10 Best Premium Blocks Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Premium Blocks has 2,000+ 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 Premium Blocks
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Grids
Closest matchGrids: Layout builder for WordPress
5.0 (21) 2,000+ active installsThe most advanced page and layout builder for Gutenberg and the new Block Editor, with columns, rows and responsive controls.
Shares the block-editor, blocks, gutenberg tags on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated February 27, 2026.
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4.5 (21) 10,000+ active installsCustom blocks for WordPress made easy.
Shares the block-editor, blocks, gutenberg tags on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, last updated April 20, 2026.
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Ultimate Blocks – 25+ Gutenberg Blocks for Block Editor
4.9 (729) 50,000+ active installsCreate Better Content With The Block Editor. Custom Blocks for Bloggers and Content Marketers.
Shares the block-editor, blocks, gutenberg tags on WordPress.org. About 25 times the installs, last updated 6 days ago.
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Twentig Supercharged Block Editor – Blocks, Patterns, Starter Sites, Portfolio
4.9 (170) 20,000+ active installsSupercharge the WordPress block editor with enhanced core blocks, hundreds of block patterns, professional starter sites, and portfolio tools.
Shares the block-editor, blocks tags on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated 5 days ago.
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4.8 (30) 5,000+ active installsUltimate plugin suitable for creating you own newspaper and magazine layouts using Gutenberg and Elementor page builder. Design magazine modules with …
Shares the block-editor, blocks tags on WordPress.org. About 2.5 times the installs, no update since April 21, 2025.
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Gutenverse
Paid version availableGutenverse – WordPress Blocks, Page Builder & Site Editor
4.9 (190) 20,000+ active installsWordPress blocks, page builder, and website builder for the Block Editor and Site Editor with templates, popups, and block themes.
Shares the block-editor, blocks tags on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated 3 days ago.
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PublishPress Blocks – Block Controls, Block Visibility, Block Permissions
4.7 (204) 20,000+ active installsPublishPress Blocks is your complete solution for the WordPress block editor. You can control block permissions, styles, visibility, usage and more.
Shares the block-editor, gutenberg tags on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated 4 days ago.
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Blocks CSS: CSS Editor for Gutenberg Blocks
4.9 (25) 5,000+ active installsBlocks CSS allows you add custom CSS to your Blocks straight from the Block Editor (Gutenberg).
Shares the block-editor, gutenberg tags on WordPress.org. About 2.5 times the installs, last updated 26 days ago.
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Gutenberg Block Editor Toolkit – EditorsKit
4.6 (175) 20,000+ active installsEditorsKit provides a set of page building tools to supercharge the WordPress Gutenberg block editor.
Shares the blocks, gutenberg tags on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, no update since May 28, 2024.
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Lazy Blocks
Paid version availableCustom 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, gutenberg tags on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated 7 days ago.
Switching from Premium Blocks: common questions
What is the best alternative to Premium Blocks?
Grids is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 2,000+ active installs with a 5.0 out of 5 rating.
Which Premium Blocks alternative has the most users?
Ultimate Blocks, with 50,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Premium Blocks alternative is rated highest?
Ultimate Blocks, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 729 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Premium 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 Premium 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 Premium 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
Grids is the closest match to Premium Blocks by the data we track, and Ultimate Blocks has the widest reach with 50,000+ active installs. Gutenverse shipped the most recent release, on September 4, 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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