PublishPress Blocks – Block Controls, Block Visibility, Block Permissions
PublishPress Blocks is your complete solution for the WordPress block editor. You can control block permissions, styles, visibility, usage and more.
4.7(202 reviews)
·20K+ active installs·Updated 3 months agoAs of April 2026, PublishPress Blocks is a WordPress gutenberg plugin with 20K+ active installations and a 4.7/5 rating from 202 reviews. It has been downloaded 1.8M+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.5+ and PHP 7.2.5+. Available on WordPress.org since 2017. Download volume is stable this week. Support resolution rate: 100%. Top alternative: Classic Editor.
4.7/5202 reviews
20K+active installs
100%resolved
9 yearssince 2017
Overview
PublishPress Blocks has everything you need to build professional websites with the WordPress block editor. This plugin has complete set of management tools for blocks. You can control which users can add which blocks to posts. You can manage block visibility, including user roles, date, time, device, screen size, and day of the week. Plus you can set default CSS styles, find all your blocks, manage your reusable blocks, and much more.
Powerful block editor features in PublishPress Blocks
- Block Permissions: You can control who can use each block, including default WordPress blocks.
- Extra Blocks: There are over 20 extra blocks including accordions, tabs, and sliders.
- PublishPress Blocks: The blocks include accordions, galleries, sliders, tabs, maps, tables, recent posts, and more.
- Block S…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Basic functions blocked behind a paywall.
by JJ·2 months ago·1 reply
Downloaded the plugin to do one thing. Auto inject a block a couple paragraphs into posts. Blocked behind a paywall. Limited plugin. Block things that enhanced styling help etc not simple functions behind paywalls.
Vey usefull plug-in
by RoSz·2 months ago·1 reply
Works good for many years.
Great addition to my site.
by imchriswho·6 months ago·1 reply
Awesome, and way easier to use than I thought it would be. No notes.
Awesome
by hiddengates·8 months ago·1 reply
This plugin made a lot of things easy. I highly recommend it.
👍 Great 👍Easy and Fast!
by John Botamer·11 months ago·1 reply
Best set of blocks! The schema setup is awesome. Highly recommended! Upgrade looks exciting, I’m very happy! 😁
Download Trends
Today: 101Yesterday: 122This week: 659Period total: 225K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 5.5+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 7.2.5+ required |
Version Adoption
v3.6
56.4%
Other
18.6%
v3.2
14.4%
v3.1
5.4%
v3.3
5.2%
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Changelog
The full changelog can be found on GitHub.
Contributors
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