User Blocks
by Kyle B. Johnson · Blocks
User blocks for building profile and account pages.
41 health vs 70 average across 838 Blocks plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 6+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.24, well behind 6.8.
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.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 2487 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
112
now · peak 120
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.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,381 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-03-14 50+ → 30+ down after 192 days in band
- 2024-09-03 30+ → 50+ up after 1 days in band
- 2024-09-02 — → 30+ up
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Spectra Legacy – Gutenberg Blocks 1M+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Layout Grid Block 200K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D -
Genesis Blocks 40K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags B -
User Profile Picture 40K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
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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