Gutenberg Custom Fields
by Riad Benguella · Blocks
Gutenberg Custom Fields allows you to control the content of the Gutenberg edit screen by creating pre-filled templates.
45 health vs 71 average across 748 Blocks plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance 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 7+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.29, well behind 6.8.
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 2793 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
257
now · peak 551
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 “50+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,382 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-10-18 60+ → 50+ down after 64 days in band
- 2025-08-15 50+ → 60+ up after 6 days in band
- 2025-08-09 60+ → 50+ down after 25 days in band
- 2025-07-15 50+ → 60+ up after 9 days in band
- 2025-07-06 60+ → 50+ down after 11 days in band
- 2025-06-25 50+ → 60+ up after 3 days in band
- 2025-06-22 60+ → 50+ down after 226 days in band
- 2024-11-08 70+ → 60+ down after 18 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Classic Editor 9M+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag B - C Classic Widgets 2M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag B
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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 -
Kadence Blocks — Page Builder Toolkit for Gutenberg Editor 600K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
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