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Elfsight Blocks

by elfsight · Blocks

Also makes 4 other plugins · 5.4K+ installs across the portfolio →

Custom Gutenberg Blocks to embed the Elfsight Widgets.

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⚠ Stale⚠ Few reviews

Health

C 66/100

Stale · Few reviews

Active installs

3K+

≈3.9K estimated

Momentum

+41%

downloads vs prior 30d

Biggest opportunity: “blocks”, “editor” and “gutenberg” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.

How scoring works →
66 Health · C
Maintenance 57/100
Rating quality 72/100
Support 70/100

66 health vs 71 average across 2,527 Blocks plugins

Install conversion

How it's measured →

11%

of downloads still active

At least 3K of 27.9K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Blocks plugin keeps 2.1%, across 1,580 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

Version
1.2.1
Last updated
1.1y ago
Added
2019-12-10 · 6 yrs old
Requires WP
5.0
Tested up to
6.8.12
Requires PHP
5.2.4

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.

77 / 100

Well optimized

Most to gain: Rating quality

Update recency 65/100

Updated 403 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting

WP compatibility 100/100

Tested up to WordPress 6.8.12, the current branch or newer

Rating quality 52/100

4.0★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.10★ and held back under 25 reviews

Listing tuning 92/100

4 of 5 tags set · short description in place

To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.

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Daily downloads

Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+41% vs prior 30d
221 Nov 2026

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peak 2.6K · peaks are release surges

5831 Nov 2026

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

Elfsight Blocks · #3824youSpectra Legacy · #63Kadence Blocks · #102Getwid · #770

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

41 Nov 2026

Health trend

Composite health score, snapshotted daily

661 Nov 2026

Update activity

How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.

1941 Nov 2026

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How 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

1.1y ago

latest release · v1.2.1 · 24 Sep 2025

4

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.2.1 · 24 Sep 20251.2.0 · 24 Sep 20251.1.0 · 4 Dec 20241.0.0 · 9 Jan 2020

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 76% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.2 76%
v1.1 21%
v1.0 3.2%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “3K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
3K–4K ≈3.9K

Crossed into this band 15 months ago; the previous band took 13 months to cross, which places it about 90% of the way through.

Install history since 2 Aug 2021

3K1 Nov 2026

Recent reviews

All reviews on wp.org ↗
  1. ★★★★★ wearecda
    6mo ago

    Easy to use, looks clean, great plugin, but I think the pricing should be shown upfront. It is misleading to go and spend a bunch of time designing a popup only to be met with a pay screen or the very limited Free option when you go to publish it. Ultimately, I need a popup with a picture for a very simple reason and paying for the views on something so simple does not meet my needs. If you do not mind paying for limited views, and want something easy to use and build, it is great. If you truly want something Free for your site, I do not recommend.

    Read on wp.org ↗
  2. ★★★★★ emicorrales
    5.6y ago

    Great!! With the simple steps given in the video I was able to make the Feed of my Facebook page appear on my website !! I have installed and uninstalled countless plugins without getting them to work in any way. Until I found this plugin and without so much complication it worked like a charm !! The easiest and most beautiful thing there can be to have the Facebook feed on your website! Thanks!!

    Read on wp.org ↗

Latest updates

via wp.org changelog

Recent releases and news for this plugin

  1. — Version 1.1 Update Elfsight SDK. 1.1
  2. — Version 1.0 Initial Release. 1.0

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.3

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✕ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✕ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

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

8 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026

Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.

  • ✓ Says what it does "Custom Gutenberg Blocks to embed the Elfsight Widgets."
  • ✓ Has a FAQ 5 questions in the FAQ.
  • ✓ FAQ asks real questions 5 of 5 read like questions a user would type.
  • ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("suitable for", "use case").
  • ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Gutenberg, Telegram, Instagram, Facebook and 3 more.
  • ✓ Headings and lists 3 headings and 1 list.
  • ✓ Enough to quote 4,032 characters of description.
  • ✓ Tags match the text All 4 tags appear in the text.

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2025-07-31 2K+ → 3K+ up after 394 days in tier
  2. 2024-07-02 1K+ → 2K+ up after 1 days in tier
  3. 2024-07-01 2K+ → 1K+ down after 1 days in tier
  4. 2024-06-30 1K+ → 2K+ up after 626 days in tier
  5. 2022-10-13 900+ → 1K+ up after 60 days in tier
  6. 2022-08-14 500+ → 900+ up after 320 days in tier
  7. 2021-09-28 400+ → 500+ up

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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Elfsight Blocks: 3K+ active installs, 4.0★ (2 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-11-01. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/elfsight-blocks

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