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Gutenberg Essential Blocks – Page Builder for Gutenberg Blocks & Patterns
Support so snappy you might actually enjoy troubleshooting your site.
HealthyGrowing
88/100
The block library is extensive and the support team is exceptionally helpful.
Active installs
~405,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 200k+
Rating
4.9★
208 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+12%
Growing
2,121 → 2,365 installs/day
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Growing · +12% in the last year
2,121/day a year ago→2,365/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayEssential Blocks for Gutenberg is well-regarded as a feature-rich block library that meaningfully extends the Gutenberg editor, with its responsive and knowledgeable support team being the most consistently praised aspect across reviews.
What people like
- +Support team is consistently praised as fast, responsive, and effective at resolving issues×9
- +Wide variety of customizable blocks that enhance the Gutenberg editing experience×4
- +Ability to save block configurations for reuse, saving time on repetitive tasks
- +Free version offers meaningful functionality
Common complaints
- −Multilingual support is limited to WPML; other translation plugins like Loco Translate are not officially supported
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.88★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.90★
- 20%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2024-01-162025-04-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 208 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-05-02★★★★★Loren My Saviourjayloids
- 2026-04-09★★★★★What a gr8 support!fakamaka333
- 2026-03-31★★★★★Great customer supportmanagerinpractice1-shot
- 2026-03-24★★★★★Great collection of blocksaaroneff1-shot
- 2026-02-13★★★★★Works Well With Their Flexia Themeesd3104
- 2026-02-03★★★★★Styling not working for Essential Blocks heading Widget area Blocksygraphicdop
- 2026-01-26★★★★★So far so good and customer support is brillianthiraeth22
- 2026-01-12★★★★★Fantastic plugin!skb
- 2026-01-06★★★★★Bon travailbkrg
- 2025-12-30★★★★★Excellent Customer Servicedustinjgray231-shot
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
1,926
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
2,460
Prior 7-day baseline
1,936
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
45,812
Mean release-day peak (30d)
1,853
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-21.7%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
10%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
0.63
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
97%
5★ share in analyzed sample
20%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
-38%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.90 → 4.88★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered