Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Gutenberg Essential Blocks – Page Builder for Gutenberg Blocks & Patterns
Active installs200,000+ rounded
Current authorWPDeveloper
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release16 days ago 20 Aug 2026
Support1 / 1 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record197
Rating4.9 /5 · 213
Added to directory09 Dec 2018
Requires WP5.8
Requires PHP7.4
Version lag0.1 behind
Tested up toWP 7.0.4 WordPress is now on 7.1
PluginPedia reports published data and observable changes. It does not rate plugin quality or safety, infer intent, or make recommendations. These are observations rather than a verdict. How this works
Ownership
Held by WPDeveloper throughout, with no change of ownership observed since daily tracking began on 02 Aug 2026.
Full observed history, including every field transition
Committing accounts
Read from the plugin’s public release log, so these predate this registry. A committing account is not an owner. Thirty accounts commit to WooCommerce and it has never changed hands.
| Account | Releases | First | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| re_enter_rupok | 13 | 08 Apr 2019 | 07 Jun 2021 |
| alam789 | 3 | 13 Dec 2020 | 27 Jan 2021 |
| wpdevteam | 154 | 30 Jun 2021 | 06 Aug 2026 |
| priyomukul | 25 | 29 Sep 2021 | 28 Jul 2026 |
This registry did not observe a transfer; it read these names off a public log. Whether that reflects a change of ownership is not something the directory publishes.
Adoption
How widely the plugin is installed, and what the people running it think of it. WordPress.org rounds install figures to one significant digit, so they describe an order of magnitude rather than a headcount.
Very widely adopted: 200,000+ active installs. In the top tier of the directory by install count.
1,691 downloads a day over the last 7 days, falling 40% against the 7 days before. Downloads are counted exactly and without a ceiling, so they show movement the rounded install figure cannot.
08 Aug 2026peak 50,575/day05 Sep 2026
Daily record
Every field we record, one column per observation. Fields that never moved are named once rather than repeated across every column. A row of identical numbers would be padding.
| Field | 23 Aug | 24 Aug | 25 Aug | 26 Aug | 27 Aug | 28 Aug | 29 Aug | 30 Aug | 31 Aug | 01 Sep | 02 Sep | 03 Sep | 04 Sep | 05 Sep |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downloads that day | — | 2,141 | 2,731 | 2,954 | 3,186 | 3,020 | 1,773 | 1,250 | 990 | 1,159 | 3,329 | 1,974 | 1,680 | 1,456 |
| Ratings total | 212 | 212 | 212 | 212 | 213 | 213 | 213 | 213 | 213 | 213 | 213 | 213 | 213 | 213 |
Unchanged throughout: active installs (200,000+) · version (6.4.3) · support threads (1) · threads resolved (1)
35 days of observation, most recent 14 shown.
Maintenance
When it was last released, and how far its declared compatibility has drifted from current WordPress.
Added to directory7.5 years ago 09 Dec 2018
Requires WP5.8
Requires PHP7.4
Version lag0.1 behind
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 20 Aug 2026, 17 days ago.
- Declares compatibility only up to WordPress 7.0.4, while 7.1 is current. The author has not confirmed it runs on the last 1 release.
- 1 of 1 support threads answered in the last two months.
- The same account maintains 46 other plugins, 33 of which were updated in the last 90 days. the account is active.
A plugin that does one thing correctly may need no changes for years; a long gap is not, by itself, evidence of neglect.
History
Everything dated that this registry holds about the plugin, most recent first. Releases carry the author’s own release date; everything else is dated to when it was observed.
Entries marked from the release log predate this registry, and daily observation began 02 Aug 2026. They were read from the plugin’s public SVN history after the fact, not watched as they happened. Everything else was observed directly.
- 20 Aug 202617 days agoVersion 6.4.3 released
- 17 Aug 202620 days agoVersion 6.4.2 released
- 06 Aug 20261 month agoVersion 6.4.1 released
- 02 Aug 20261 month agoFirst observed by PluginPediaDaily snapshots of this plugin’s directory record begin here. Everything above this line is observed; anything before it comes from fields the API itself reports.
- 28 Jul 20261 month agoVersion 6.4.0 released
- 25 Jun 20262 months agoVersion 6.3.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by priyomukul.
- 18 Jun 20263 months agoVersion 6.2.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by wpdevteam.
- 08 Jun 20263 months agoVersion 6.2.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by priyomukul.
- 04 Jun 20263 months agoVersion 6.1.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by wpdevteam.
- 20 May 20264 months agoVersion 6.1.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by wpdevteam.
- 18 May 20264 months agoVersion 6.1.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by priyomukul.
- 11 May 20264 months agoVersion 6.1.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by wpdevteam.
- 27 Apr 20264 months agoVersion 6.1.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by wpdevteam.
- 16 Apr 20265 months agoVersion 6.0.8 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by wpdevteam.
- 02 Apr 20265 months agoVersion 6.0.7 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by wpdevteam.
- 24 Mar 20265 months agoVersion 6.0.6 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by wpdevteam.
- 09 Mar 20266 months agoVersion 6.0.5 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by wpdevteam.
- 08 Apr 20197 years ago181 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 08 Apr 2019 and 26 Feb 2026. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 09 Dec 20187.5 years agoAdded to the WordPress.org directoryReported by the plugin API as the date this plugin was added.
What we know, and what we don’t
Everything on this page in one place, including the gaps, so that nothing here is mistaken for a clean bill of health.
What we know
- It has been held by WPDeveloper for all 35 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 16 days ago (20 Aug 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.0.4; WordPress is now on 7.1.
- WordPress.org reports 200,000+ active installs.
- It carries 213 ratings, averaging 4.9 out of 5.
- 1 of 1 support threads in the last two months are marked resolved.
Every record on this site, this one included, works under the same limits. We read what WordPress.org publishes about a plugin, never the plugin’s own code, so nothing here says whether a plugin is well built or safe. Install counts reach us already rounded; a change smaller than a band step doesn’t show. We don’t track security advisories yet. For anything older than our first observation we rely on the plugin’s public release log, where one exists. What this registry can and cannot see
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