Is Gutenberg Essential Blocks still maintained?
Actively maintained
Updated this month.
200K+
Active installs
4.9/5
Rating
2026-08-20
Last update
7.0.4
Tested up to WP
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Read from the WordPress.org plugin API on 2026-09-16, covering 71,729 plugins. Active install counts are the directory’s own rounded buckets. “Looks abandoned” describes update cadence, not code quality — a simple plugin that does one thing may need no updates, but it also stops being tested against new WordPress releases.