Block Manager

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Directory rank vs rivals

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How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 71% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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At the current install trend, crossing 5K+ in roughly 256 days.

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1. ★★★★★ jaloin

   8mo ago

   Brilliant solution!

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2. ★★★★★ Christian Saborio

   1.4y ago

   What a wonderful plugin! It’s amazing how WP adds all kinds of crap and no way to turn it off – I don’t use patterns, don’t want my clients to use them, and this is the perfect solution to avoid these types of issues. Fantastic way to remove unwanted core blocks as well, sanity at last, THANK YOU!

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3. ★★★★★ magicratfish

   2.6y ago

   Great plugin, thank you. Let me tame my plug in beast and bring order to the Press. I combined it with the php filter ‘block_categories_all’ to move them to my own categories as well. Together, they have made a world of difference.

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4. ★★★★★ Milan Ivanovic

   2.9y ago

   Extremely useful plugin and one of the first I added to all of my installs. Thank you, Darren!

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5. ★★★★★ Skylabb

   3.8y ago

   I wanted to like this plug for the nice UI design. When I open the block manager screen, the two grey tabs where block listings are suppose to display are empty. It looks like some kind of glitch. Update: I added a couple more review stars for author’s response. Hopefully the issue gets fixed soon. This topic was modified 3 years, 8 months ago by Skylabb.

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6. ★★★★★ tomreed25

   4.0y ago

   Having the ability to disable some of the more obscure, unnecessary blocks is essential and this plugin features on every site I work on. Thanks!

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7. ★★★★★ wp2019s

   4.6y ago

   It makes the job done! Thanks

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8. ★★★★★ Anonymous User

   5.2y ago

   I love this plugin! I already had my own code to whitelist certain blocks in the editor, but I couldn’t figure how to remove certain core-embed blocks. But with this plugin, I’m able to remove those blocks as well! I abandoned my custom code and just used this instead. It would be nice to see it have a feature to restrict blocks to certain roles. PublishPress Blocks has this, but it’s very clunky and also adds its own blocks. I prefer a simple Block Manager like this one //updated my review again because it now works This topic was modified 4 years, 12 months ago by anonymized-18776641. This topic was modified 4 years, 12 months ago by anonymized-18776641.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 3.2.1 UPDATE: Added compatibility check with WP 7.0. UPDATE: Various code refactoring and organization. 3.2.1
2. — Version 3.2.0 NEW: Added support for Stretchy Paragraph and Stretchy Heading block variations. Fix: Fixed issue with Embed block variation display. NEW: Added WordPress version detection to improve compatibility with future WP release 3.2.0
3. — Version 3.1.2 FIX: Fixed issue WP 6.9 and missing required sprintf package. UPDATE: Project dependency updates. 3.1.2
4. — Version 3.1.1 FIX: Fixed issue with rendering block icons of various plugins. Now using default WP block editor BlockIcon rendering. FIX: Fixed issue with blocks not showing in Block Manager when being registered using enqueue_block_a 3.1.1
5. — Version 3.1.0 UPDATE: New admin UI. UPDATE: Various changes for upcoming Block Manager Pro plugin. 3.1.0
6. — Version 3.0.0 NEW: Added support for disabling block patterns and core block patterns. FIX: Fixed incorrect number of filtered blocks display in Blocks sidebar. FIX: Fixed issue with return value in admin_footer text. UPDATE: Updated 3.0.0

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0

Translated into 8 languages, 3 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

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

1. 2026-08-24 5K+ → 4K+ down after 26 days in tier
2. 2026-07-29 4K+ → 5K+ up after 511 days in tier
3. 2025-03-05 3K+ → 4K+ up after 96 days in tier
4. 2024-11-29 4K+ → 3K+ down after 54 days in tier
5. 2024-10-06 3K+ → 4K+ up after 4 days in tier
6. 2024-10-02 4K+ → 3K+ down after 6 days in tier
7. 2024-09-26 3K+ → 4K+ up after 5 days in tier
8. 2024-09-21 4K+ → 3K+ down after 1 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).

• Classic Editor + 40K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A
• Disable Gutenberg Blocks – Block Manager 3K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag D
• Zero Blocks Given 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag B
• Rootstuff Block Permissions — installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag B
• Daisy Disable Blocks — Disable Gutenberg, Enable Classic Editor, Disable Block Editor — installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag C

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Block Manager: 4K+ active installs, 4.9★ (13 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/block-manager