Gutenberg

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1. ★★★★★ John Titor

   1mo ago

   Honestly, I am not sure I was still writing articles with WordPress if I didn’t have this block editor. My developer configered everything to look exactly like it look on the website, and the editing experience is just enjoyable.

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2. ★★★★★ firdaus666

   2mo ago

   Stay motivated and keep growing 🙂

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3. ★★★★★ higginsg45

   2mo ago

   not great not bad just ok

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4. ★★★★★ brkikani24

   3mo ago

   Hi,I think Gutenberg should include built-in options for margin, padding, and background images for every default block. Each block should also have its own responsive typography controls, similar to Elementor, so users can easily manage font sizes for desktop, tablet, and mobile directly within the block settings. It would also be helpful if users could customize responsive breakpoints or add additional breakpoints according to their project needs. These improvements would make website design and responsive management much easier and more flexible for developers and beginners alike.Thanks…!

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5. ★★★★★ WPRavix

   3mo ago

   Gutenberg has its flaws, but it has great potential and, most importantly, it doesn’t burden a website the way external page builders do. I’ll take the opportunity here to promote my free plugin that improves the UX of the block editor – BlockUX Workflow. It’s available in the WordPress repository. Wishing you efficient website building! This topic was modified 2 months ago by WPRavix.

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6. ★★★★★ asevims

   3mo ago

   As a web developer with over 12 years of experience, I have worked extensively with builders like Elementor and WPBakery. For a long time, I honestly believed Gutenberg was inferior and overly limited compared to traditional page builders. That perspective completely changed once a client specifically requested a WordPress website without Elementor or WPBakery. Because of that requirement, I finally gave Gutenberg a serious chance and started building with a custom theme and modern block-based workflows. Today, I can confidently say that Gutenberg is by far the most thoughtful and well-architected builder WordPress has ever had. Once you truly understand how it is intended to work — especially together with custom themes, patterns, theme.json, and custom blocks — it becomes incredibly powerful, clean, scalable, and future-proof. Yes, development can initially take longer compared to visual page builders, especially when building things properly with a custom setup. But after getting used to the workflow, it honestly feels like the best long-term approach for professional WordPress development. I also understand many of the negative reviews now, because I used to share the same opinion before I actually learned and understood Gutenberg properly. In my opinion, most criticism comes from comparing it to page builders without fully embracing the modern block-based development approach. Excellent work by the Gutenberg team. The direction WordPress is taking with blocks and full site editing is genuinely impressive.

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7. ★★★★★ redeemcode247

   4mo ago

   plugin very good

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8. ★★★★★ newtonvibe

   4mo ago

   I think the bad reviews are from people who don’t know how to use it or try using Full Site Editing. The best approach is to keep Gutenberg for page/post content using blocks and also use theme.json to define design tokens that can be reused in your theme and blocks for consistency. You can keep using PHP for everything else. It’s so much better than Elementor or the horrific mess that Divi is.

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6 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 6.4 Gutenberg <= 21.8.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2025-10-25 CVE-2025-64354 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 21.8.2 Patched in 21.9.0
2. Medium · 6.4 WordPress Core < 6.5.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Template Part Block ↗
   2024-06-24 CVE-2024-31111 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 18.6.0 Patched in 18.6.1
3. Medium · 6.4 Gutenberg 12.9.0 - 18.0.0 - Unauthenticated & Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Avatar Block ↗
   2024-04-09 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects 12.9.0 - 18.0.0 Patched in 18.01
4. Medium · 6.4 WordPress Core 5.9-6.3.1 - Authenticated(Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Navigation Attributes ↗
   2023-10-12 CVE-2023-38000 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 16.8.0 Patched in 16.8.1
5. Medium · 6.4 WordPress Core < 6.0.3 & Gutenberg < 14.3.1 - Authenticated Cross-Site Scripting in Various Blocks ↗
   2022-10-18 CVE-2022-43500 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 14.3.0 Patched in 14.3.1
6. Medium · 5.4 WordPress Core < 5.9.2 & Gutenberg < 12.7.2 - Prototype Pollution via Block Editor ↗
   2022-03-11 Improperly Controlled Modification of Dynamically-Determined Object Attributes Affects < 12.7.2 Patched in 12.7.2

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