Hover Highlights – Editor highlighting
by Sybre Waaijer · Blocks
Adds highlighting on hover with a distraction-free experience for the Gutenberg/Block Editor.
64 health vs 68 average across 1,153 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: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 465 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 2023-05-13 · 1,161 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
28
now · peak 127
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 “30+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
At the current install trend, crossing 40+ in roughly 246 days.
Install history · since 2023-05-12 · 1,162 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-04-13 20+ → 30+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-04-12 30+ → 20+ down after 10 days in tier
- 2026-04-02 20+ → 30+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-04-01 30+ → 20+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2026-03-29 20+ → 30+ up after 18 days in tier
- 2026-03-11 30+ → 20+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2026-03-08 20+ → 30+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-03-07 30+ → 20+ down after 3 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Ultimate Blocks – 25+ Gutenberg Blocks for Block Editor 50K+ installs · 4.9★ · 3 shared tags A -
Genesis Custom Blocks 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags A -
aThemes Blocks 6K+ installs · 3.7★ · 3 shared tags B -
Grids: Layout builder for WordPress 2K+ installs · 4.6★ · 3 shared tags A -
Premium Blocks – Gutenberg Blocks, Patterns & Templates 2K+ installs · 4.6★ · 3 shared tags A -
Classic Editor 9M+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags B
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