Pattern CSS – The CSS Editor For Blocks
by Kevin Batdorf · Blocks
Add a CSS editor to your blocks and patterns! Loads only where necessary. Supports adding global CSS too.
87 health vs 72 average across 716 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.
Excellent listing optimization
Biggest win: Rating quality
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2023-11-06 · 984 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
86
now · peak 575
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 “200+”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
At the current install trend, crossing 300+ in roughly 423 days.
Install history · since 2023-11-05 · 981 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-07-11 100+ → 200+ up after 31 days in band
- 2026-06-10 200+ → 100+ down after 19 days in band
- 2026-05-22 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-05-21 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in band
- 2026-05-20 100+ → 200+ up after 235 days in band
- 2025-09-27 90+ → 100+ up after 2 days in band
- 2025-09-25 100+ → 90+ down after 4 days in band
- 2025-09-21 90+ → 100+ up after 1 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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Simple Custom CSS Plugin 100K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags C -
WP Add Custom CSS 60K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags B -
Genesis Blocks 40K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags B -
Snow Monkey Forms 30K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A -
Snow Monkey Blocks 30K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B
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