Block Manager
Disable unwanted blocks and patterns, organize blocks by changing categories - complete control over your WordPress Block Editor experience.
4.9(13 reviews)
·4.0K+ active installs·Updated 2 months agoAs of April 2026, Block Manager is a WordPress remove blocks plugin with 4.0K+ active installations and a 4.9/5 rating from 13 reviews. It has been downloaded 87K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.0+ and PHP 7.0+. Available on WordPress.org since 2020. Recently updated within the last 3 months. Downloads are up 57% this week.
4.9/513 reviews
4.0K+active installs
87K+total downloads
6 yearssince 2020
Overview
Block Manager gives you complete control over the WordPress Block Editor by allowing you to:
✅ Disable Blocks – Remove unwanted blocks from the Block Inserter and Editor
✅ Disable Patterns – Hide block patterns you don’t need with a single click
✅ Change Block Categories – Reorganize blocks by updating their categories for better workflow
Simplify your WordPress editing experience by removing clutter and organizing blocks exactly how you need them. Perfect for client sites, custom workflows, and maintaining a clean, focused Block Editor.
Key Features
Disable Blocks
– Globally remove any block from the Block Inserter and Block Editor.
– Disable block variations individually while keeping the core block.
– Control Embed blocks (Twitter, Facebook, Yo…
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Ratings & Reviews
4.913 reviews
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Recent Reviews
Very simple, very effective!
by jaloin·2 months ago·1 reply
Brilliant solution!
Lifesaver, gets rid of bloat
by Christian Saborio·11 months ago·1 reply
What a wonderful plugin! It’s amazing how WP adds all kinds of crap and no way to turn it off – I don’t use patterns, don’t want my clients to use them, and this is the perfect solution to avoid these types of issues. Fantastic way to remove unwanted core blocks as well, sanity at last, THANK YOU!
Life Saver
by magicratfish·2 years ago·1 reply
Great plugin, thank you. Let me tame my plug in beast and bring order to the Press. I combined it with the php filter ‘block_categories_all’ to move them to my own categories as well. Together, they have made a world of difference.
Clean and handy
by Milan Ivanovic·2 years ago
Extremely useful plugin and one of the first I added to all of my installs. Thank you, Darren!
Block listings not displayed
by skylabb·3 years ago·2 replies
I wanted to like this plug for the nice UI design. When I open the block manager screen, the two grey tabs where block listings are suppose to display are empty. It looks like some kind of glitch.
Update: I added a couple more review stars for author’s response. Hopefully the issue gets fixed soon.
- This topic was modified 3 years, 4 months ago by skylabb.
Download Trends
Today: 85Yesterday: 86This week: 394Period total: 23K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 5.0+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 7.0+ required |
Version Adoption
v3.2
57.1%
v3.1
29.6%
Other
6.8%
v1.2
6.5%
Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
3.2.0 – January 14, 2026
- NEW: Added support for Stretchy Paragraph and Stretchy Heading block variations.
- Fix: Fixed issue with Embed block variation display.
- NEW: Added WordPress version detection to improve compatibility with future WP releases.
- UPDATE: Project dependency updates.
- UPDATE: Various code refactoring and organization.
Contributors
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