10 Best Genesis Custom Blocks Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Genesis Custom 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 Genesis Custom Blocks
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Custom Block Builder – Lazy Blocks
4.9 (80) 20,000+ active installsEasily create custom blocks and custom meta fields for Gutenberg without hard coding.
Shares the blocks, fields, gutenberg tags on WordPress.org. About 2 times the installs, last updated 7 days ago.
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4.0 (24) 30,000+ active installsThe Custom Field Template plugin extends the functionality of custom fields.
Shares the fields, template tags on WordPress.org. About 3 times the installs, last updated 27 days ago.
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4.0 (29) 60,000+ active installsA lightweight extension of Advanced Custom Field (ACF) that adds Photo Gallery field to any post/pages on your WordPress website.
Shares the fields tag on WordPress.org. About 6 times the installs, last updated December 26, 2025.
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Advanced Custom Fields: Extended
4.8 (132) 100,000+ active installsAll-in-one enhancement suite that improves WordPress & Advanced Custom Fields.
Shares the fields tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated 11 days ago.
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4.8 (64) 90,000+ active installsSecure Custom Fields boosts content management with custom fields and options. It deactivates Advanced Custom Fields to prevent duplicate code errors.
Shares the fields tag on WordPress.org. About 9 times the installs, last updated 17 days ago.
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Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®)
4.5 (1,438) 2 million+ active installsACF helps customize WordPress with powerful, professional and intuitive fields. Proudly powering over 2 million sites, WordPress developers love ACF.
Shares the fields tag on WordPress.org. About 200 times the installs, last updated 10 days ago.
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5.0 (91) 300,000+ active installsCMB2 is a metabox, custom fields, and forms library for WordPress that will blow your mind.
Shares the fields tag on WordPress.org. About 30 times the installs, last updated May 31, 2026.
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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, last updated 7 days ago.
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Admin Columns
Paid version available4.9 (1,651) 100,000+ active installsTake control of your WordPress admin list tables. Add, remove, and reorder columns for posts, users, media, and more - no coding needed.
About 10 times the installs, last updated 6 days ago.
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Flexible Checkout Fields
Paid version availableFlexible Checkout Fields for WooCommerce – WooCommerce Checkout Manager
4.7 (295) 80,000+ active installsThe best WooCommerce checkout manager. Edit, remove or add checkout fields. Customize WooCommerce checkout with this checkout field customizer.
About 8 times the installs, last updated 19 days ago.
Switching from Genesis Custom Blocks: common questions
What is the best alternative to Genesis Custom Blocks?
Lazy Blocks is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 20,000+ active installs with a 4.9 out of 5 rating.
Which Genesis Custom Blocks alternative has the most users?
Advanced Custom Fields, with 2 million+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Genesis Custom Blocks alternative is rated highest?
CMB2, rated 5.0 out of 5 by 91 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Genesis Custom 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 Genesis Custom 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 Genesis Custom 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
Lazy Blocks is the closest match to Genesis Custom Blocks by the data we track, and Advanced Custom Fields has the widest reach with 2 million+ active installs. Admin Columns shipped the most recent release, on September 1, 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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