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Block Guide Lines

by Marchetti Design · Blocks

This plugin add visibile guide lines to gutenberg blocks, now the block are more readable ;) New Styles! With labels and minimal only with lines: Go …

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned
How scoring works →
50 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 88/100
Support 70/100

50 health vs 67 average across 1,682 Blocks plugins

Removal-risk signals

53/100

Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.

  • Long abandoned. No update in 4+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.9.16.

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.

41 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 6/100
WP compatibility 36/100
Rating quality 79/100
Listing tuning 52/100

To rank higher: Last updated 1667 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+44% vs prior 30d
0Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

122

now · peak 224

12530d downloads · Aug 26

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

Block Guide Lines · #7265 you Classic Editor · #4 Classic Widgets · #24 Advanced Editor Tool · #30

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.8Stars · Aug 26

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.

139per 1k installs · Aug 26

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share 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.

v1.0 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “900+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
900–1K ≈950

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2021-10-28 · 1,419 observations

900Installs · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Details

Version
1.0
Last updated
4.6y ago
Added
2018-10-17 · 7 yrs old
Requires WP
4.7
Tested up to
5.9.16
Requires PHP
7.0

Recent reviews

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  1. 360smartweb
    2.2y ago

    Andrea è sempre una garanzia, grazie a questo plugin è possibile visualizzare on hover del mouse, in quale parte del blocco siamo senza dover aprire obbligatoriamente la struttura della pagina. Consigliatissimo!!!!!!!!

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  2. fracabu
    2.8y ago

    La complessità dell’editor Gutenberg può rappresentare una sfida, specialmente quando si gestiscono blocchi annidati o colonna. Il plugin “Block Guide Lines” di Andrea Marchetti emerge come una soluzione essenziale per questo problema. Offre un’assistenza visiva che semplifica notevolmente il processo di editing. Vantaggi: Miglioramento della Visualizzazione: Le linee guida chiaramente delineate permettono una distinzione immediata tra i diversi blocchi, rendendo l’interfaccia intuitiva anche per i nuovi utenti. Facilità d’Uso: L’aggiunta di queste linee guida visive rende l’orientamento tra i blocchi colonna non più un ostacolo, permettendo agli utenti di concentrarsi sulla creazione di contenuti piuttosto che sulla navigazione dell’interfaccia. Efficienza Aumentata: Il tempo risparmiato grazie alla facilità di identificazione dei blocchi è significativo, portando a una maggiore efficienza nel workflow di sviluppo. Il plugin “Block Guide Lines” è un arricchimento indispensabile per chiunque utilizzi l’editor Gutenberg, contribuendo al miglioramento dell’usabilità dell’editor e rendendo l’esperienza di editing non solo più facile ma anche più piacevole! È un plugin che consiglio vivamente a tutti gli utenti di WordPress.

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  3. robertorefresh
    2.9y ago

    Ciao Andrea, Con questo plugin è molto più semplice lavorare con Gutenberg.Verrà aggiornato in futuro? Grazie 🙂

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  4. mcpoops
    3.4y ago

    Having absolutely zero indication of block boundaries while editing was driving me insane. I’m kind of amazed this was left out of the default gutenberg editor. This is going to make my edits so much quicker, thank you so much for this plug in!

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  5. stefano2004
    4.1y ago

    Utilissimo

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  6. poolfactory
    4.7y ago

    You don’t want to use Gutenberg without it anymore 🙂 Highly recommended!

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  7. piosax
    5.3y ago

    Bravo Andrea Marchetti

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  8. omarfolghe
    5.3y ago

    Basic if you use Gutenberg!

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.2.4

Low memory footprint
Low page-speed impact
Runs on latest PHP + WP
No PHP errors
No JS errors
Activates cleanly
No resource errors
No external HTTP errors
Optimized database use
Frequently updated

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2026-04-02 1K+ → 900+ down after 1 days in tier
  2. 2026-04-01 900+ → 1K+ up after 1 days in tier
  3. 2026-03-31 1K+ → 900+ down after 24 days in tier
  4. 2026-03-07 900+ → 1K+ up after 36 days in tier
  5. 2026-01-30 1K+ → 900+ down after 2 days in tier
  6. 2026-01-28 900+ → 1K+ up after 4 days in tier
  7. 2026-01-24 1K+ → 900+ down after 2 days in tier
  8. 2026-01-22 900+ → 1K+ up after 1 days in tier

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