Code Block Pro – Beautiful Syntax Highlighting
by Kevin Batdorf · Blocks
Code highlighting powered by the VS Code engine. Performance focused. No bloat.
Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,379 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Trailing 30-day total · the growth curve wp.org stopped showing
Directory rank
Popularity rank over time · lower is better
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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 “10K+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install trend · reconstructed from 1377 daily snapshots
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-06-05 9K+ → 10K+ up after 170 days in band
- 2024-12-17 8K+ → 9K+ up after 1 days in band
- 2024-12-16 9K+ → 8K+ down after 1 days in band
- 2024-12-15 8K+ → 9K+ up after 117 days in band
- 2024-08-20 7K+ → 8K+ up after 141 days in band
- 2024-04-01 6K+ → 7K+ up after 100 days in band
- 2023-12-23 5K+ → 6K+ up after 1 days in band
- 2023-12-22 6K+ → 5K+ down after 1 days in band
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