Block Designer – Create Custom Blocks for Gutenberg Editor
by Helmut Wandl · Blocks
Create and design custom blocks for the WordPress Gutenberg Block Editor without any line of code.
78 health vs 70 average across 880 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.
Excellent listing optimization
Biggest win: Rating quality
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
53
now · peak 256
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.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,380 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2024-01-10 90+ → 100+ up after 26 days in band
- 2023-12-15 80+ → 90+ up after 35 days in band
- 2023-11-10 70+ → 80+ up after 5 days in band
- 2023-11-05 80+ → 70+ down after 1 days in band
- 2023-11-04 70+ → 80+ up after 1 days in band
- 2023-11-03 80+ → 70+ down after 1 days in band
- 2023-11-02 70+ → 80+ up after 6 days in band
- 2023-10-27 80+ → 70+ down after 13 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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Starter Templates – AI-Powered Templates for Elementor & Gutenberg 1M+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A -
Disable Gutenberg 500K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A -
Gutenberg Essential Blocks – Page Builder for Gutenberg Blocks & Patterns 200K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A
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