ThemeZee Magazine Blocks
by ThemeZee · Blocks
Also makes 5 other plugins · 17.8K+ installs across the portfolio →
Flexible Magazine Blocks for the new WordPress Editor.
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Health
B 83/100
Few reviews
Active installs
3K+
≈4K estimated
Momentum
-18%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “gutenberg” isn't earning a slot. You list it, but you're not in the first 24 results for that search. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
83 health vs 71 average across 2,522 Blocks plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →3.5%
of downloads still active
At least 3K of 86K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Blocks plugin keeps 2.1%, across 1,577 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 1 release 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 68 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
4.3★ over 3 reviews, smoothed to 4.11★ 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.
31
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.4
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.4
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| magazine layout your tag | #2 | #15 | 0 |
| magazine blocks your tag | #2 | #15 | 0 |
| magazine your tag | #2 | #12 | 0 |
| themezee your tag | #2 | #4 | 0 |
| gutenberg your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
11 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 4 listed. 7 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 1 of its tags isn't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “gutenberg” isn't earning a slot. You list it, but you're not in the first 24 results for that search. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 4.3K · peaks are release surges
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
1
releases in the last 12 months
2mo ago
latest release · v1.4 · 24 Aug 2026
4
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 “3K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band yesterday and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 4K.
Install history since 20 Nov 2020
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ consumerista4.5y ago
Good
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Civil Engineering Notes5.0y ago
It is good, but it does not support elementor. It is a major drawback of this plugin.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ loweprojects6.4y ago
I use a lot of ThemeZee themes and their related supporting plugins. Moving over to blocks, it took a while to get used to leaving the use of magazine formats and widget functions. Once we had this magazine blocks plugin, it has been easy to manage grid layouts in all pages and posts, and the current set meets most of my needs. It would be good to have a block to show a single post and to manage its options (or a 1×1 grid), but other than that, this plugin does it all for my purposes. And it works prefectly well for non-ThemeZee themes.
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 1.3.2 fix Lodash imports 1.3.2
- — Version 1.3.1 fix Magazine Columns block 1.3.1
- — Version 1.3 update tooling to wp-scripts pass pluginUrl to blocks directly instead of using data store 1.3
- — Version 1.2 updated to block.json and api version 2 fixed deprecated notices 1.2
- — Version 1.1.3 added Last modified option to OrderBy setting removed shortcodes from excerpts in frontend fixed non-updated categories issues in CategorySelect control 1.1.3
- — Version 1.1.2 fixed PHP warning for unexpected parameter for array_map 1.1.2
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.3.2
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 7 languages, 1 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 27 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Flexible Magazine Blocks for the new WordPress Editor."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("use this"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Gutenberg, Block editor.
- ✓ Headings and lists 2 headings and 3 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,001 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-30 4K+ → 3K+ down after 299 days in tier
- 2026-01-04 5K+ → 4K+ down after 427 days in tier
- 2024-11-03 6K+ → 5K+ down after 274 days in tier
- 2024-02-03 7K+ → 6K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-02-02 6K+ → 7K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-02-01 7K+ → 6K+ down after 185 days in tier
- 2023-07-31 8K+ → 7K+ down after 677 days in tier
- 2021-09-22 6K+ → 8K+ up
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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Magazine Blocks – Blog Designer, Magazine & Newspaper Website Builder, Page Builder with Posts Blocks, Post Grid 6K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A -
Classic Editor 8M+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A - 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 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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