 12 days in band
- 2026-04-18 90+ → 100+ up after 34 days in band
- 2026-03-15 80+ → 90+ up after 4 days in band
- 2026-03-11 90+ → 80+ down after 2 days in band
- 2026-03-09 80+ → 90+ up after 70 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Gutenberg Essential Blocks – Page Builder for Gutenberg Blocks & Patterns 200K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
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