Sidebars Gutenberg Blocks
by GrandPlugins · Blocks
You dont need to depend on the theme layout for sidebars in gutenberg. using this plugin you can place sidebars and other widgets areas in gutenberg p …
44 health vs 71 average across 726 Blocks plugins
Removal-risk signals
28/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.
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.
Room to improve
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 1067 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
56
now · peak 153
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 “80+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,380 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-12-26 90+ → 80+ down after 8 days in band
- 2025-12-18 80+ → 90+ up after 5 days in band
- 2025-12-13 90+ → 80+ down after 3 days in band
- 2025-12-10 80+ → 90+ up after 2 days in band
- 2025-12-08 90+ → 80+ down after 2 days in band
- 2025-12-06 80+ → 90+ up after 2 days in band
- 2025-12-04 90+ → 80+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-12-03 80+ → 90+ 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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Custom Sidebars – Dynamic Sidebar Classic Widget Area Manager 100K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Fixed Widget and Sticky Elements for WordPress 80K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags D
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