Bordered Blocks – Add subtle borders or outlines and labels to Blocks in the Editor

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 68% 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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1. ★★★★★ Fabrice

   4mo ago

   Works like a charm: simple, reliable, well-designed.One regret, however: the On/Off toggle is missing from admin pages involving blocks, eg./wp-admin/widgets.phpwith theme Twenty Seventeen.Maybe for v1.2.1?Thank you for this excellent plugin! This topic was modified 3 months ago by Fabrice.

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2. ★★★★★ Avrom

   8mo ago

   First off, thank you for creating this much needed plugin.. I’m completely surprised there aren’t more downloads for this. The whole concept of an editor without any guidelines or borders baffles me, and makes Gutenberg very difficult to use. Your plugin solves this issue, and makes the editor much easier to use. Thank you so much, and please keep the plugin updated – we need you!

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3. ★★★★★ branchus

   1.5y ago

   Once you start getting paragraphs nested in columns, nested in stacks, nested in groups, the block editor can get a bit hard to navigate. Using Bordered Blocks makes life so much easier. I recommend this plug in to anyone using block editor.

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4. ★★★★★ gregorwendland

   3.0y ago

   My custmers who partly dont understand WordPress Blocks will love that! Thank you! This topic was modified 2 years, 10 months ago by gregorwendland.

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5. ★★★★★ Stefan Pejcic

   3.3y ago

   WE NEED THIS IN CORE

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6. ★★★★★ sudeposutemizligi

   3.8y ago

   I am always afraid to use the default gutenberg editor just because i feel i am putting things in the air, not on a paper or screen let’s say. Why is it like this i donno. But i found the one and only plugin to get rid this mess.. I hope it is not adding any css or js after the page is published. Or after the plugin is disabled whe neverything is done and i closed the editor. Congratulations to the author.

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

Growth timeline

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

1. 2025-11-10 100+ → 200+ up after 724 days in tier
2. 2023-11-17 90+ → 100+ up after 2 days in tier
3. 2023-11-15 100+ → 90+ down after 1 days in tier
4. 2023-11-14 90+ → 100+ up after 27 days in tier
5. 2023-10-18 80+ → 90+ up after 14 days in tier
6. 2023-10-04 70+ → 80+ up after 14 days in tier
7. 2023-09-20 80+ → 70+ down after 1 days in tier
8. 2023-09-19 70+ → 80+ up after 4 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).

• Spectra Legacy – Gutenberg Blocks 1M+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags A
• Kadence Blocks — Page Builder Toolkit for Gutenberg Editor 600K+ installs · 4.8★ · 3 shared tags A
• GenerateBlocks 200K+ installs · 4.8★ · 3 shared tags B
• Getwid – Gutenberg Blocks 50K+ installs · 4.6★ · 3 shared tags A
• Genesis Blocks 40K+ installs · 3.8★ · 3 shared tags B
• Snow Monkey Forms 30K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags A

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Bordered Blocks – Add subtle borders or outlines and labels to Blocks in the Editor: 200+ active installs, 5.0★ (6 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/bordered-blocks