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Otter Blocks – Gutenberg Blocks, Page Builder for Gutenberg Editor & FSE
Smooth building experience currently hitting a few bumps with WordPress updates.
HealthyGrowing
83/100
Users enjoy the easy block building despite some technical friction with the latest WordPress updates.
Active installs
~410,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 300k+
Rating
4.7★
249 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+16%
Growing
2,042 → 2,373 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 · +16% in the last year
2,042/day a year ago→2,373/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayOtter Blocks is generally well-regarded as a capable and easy-to-use Gutenberg block library, though it carries an unresolved compatibility issue with WordPress 6.9 and the newer block API version 3.
What people like
- +Easy to use, with a low learning curve praised across multiple reviews×5
- +Brings users back to the Gutenberg editor as a compelling alternative to page builders like Elementor
- +Offers useful specific features such as blog post card layouts and block shadow support
- +Otter Patterns and template sites save significant time in site building
- +Responsive and helpful support team
Common complaints
- −Content Generator block is still registered with API version 2, causing a deprecation warning in WordPress 6.9 and risking non-iframe editor behavior (since 6.9)
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.59★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.70★
- 18%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-08-192025-01-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 249 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-06-03★★★★★Slow on compatibility with latest WordPress updates.Manon
- 2026-05-16★★★★★+1 for shadows and blog postshawbringer
- 2026-05-08★★★★★Fantasticionutboris
- 2026-04-11★★★★★excellent plugindzubovic
- 2026-03-27★★★★★Practical and easy to use even for beginnersalexangelov
- 2026-03-25★★★★★Excellent pluginlyyuba
- 2026-03-16★★★★★Very Good Free Builder to make a business websiteengrbabarkrk1-shot
- 2026-02-21★★★★★Good pluginscottek1-shot
- 2026-02-16★★★★★Still Trying to Familiarize Myselfjunodostres231-shot
- 2025-12-23★★★★★Super personalizableromuk
Releases
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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.
3,253
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
2,245
Prior 7-day baseline
2,956
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
46,800
Mean release-day peak (30d)
3,346
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
+44.9%
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.
7%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
0.63
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
86%
5★ share in analyzed sample
18%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
+83%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.66 → 4.59★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered