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Getwid – Gutenberg Blocks
Finally a block library that respects your wallet.
HealthyDeclining
82/100
Users appreciate the excellent free blocks and lack of upsells despite occasional technical bugs and inflexible settings.
Active installs
~55,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 50k+
Rating
4.7★
115 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-46%
Declining fast
305 → 164 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MINORdownloads down 46% vs a year ago
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
Declining fast · -46% in the last year
305/day a year ago→164/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayGetwid is a well-regarded free Gutenberg block plugin praised for its seamless FSE/block-theme integration and standout blocks like Image Hotspot and Post Carousel, though occasional compatibility breakages after WordPress updates and some hardcoded form settings are real concerns.
What people like
- +Integrates seamlessly with block themes and FSE, automatically picking up layout, colors, and font settings from theme.json without extra configuration.×2
- +Image Hotspot block is highly regarded and works reliably across devices out of the box.×3
- +Post Slider/Carousel block works as expected where many competing plugins fail.×2
- +Individual blocks can be selectively disabled, reducing site bloat and improving performance.×2
- +No upselling or paywalled features — the plugin is fully free and open source.×2
- +Responsive support team that resolves reported bugs within days.
- +Animations and carousels add visual polish that default WordPress themes lack.
Common complaints
- −Table block broke after a WordPress update, freezing posts that used it and making them impossible to edit.
- −Contact form block has hardcoded email settings (recipient, body, sender name, email server) in the source file, making it inflexible without manual code edits.
- −A JavaScript error ('t(...).tabs is not a function') suggests at least one block feature was left in an unfinished or broken state.
- −AI block does not function outside the US, limiting its usefulness for international users.
- −Image Hotspot block lacks numbered markers, making it harder to build sequential step-by-step guides.
- −Requires some CSS knowledge and theme.json familiarity — not a drag-and-drop page builder replacement.
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.64★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.70★
- 4%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-07-202025-01-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 115 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2025-10-15★★★★★nice supportfullbl
- 2025-08-23★★★★★Nice collection of blocks without annoying up sellingwpdynamics
- 2025-05-23★★★★★t(…).tabs is not a function095
- 2025-01-21★★★★★Robust, flawless, freePieterCM
- 2024-12-05★★★★★Flawless, fast, gorgeoustombekistan
- 2024-07-17★★★★★Image Hot Spot rocksbuglover
- 2024-03-20★★★★★Simple and Efficientcarlmagnus
- 2023-09-20★★★★★Doesn't work anymore! Wrecks WordPress!waxler
- 2023-06-23★★★★★Simple and powerfulMaro Pinčević
- 2023-04-25★★★★★Brilliant Hotspot Images +++laurencebahiirwa
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to Getwid
Top Builders plugins, ranked by score.For 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.
269
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
276
Prior 7-day baseline
194
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
730
Mean release-day peak (30d)
257
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-2.5%
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.
11%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
1.73
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
84%
5★ share in analyzed sample
4%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.63 → 4.64★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered