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GenerateBlocks — WordPress Page Builder Plugin

by Tom · WordPress.org page · Website

v2.4.1 Tested up to WP 7.1 PHP 7.2+

GenerateBlocks has 200,000+ active installs on WordPress.org and 3,808,238 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 18, 2026, tested up to WordPress 7.1.

GenerateBlocks at a glance

Active installs
200,000+
Total downloads
3,808,238
Downloads, last 30 days
–
available after 30 days of tracking
30-day growth
–
tracking since September 4, 2026

Is GenerateBlocks well maintained?

Support threads resolved
0 of 6
recent threads on the WordPress.org support forum
WordPress compatibility
Current
tested up to WordPress 7.1, the current release is 7.1
One-star reviews
2%
2 of 122 reviews on WordPress.org

Features

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

  • Post excerpt
  • Post permalink
  • Featured image
  • Comment count
  • Comments URL
  • Author archives URL
  • Author avatar URL
  • Previous posts URL
  • Next posts URL

GenerateBlocks reviews and ratings

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

All reviews
4.9 out of 5

122 reviews

5★
115
4★
1
3★
4
2★
0
1★
2

  • Great Plugin

    Great Plugin

    NagaTheme

  • Generate Bocks

    I build WordPress sites for clients and have tested most of the major page builders on real projects: Elementor, Divi, Beaver Builder, and the newer Gutenberg stacks. GenerateBlocks is the one I now reach for first, for two reasons. First, what it sends to the browser. Instead of loading a page-wide framework, jQuery, and icon and slider bundles on every page, it generates only the CSS the page uses and builds on native Gutenberg blocks. The output is clean markup with far less HTML, CSS, and fewer requests than the heavyweight builders. Because it stays close to standard WordPress, caching and CDNs work with it cleanly instead of fighting builder quirks. Second, the Query Loop. You design a template once (a card, a listing, a team member) and repeat it across a live query of your content, bound to dynamic data. That covers custom archives and listings that used to need a hand-written PHP template, without adding weight. I rebuilt a client site entirely in GenerateBlocks, dynamic listings included. Lighthouse desktop came back at 97 Performance, 91 Accessibility, 100 Best Practices, and 100 SEO, with Core Web Vitals in the green. That was close to out of the box, not the result of a heavy optimisation pass, because the foundation is light to begin with. For client work where performance and maintainability matter, it is the best builder I have used.

    sabastianveroscale

  • Great gutenberg based page builder

    Awesome companion for Generatepress, a tiny collection for all purpose!

    Quentin Le Duff (--Q--)

  • Perfect tool

    Perfect. I don't use anything else to build sites anymore. It's more developer tool because good knowledge of CSS is necessary but you can build fast sites just with the assets you need. No more unused kilobytes of CSS code. My favorite approach is to use Twenty Twenty Five theme, unregister all styles and then build all parts of the site from scratch with generateblocks.

    fkoomek

  • Simply The Best

    Using it since years on many sites. Valuable support. Great. Thank you!

    Claus

  • Perfect Gutenberg addon

    This is a pretty useful tool. I can create fancy pages without using other powerful (but heavy) WordPress editors.I could redo a good portion of my sites using just Gutenberg and this addon, and they would be much lighter.

    yodastudio

Where GenerateBlocks ranks on WordPress.org

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

Ranking WordPress.org placement Position 30 days
Best Page Builder Plugins #9 by tag, not in search #33 –

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Details

A small collection of lightweight WordPress blocks that can accomplish nearly anything.

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

Rankings GenerateBlocks competes in

Tags

  • blocks
  • editor
  • gutenberg
  • page builder
  • posts

More from Tom

Version
2.4.1
Last updated
Aug 18, 2026
First published
May 19, 2020
Requires WordPress
6.7
Tested up to
7.1
Requires PHP
7.2
Pricing
Free on WordPress.org

GenerateBlocks FAQ

What does GenerateBlocks do?

According to its WordPress.org readme, GenerateBlocks offers Post excerpt, Post permalink, Featured image, Comment count and Comments URL.

How many active installs does GenerateBlocks have?

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

Is GenerateBlocks still maintained?

Yes. The last release was on August 18, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Does GenerateBlocks have good support?

On the WordPress.org forum, 0 of 6 recent support threads for GenerateBlocks are marked resolved. That is the developer's free support; a paid version usually comes with its own channel.

Is GenerateBlocks free?

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

Where does GenerateBlocks rank among Page Builder Plugins?

GenerateBlocks is #33 in the WordPress.org Page Builder Plugins ranking.