Disable Block – Hide blocks in the frontend
by landwire · Blocks
Disable Block adds a simple button to the editor to disable the block on the frontend, hiding it from viewers.
68 health vs 68 average across 1,133 Blocks plugins
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.
Well optimized
Biggest win: Rating quality
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
48
now · peak 200
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
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 “80+”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
At the current install trend, crossing 90+ in roughly 131 days.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-07-15 70+ → 80+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-07-13 80+ → 70+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-07-12 70+ → 80+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-07-10 80+ → 70+ down after 17 days in tier
- 2026-06-23 70+ → 80+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-06-22 80+ → 70+ down after 7 days in tier
- 2026-06-15 70+ → 80+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-06-14 80+ → 70+ down after 2 days in tier
Competes with
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