10 Best Useful Blocks Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Useful Blocks has 20,000+ 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 Useful Blocks
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Qubely
Closest matchQubely – Advanced Gutenberg Blocks
4.0 (66) 7,000+ active installsReadymade gutenberg blocks and sections with rich customization options. Enhance Gutenberg editor with easy UI and functional blocks.
Shares the block, editor tags on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, no update since March 10, 2025.
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Gutenberg Blocks Library & Toolkit – Editor Plus
4.8 (38) 6,000+ active installsEditor Plus extends Gutenberg editor with blocks, advanced design controls, typography, icons, Shape Divider, animations and many more features.
Shares the block, editor tags on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, no update since November 9, 2023.
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aBlocks – Gutenberg Blocks, User Dashboard Builder, Popup Builder, Form Builder & Animation Builder
5.0 (25) 2,000+ active installsaBlocks is a Gutenberg-based website builder with 100+ free flexible blocks and powerful form solutions, allowing you to build any type of form!
Shares the block, editor tags on WordPress.org. 2,000+ installs against 20,000+, last updated 24 days ago.
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Spectra Legacy – Gutenberg Blocks
4.7 (1,870) 1 million+ active installsGutenberg blocks for existing Spectra websites. Maintained, stable, and fully supported — no action needed on your part.
Shares the block, editor tags on WordPress.org. About 50 times the installs, last updated 12 days ago.
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4.7 (44) 100,000+ active installsThis plugin makes it easy to add Quicktags to the html - and visual-editor.
Shares the editor tag on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, no update since May 20, 2021.
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4.8 (191) 200,000+ active installsThe visual editor widget for WordPress.
Shares the editor tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated 18 days ago.
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Brizy – Page Builder
4.7 (969) 70,000+ active installsA page builder that is fast & easy, Brizy is a next-gen website builder that anyone can use. No designer or developer skills required.
Shares the editor tag on WordPress.org. About 3.5 times the installs, last updated 14 days ago.
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Getwid – Gutenberg Blocks
4.7 (115) 50,000+ active installs40+ Gutenberg Blocks, plus multiple pre-made free block templates for the WordPress block editor.
Shares the editor tag on WordPress.org. About 2.5 times the installs, last updated 6 days ago.
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4.4 (79) 90,000+ active installsColibri Page Builder adds drag and drop page builder functionality to the ColibriWP theme.
Shares the editor tag on WordPress.org. About 4.5 times the installs, last updated 7 days ago.
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4.9 (122) 200,000+ active installsA small collection of lightweight WordPress blocks that can accomplish nearly anything.
Shares the editor tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated 20 days ago.
Switching from Useful Blocks: common questions
What is the best alternative to Useful Blocks?
Qubely is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 7,000+ active installs with a 4.0 out of 5 rating.
Which Useful Blocks alternative has the most users?
Spectra Legacy, with 1 million+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Useful Blocks alternative is rated highest?
GenerateBlocks, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 122 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Useful 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 Useful 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 Useful 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
Qubely is the closest match to Useful Blocks by the data we track, and Spectra Legacy has the widest reach with 1 million+ active installs. Getwid 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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