Welcome to the block editor B gone
by Johan Jonk Stenström · Blocks
Finally get rid of that welcome message that's showing up even if you've been using Gutenberg for years!
47 health vs 68 average across 1,092 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 877 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
41
now · peak 117
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 “300+”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,376 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-07-15 200+ → 300+ up after 4 days in band
- 2026-07-11 300+ → 200+ down after 545 days in band
- 2025-01-12 400+ → 300+ down after 730 days in band
- 2023-01-13 300+ → 400+ up after 27 days in band
- 2022-12-17 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in band
- 2022-12-16 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in band
- 2022-12-15 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in band
- 2022-12-14 300+ → 400+ up after 3 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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Classic Editor 9M+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags B -
Advanced Editor Tools 1M+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags B -
Starter Templates – AI-Powered Templates for Elementor & Gutenberg 1M+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A -
Disable Gutenberg 500K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A -
Gutenberg Essential Blocks – Page Builder for Gutenberg Blocks & Patterns 200K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Ultimate Blocks – 25+ Gutenberg Blocks for Block Editor 50K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A
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