Options for Block Themes
by Oliver Campion · Blocks
Also makes 12 other plugins · 41K+ installs across the portfolio →
Adds options to core blocks and allows import / export of global styles, templates and template parts!
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Health
A 86/100
Few reviews
Active installs
300+
≈310 estimated
Momentum
+17%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “block options” and “template import” for “template parts” and “block theme”. “block options” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “template parts” sits at #11 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “template import” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “block theme” sits at #21 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
86 health vs 71 average across 2,527 Blocks plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.8%
of downloads still active
At least 300 of 16.5K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median Blocks plugin keeps 2.1%, across 1,580 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Blocks plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 10 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
Details
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
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 35 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 4 reviews, smoothed to 4.17★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
41
Momentum
Mixed: one swing, the rest drifting
0.0
Velocity
places per keyword, 25d
25%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 25d
+0.1
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| template parts | #11 | #23 | 0 |
| block themes your tag | #14 | #19 | up 2 |
| template export your tag | #20 | #22 | 0 |
| global styles your tag | #23 | #24 | 0 |
| block theme | #21 | #22 | up 3 |
| global options | #23 | #21 | 0 |
| block options your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| template import your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
23 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 6 listed. 17 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “block options” and “template import” for “template parts” and “block theme”. “block options” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “template parts” sits at #11 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “template import” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “block theme” sits at #21 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- One page off on “block themes”. #14 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 731 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #10,100 to #11,100, alongside the other plugins at 300+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 1 Nov 2026.
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
10
releases in the last 12 months
1mo ago
latest release · v1.5.0 · 27 Sep 2026
51
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “300+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 25 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 300.
At the current install trend, crossing 400+ in roughly 151 days.
Install history since 4 Oct 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Decimus1.9y ago
Options for Block Themes by Oliver Campion of Web:D has built in an option to: enable expandable submenus to the Navigation Block modal – which is tech speak for collapsible submenus on mobile devices. This plugin works and solves our top burning issue with WP 6.7 (and prior to that WP 6.6). Thank you Oliver Campion of Web:D. Our thanks to Hans-Gerd Gerhards who highlighted the new functionality of the Options for Block Themes plugin in a German language post on his website: Aufklappbare Untermenüs bei Block Themes (Expandable submenus in block themes).
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Hans-Gerd Gerhards2.6y ago
The great plugin “Options for Block Themes” offers some interesting things that are very interesting for users who create their websites with a block theme such as Twenty Twenty-Four. For me, an important aspect was the shrinked header. But the other options are also very helpful because they simplify the management of block themes.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Bub4.7y ago
Not for rookies as it takes a little bit of fiddling but this fiddling is necessary and not a lot. If you have any experience at all and want to create new or modified template copied this plugin is the bomb.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ andynick4.7y ago
This plugin has been a huge help to me because we run multiple websites, and even with the Site Editor making all of the sites identical would be tiresome. In our case, it was simply a matter of installing Template Manager on both sites, then one click to select a template on the donor site, and a second click to download it. Then (in the recipient site) after a click or two to delete modifications to the old templates, a final click to upload the new one. All that then remains is to edit a page and select the new template in the setting dropdown. It saves hours and hours of work!
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 3 languages, 0 at 90% or more
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
5 of 8 pass · checked 26 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Adds options to core blocks and allows import / export of global styles, templates and template parts!"
- ! Has a FAQ Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 1 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions ACF.
- ✓ Headings and lists 5 headings and 2 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,083 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "template export", "template import" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-07 200+ → 300+ up after 11 days in tier
- 2026-09-26 300+ → 200+ down after 50 days in tier
- 2026-08-07 200+ → 300+ up after 449 days in tier
- 2025-05-15 300+ → 200+ down after 40 days in tier
- 2025-04-05 200+ → 300+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2025-04-01 300+ → 200+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2025-03-30 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-03-29 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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Classic Menus for Block Themes 500+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag D -
Ajaxified Cart 300+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A -
Design Import/Export – Styles, Templates, Template Parts and Patterns 200+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag B -
Global Styles Mods – WordPress 5.9 fix 90+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag B
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