DB Gradient Text Block
by Dhiman Barua · Blocks
DB Gradient Text Block
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Health
D 54/100
Stale · Few reviews
Active installs
90+
≈99 estimated
Momentum
+19%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “blocks” for “gradient text”. “blocks” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “gradient text” sits at #19 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
54 health vs 71 average across 2,524 Blocks plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →4.2%
of downloads still active
At least 90 of 2.1K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Blocks plugin keeps 2.1%, across 1,579 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.
Details
Recent review vibe
read from the latest 1 reviews to 2024-11-14The one review here is happy: it does exactly the one job it promises, and the gradient controls give enough tweaking to get the look right.
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.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 706 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.7.11; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 1 review, smoothed to 4.12★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description under 30 characters
To rank higher: Last updated 706 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| db gradient text block your tag | #1 | #7 | — |
| gradient text | #19 | #24 | down 5 |
| blocks your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| gradient text block your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| gutenberg your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| heading title block your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
2 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “blocks” for “gradient text”. “blocks” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “gradient text” sits at #19 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 2 Sep 2024 · 790 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 178 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #16,800 to #17,400, alongside the other plugins at 90+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
1.9y ago
latest release · v1.1 · 25 Nov 2024
2
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 “90+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 19 days ago and the previous band took 13 months to cross, so the real count is still just under 100.
Install history since 1 Sep 2024
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ ashabnama2.0y ago
I was looking for a plugin that does exactly this – nothing less and nothing more. Tried it on a new site to minimize the impact, if any. Because at the time of writing this review, the plugin had zero reviews. It works well and has all the controls to tweak the text exactly as required. Pastel text gradients have given my site that modern, friendly vibe seen on websites like Canva.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.7.1
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
3 of 8 pass · checked 27 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description is 22 characters, too short to say what the plugin does.
- ! Has a FAQ Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 1 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("if you have"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Gutenberg.
- ✓ Headings and lists 2 headings and 1 list.
- ! Enough to quote 607 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "heading title block" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-13 100+ → 90+ down after 375 days in tier
- 2025-10-03 90+ → 100+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-10-02 100+ → 90+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2025-09-28 90+ → 100+ up after 7 days in tier
- 2025-09-21 100+ → 90+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-09-20 90+ → 100+ up after 46 days in tier
- 2025-08-05 80+ → 90+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-08-04 90+ → 80+ down after 9 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).
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Spectra Legacy – Gutenberg Blocks 1M+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Kadence Blocks — Page Builder Toolkit for Gutenberg Editor 600K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Extendify 500K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
Otter Blocks – Gutenberg Blocks, Page Builder for Gutenberg Editor & FSE 300K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks – CoBlocks 300K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags B -
GenerateBlocks 200K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A
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