Block Enhancements – Extended styling for the Block Editor
by Phi Phan · Blocks
Also makes 7 other plugins · 26.8K+ installs across the portfolio →
Add icon, responsive spacing, typography, alignment, shadow, transform, transition, color, hover style to blocks. Lightweight, fast, and clean.
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Health
A 87/100
Few reviews
Active installs
800+
≈900 estimated
Momentum
+2%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “blocks”, “button” and “hover” for “enhancements”, “styling” and “breakpoints”. “blocks” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “enhancements” sits at #4 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “button” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “styling” sits at #9 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “hover” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “breakpoints” sits at #22 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
87 health vs 71 average across 2,526 Blocks plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →5.9%
of downloads still active
At least 800 of 13.5K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Blocks plugin keeps 2.1%, across 1,580 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 4 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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 77 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 8 reviews, smoothed to 4.22★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 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.
39
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.2
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
19%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
0.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| enhancements | #4 | #7 | 0 |
| styling | #9 | #21 | down 1 |
| extended | #23 | #20 | 0 |
| hover style | #23 | #22 | — |
| shadow | #24 | #22 | 0 |
| alignment | #23 | #23 | down 1 |
| breadcrumbs for block editor | #12 | #16 | up 1 |
| svg block | #21 | #18 | down 1 |
| breakpoints | #22 | #21 | 0 |
| block styling | #13 | #15 | — |
| blocks your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| button your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| hover your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| icon your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| responsive your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
46 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 10 listed. 36 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
- Swap “blocks”, “button” and “hover” for “enhancements”, “styling” and “breakpoints”. “blocks” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “enhancements” sits at #4 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “button” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “styling” sits at #9 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “hover” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “breakpoints” sits at #22 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1K · 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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
4
releases in the last 12 months
6mo ago
latest release · v1.2.12 · 14 May 2026
45
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 “800+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band today and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 900.
At the current install trend, crossing 900+ in roughly 85 days.
Install history since 4 Oct 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ mliving10mo ago
I’ve been playing with this plugin and it doesn’t seem to work consistently across all breakpoints. Sometimes a setting applied on mobile also applies on desktop. Sometimes the setting has no effect at all regardless of the breakpoint being set. Custom styling breakpoint is the only thing holding me back from going all in with WordPress.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Michael Galli10mo ago
Thank you for that plugin – it’s so useful and just works. I really like your approach. Keep it up.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Skylabb1.1y ago
Update:After my initial review, later versions of the plugin offers pretty much what I hope for but lacking in Gutenberg blocks – responsive dimensions settings, positioning, and many others. I believe that if you can extend the capabilities of native Gutenberg blocks, you don’t really other third party page builder plugins that add 80 more blocks you don’t use with code bloat in your WP editor. Also just as awesome is the feature management screen where you can granularly assign certain features to certain blocks to optimize for only what you need. Perfect! Five stars! Thanks for the great work, Phi. – This plugin is a great idea and I really want to like it. However, it leaves a few things out much to be desired. Gutenberg blocks lack responsive features severely. I was hoping this plugin can fill in the big gaps but it doesn’t. I’m not seeing anything from this plugin for setting dimensions for various screen sizes. Under typography, it doesn’t offer any more that Gutenberg native settings. There’s Responsive Text Alignment feature but I’m not seeing any settings in block control panel. Other features Block Enhancements offers, shadow, transform, transitions, position are more advanced features you don’t really need that often. This topic was modified 10 months ago by Skylabb. This topic was modified 2 months, 4 weeks ago by Skylabb. This topic was modified 2 months, 4 weeks ago by Skylabb.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ onetrev2.3y ago
I’ve followed this plugin for a while and have long thought it was a great idea. It’s also executed perfectly! It has sensible default options set, but I love that it gives you control over which blocks get the enhancements. With even more power and flexibility in core blocks now, this plugin is even more useful today. Without making this plugin too bloated, maybe the one nice thing to add would be the ability to “stretch” your links so the entire block is clickable. This is really needed for Group, Cover, and similar blocks and unfortunately this feature is still missing from these core blocks.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Timofey Drozhzhin2.5y ago
This plugin extends Gutenberg blocks in the most organic way! No bloatware, no heavy dependencies, just adds the missing features to the existing Gutenberg blocks using the existing UI. One of my favorite Gutenberg plugins to date!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ illartista3.2y ago
Great plugin. I request you to remove the presets, they are not useful and good looking.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Orhan Colak3.5y ago
Only compatible with FSE themes. This should be noted in the plugin’s description.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Gyurmey3.7y ago
Thanks for making it.
Read on wp.org ↗
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 2 languages, 0 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
8 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 "Add icon, responsive spacing, typography, alignment, shadow, transform, transition, color, hover style to b..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 7 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 7 of 7 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("if you want", "use cases").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WooCommerce, Gutenberg, Block editor, ACF and 1 more.
- ✓ Headings and lists 5 headings and 5 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 5,725 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-11-01 900+ → 800+ down after 8 days in tier
- 2026-10-24 800+ → 900+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-10-23 900+ → 800+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-10-21 800+ → 900+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-10-20 900+ → 800+ down after 5 days in tier
- 2026-10-15 800+ → 900+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-10-14 900+ → 800+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2026-10-10 800+ → 900+ up after 73 days in tier
Competes with
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