Custom Query Blocks
by Ronald Huereca · WordPress.org page · Website
Custom Query Blocks has 700+ active installs on WordPress.org and 36,690 downloads all time. It was downloaded 956 times in the last 30 days. The last update was on October 9, 2026, tested up to WordPress 7.1.3.
Custom Query Blocks at a glance
Is Custom Query Blocks well maintained?
Features
The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.
- Select a Public page to use as your post type archive page
- View the archive and you will see the page content instead of the archive content
- Use page templates on your pages for flexibility
- Custom Gutenberg block for showing your posts
Custom Query Blocks reviews and ratings
25 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.
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Handy mapping!
An indispensable plugin for mapping archives to pages, for when archive.php won't do the trick.
PeterBP -
Thanks for the very useful plugin!
I don't generally use the archive mapping features, but the Post Query functionality is the best I've found. Would love for it to have a 'No posts found.' message option on the front-end, other than that it's great!
Jeremi -
Great Plugin
Very handy in adding small blocks of posts from a taxonomy. Thanks guys :)
Ryan Bakker -
Two good ideas that shouldn't be one single plugin
I get it, it started as a custom Archive page mapping plugin. And it needed a custom query block to be useful in the block editor era. But the custom query block is useful on its own, and it's really hard to find. A so useful feature for the block editor should be top priority. Not sure how you could make it work, but both features should be detached. Thanks for sharing your work.
Alvaro Gois dos Santos -
Mapping "feature" compromises the usefulness of the whole plugin
I installed this plugin to run and output custom queries with the Gutenberg block. That aspect of the plugin is beyond fantastic. However, the mapping feature doesn't make sense (to me) to include.. it seems like it ought to be its own separate plugin. On top of that, there was no way to disable the mapping functionality and it automatically broke all of my archives. Despite having all options for mapping set to 'default' my archives would either throw a 404 or return a page outputting ALL post, page and CPT content. I have no reason to create custom archives and the original reason I installed the plugin doesn't offer enough value to justify the added work of creating and mapping archive pages.
Erica Franz -
Very useful plugin
Very useful plugin particularly the archive page mapping feature. Really appreciate the archive mapping feature been looking for a way to do that for months. The term grid ability to draw from any and all CPT taxonomies is putsanding feature. Hopefully a few more embellishments to the grid like images will be added.
Earl_D
Download and install history
1,144 downloads over the last 48 days. Snapshots taken daily from WordPress.org.
Details
Map your archives to pages. Map 404 and term archives as well.
The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.
Tags
- adopt-me
- archives
- category grid
- map pages
- post type block
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- Version
- 5.7.0
- Last updated
- Oct 9, 2026
- First published
- Sep 30, 2018
- Requires WordPress
- 6.5
- Tested up to
- 7.1.3
- Requires PHP
- 7.2
- Pricing
- Free on WordPress.org
Custom Query Blocks FAQ
What does Custom Query Blocks do?
According to its WordPress.org readme, Custom Query Blocks offers Select a Public page to use as your post type archive page, View the archive and you will see the page content instead of the archive content, Use page templates on your pages for flexibility and Custom Gutenberg block for showing your posts.
How many active installs does Custom Query Blocks have?
WordPress.org reports 700+ active installs for Custom Query Blocks as of October 22, 2026.
Is Custom Query Blocks still maintained?
Yes. The last release was on October 9, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 7.1.3.
Is Custom Query Blocks free?
Custom Query Blocks is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.