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Gutenberg Essential Blocks — WordPress Page Builder Plugin

Gutenberg Essential Blocks – Page Builder for Gutenberg Blocks & Patterns

by WPDeveloper · WordPress.org page · Website

v6.4.3 Tested up to WP 7.0.4 PHP 7.4+

Gutenberg Essential Blocks has 200,000+ active installs on WordPress.org and 9,207,230 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on August 20, 2026, tested up to WordPress 7.0.4.

Gutenberg Essential Blocks at a glance

Active installs
200,000+
Total downloads
9,207,230
Downloads, last 30 days
–
available after 30 days of tracking
30-day growth
–
tracking since September 4, 2026

Is Gutenberg Essential Blocks well maintained?

Support threads resolved
1 of 1
recent threads on the WordPress.org support forum
WordPress compatibility
Behind
tested up to WordPress 7.0.4, not yet with the current 7.1
One-star reviews
2%
5 of 213 reviews on WordPress.org

Features

The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.

  • Accordion – Collapsible content panels to reduce scrolling
  • Button – Modern buttons with hover effects
  • Call To Action – Eye-catching call-to-action sections
  • Countdown – Countdown timer to boost click-through rates
  • Flipbox – Animated flip boxes to highlight content
  • Infobox – Info boxes from predefined styles
  • Notice – Notice/alert boxes for important information
  • Pricing Table – Pricing tables that convert
  • Social Icons – Share content across social media platforms
  • Team Member – Feature your team members
  • Testimonial – Showcase reviews to build credibility
  • Progress Bar – Display task or skill progress

Gutenberg Essential Blocks reviews and ratings

213 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.

All reviews
4.9 out of 5

213 reviews

5★
200
4★
6
3★
2
2★
0
1★
5

  • Helpful and diligent at resolving issues

    Had an issue where I could not get the blocks to update on the save version of a post/s — turned out to be a caching issue with Bunny.net which is a CDN and it was caching the CSS. While the support team did guess it was the issue, find the exact directory was resolve by Bunny.net themselves — so the solution was a team effort. But impressed they stuck with this and worked really hard to resolve it. Can recommend for the support alone.

    Duffdaddy

  • Great Plugin, Great Support

    Great Plugin, Great Support. Thanks a million for your fantastic plugin and your great support.

    NagaTheme

  • Good support mechanism AI + human

    The support mechanism is high quality. I get to talk tech with an AI that gives accurate guidance towards possible root causes, but as I push through with explanations as to why it is a non-possibility I got a person joining in who clearly understood the software and the complexities of the problem I was experiencing which related to interaction with flowplayer and challenges of managing the dynamically generated uploads/eb-styles/ dynamic css files within a caching architecture.

    OnePressTech

  • Great Blocks and Amazing Support

    Support has been very helpful.

    abbyvie

  • Great Plugin

    I bought the theme, ConsultingGrove Dark Pro and it included blocks from Essential Blocks and I ended up getting it and found it very useful.

    jessicamulein

  • Loren My Saviour

    Loren from EA Addons Dev was a big help with my header issue. She jumped in quickly, knew exactly what to check, and walked me through the fix without overcomplicating things. Super easy to work with and very efficient—definitely great support.

    jayloids

Where Gutenberg Essential Blocks ranks on WordPress.org

The rankings we track that Gutenberg Essential Blocks appears in, and how its position changed over 30 days.

Ranking WordPress.org placement Position 30 days
Best Page Builder Plugins #28 in search, not tagged #49 –
Best Post Grid Plugins #52 in search, not tagged #87 –

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Details

Gutenberg block editor with AI. 70+ Gutenberg blocks, patterns, WooCommerce blocks, post grid, gallery, menu with Gutenberg block library.

The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.

Tags

  • block-editor
  • Generate with AI
  • gutenberg
  • Gutenberg Templates
  • Gutenberg WooCommerce

More from WPDeveloper

Version
6.4.3
Last updated
Aug 20, 2026
First published
Dec 9, 2018
Requires WordPress
5.8
Tested up to
7.0.4
Requires PHP
7.4
Pricing
Free on WordPress.org

Gutenberg Essential Blocks FAQ

What does Gutenberg Essential Blocks do?

According to its WordPress.org readme, Gutenberg Essential Blocks offers Accordion – Collapsible content panels to reduce scrolling, Button – Modern buttons with hover effects, Call To Action – Eye-catching call-to-action sections, Countdown – Countdown timer to boost click-through rates and Flipbox – Animated flip boxes to highlight content.

How many active installs does Gutenberg Essential Blocks have?

WordPress.org reports 200,000+ active installs for Gutenberg Essential Blocks as of September 7, 2026.

Is Gutenberg Essential Blocks still maintained?

Yes. The last release was on August 20, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 7.0.4.

Does Gutenberg Essential Blocks have good support?

On the WordPress.org forum, 1 of 1 recent support threads for Gutenberg Essential Blocks are marked resolved. That is the developer's free support; a paid version usually comes with its own channel.

Is Gutenberg Essential Blocks free?

Gutenberg Essential Blocks is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.

Where does Gutenberg Essential Blocks rank among Page Builder Plugins?

Gutenberg Essential Blocks is #49 in the WordPress.org Page Builder Plugins ranking.