Disable Blocks Widget Sidebar.
by echocoder · Blocks
Description: Disables Gutenberg Block widgets Sidebar and restores the Classic widgets Sidebar .
41 health vs 69 average across 984 Blocks plugins
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 4+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.8.13.
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.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 1815 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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
64
now · peak 1.7K
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 “100+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,381 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-02-08 80+ → 100+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-02-07 90+ → 80+ down after 61 days in band
- 2025-12-08 100+ → 90+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-12-07 90+ → 100+ up after 2 days in band
- 2025-12-05 100+ → 90+ down after 317 days in band
- 2025-01-22 200+ → 100+ down after 4 days in band
- 2025-01-18 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-01-17 200+ → 100+ down after 809 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- C Classic Widgets 2M+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags B
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Classic Editor 9M+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag B -
Advanced Editor Tools 1M+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag B -
Starter Templates – AI-Powered Templates for Elementor & Gutenberg 1M+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A -
Spectra Legacy – Gutenberg Blocks 1M+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
One Click Demo Import 1M+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A
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