10 Best Content Blocks Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Content Blocks has 10,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 10 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 10 closest alternatives to Content Blocks
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Post Snippets – Custom WordPress Code Snippets Customizer
4.6 (93) 20,000+ active installsCreate WordPress custom snippets shortcodes and reusable content and insert them in into your posts and pages.
Shares the shortcode tag on WordPress.org. About 2 times the installs, rated 4.6 against 4.9, last updated 18 days ago.
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Custom Sidebars – Dynamic Sidebar Classic Widget Area Manager
4.7 (1,028) 100,000+ active installsFlexible sidebars for custom classic widget configurations on any page or post. Create custom sidebars with ease!
Shares the widget tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, rated 4.7 against 4.9, last updated 22 days ago.
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4.0 (24) 30,000+ active installsThe Custom Field Template plugin extends the functionality of custom fields.
About 3 times the installs, last updated 27 days ago.
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Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields
4.8 (418) 100,000+ active installsPods is a framework for creating, managing, and deploying customized content types and fields for any project.
About 10 times the installs, rated 4.8 against 4.9, last updated 7 days ago.
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Custom Post Types and Custom Fields creator – WCK
4.7 (97) 10,000+ active installsA must have tool for creating custom fields, custom post types and taxonomies, fast and without any programming knowledge.
A similar number of installs, rated 4.7 against 4.9, last updated July 15, 2026.
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Advanced Custom Fields: Font Awesome Field
4.9 (36) 90,000+ active installsAdds a new 'Font Awesome Icon' field to the popular Advanced Custom Fields plugin.
About 9 times the installs, last updated 13 days ago.
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Custom Twitter Feeds – A Tweets Widget or X Feed Widget
4.8 (401) 100,000+ active installsDisplay X posts (Twitter tweets) from any public user account in a clean, attractive looking feed that updates weekly.
About 10 times the installs, rated 4.8 against 4.9, last updated 13 days ago.
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Product Addons for Woocommerce – Product Options with Custom Fields
4.9 (466) 30,000+ active installsWooCommerce Product Addons Add custom fields to your WooCommerce product page. With an easy-to-use Custom Form Builder.
About 3 times the installs, last updated 7 days ago.
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ECS – Ele Custom Skin for Elementor
4.6 (117) 100,000+ active installsSeven free modules for Elementor: dark mode, container layouts, mobile menu, editorial text, style presets, JSON editor — all modular, all free.
About 10 times the installs, rated 4.6 against 4.9, last updated 18 days ago.
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4.9 (46) 3,000+ active installsManual related posts without slowing down your website!
Shares the widget tag on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, last updated 19 days ago.
Switching from Content Blocks: common questions
What is the best alternative to Content Blocks?
Post Snippets is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 20,000+ active installs with a 4.6 out of 5 rating.
Which Content Blocks alternative has the most users?
Custom Sidebars, with 100,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Content Blocks alternative is rated highest?
Product Addons for Woocommerce, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 466 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Content Blocks alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with Content Blocks score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against Content Blocks on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
Post Snippets is the closest match to Content Blocks by the data we track, and Custom Sidebars has the widest reach with 100,000+ active installs. Pods shipped the most recent release, on August 31, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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