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Otter Blocks – Gutenberg Blocks, Page Builder for Gutenberg Editor & FSE

Figures from the Plugin Directory Census · as of 28 Aug 2026

300,000

Active installs, lower bound

Group: 100,000 to 999,999 installs

Days since the last release

Group median: 12

4.7

out of 5, from 249 ratings

Group median: 4.7 (10+ ratings)

100.0%

Support threads marked resolved, two months

Group: 68.2%

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What is Otter Blocks and who is behind it?

Otter Blocks is a WordPress plugin in the “Page building” field, made by Themeisle. It has been listed in the directory since 17 Oct 2018, so for 7 years. Themeisle has 20 plugins with at least 10,000 installs in the census. With 300,000 to 399,999 active installs it belongs to the 100,000 to 999,999 installs group; its last release came 8 days before the reference date, and it is tested up to WordPress 7.1.

This is how the author describes the plugin on wordpress.org:

“Quickly create WordPress pages with 20+ blocks, 100+ ready-to-import designs, and advanced editor extensions. It’s website building, Lego-style!”

Self-description on wordpress.org, retrieved on 10 Sept 2026

When was Otter Blocks last released?

The last release of Otter Blocks came 8 days before the reference date; the group median is 12 days.

Each dot is a plugin in the 100,000 to 999,999 installs group, placed horizontally by days since its last release, on a logarithmic scale. The dashed line marks 365 days.

How many installs does Otter Blocks have?

Otter Blocks had 300,000 to 399,999 active installs on the reference date. Within its group, 88 plugins had a higher band and 50 plugins the same band.

The API reports installs only as a lower bound with one significant figure: 300,000 means at least 300,000 and at most 399,999.

Which WordPress version is Otter Blocks tested with?

No directory notice: tested up to WordPress 7.1, while core stood at 7.1 on the reference date. The notice appears once the field falls below 6.9; that applied to 8.0% of the group.

How does Otter Blocks compare with its group?

The group holds 399 listed plugins. 28.3% of them had a more recent last release than Otter Blocks; 5.3% had no release for more than 365 days.

Figure	Otter Blocks	Group, 399 plugins
Days since the last release	8	median 12
Rating	4.7 (249)	median 4.7 (10+ ratings)
Support threads marked resolved	100.0%	68.2%
Tested up to	7.1	47.6% on 7.1
Requires PHP	5.6	most often 7.4 (41.6%)

All values on the reference date

Slug	`otter-blocks`
Author	Themeisle
Active installs	300,000 to 399,999
Last release	8 days before the reference date
Tested up to	WordPress 7.1 · core on the reference date: 7.1
Requires WordPress	6.6
Requires PHP	5.6
Rating	4.7 out of 5 from 249 ratings
Support threads, two months	5 of 5 marked resolved
Listed since	17 Oct 2018
Total downloads	13,712,330, updates included
Tags	blocks, fse, gutenberg, gutenberg-blocks, page-builder

Tag	Plugins with 10,000+ installs and this tag	Rank by installs	Median days since release
blocks	34	5	10
fse	1	1	8
gutenberg	56	9	11
gutenberg-blocks	27	4	8
page-builder	39	7	9

Class of 2018

Otter Blocks has been listed since 17 Oct 2018. Of the 211 plugins with 10,000+ installs added in 2018, 89.1% released within the 365 days before the reference date.

Same group, shared tags

Not a recommendation; the same figures for comparison. Alphabetical.

Plugin	Active installs	Last release	Rating
Beaver Builder Page Builder	100,000 to 199,999	15 days before the reference date	4.7 (394)
Crowdsignal Forms	200,000 to 299,999	53 days before the reference date	5.0 (3)
Disable Gutenberg	500,000 to 599,999	41 days before the reference date	5.0 (733)
Extendify	500,000 to 599,999	1 day before the reference date	4.7 (10)
GenerateBlocks	200,000 to 299,999	10 days before the reference date	4.9 (122)
Gutenberg Essential Blocks	200,000 to 299,999	8 days before the reference date	4.9 (213)
Kadence Blocks — Page Builder Toolkit for Gutenberg Editor	600,000 to 699,999	16 days before the reference date	4.8 (330)
Kadence Starter Templates — Predesigned Website Templates	200,000 to 299,999	16 days before the reference date	4.3 (19)

Do you maintain Otter Blocks?

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hafenstudios (2026): Otter Blocks – Gutenberg Blocks, Page Builder for Gutenberg Editor & FSE, profile in the Plugin Directory Census 01/2026, reference date 28 Aug 2026. https://hafenstudios.com/en/census/plugins/otter-blocks/

Source and status

All values come from the full pull of the public wordpress.org API on 28 Aug 2026 (reference time 21:56:30 UTC). The analysis and text on this page are available under CC BY 4.0; the raw values come from the public wordpress.org API and are in the raw data. How the count was made is set out in the method, what the fields do not say under limits. hafenstudios builds WordPress plugins itself, see the conflict of interest. Corrections to moin@hafenstudios.com; a documented correction leads to a new version. From issue 02 this page will also show the change since the previous reference date. Collected and prepared by Horst Wenzel.

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