Do you also sometimes miss certain functions or design options in the WordPress editor? Then I have a collection of the best Gutenberg plugins for you. Through these AddOns you get additional blocks and advanced features for the design of your posts and pages.

About Gutenberg Plugins

Gutenberg plugins are add-ons that extend the functionality of the block-based WordPress editor.
Via additional blocks, new functions are seamlessly inserted into the editor.
These then provide you with completely new features for the Gutenberg editor.

Here some examples:

Table of contents (TOC)
Design options for buttons, lists and tables
Fancy gallery display
Accordions
FAQ Schema

By default, the Gutenberg editor only provides the basics. For simple blogging, that might be enough. But if you want to create a responsive website or a landing page, the WP editor is not a great help.

And that’s exactly why there are more and more Gutenberg plugins. They close the gap between WordPress and a page builder.
Depending on which one you choose, you can even work with it almost like Elementor.

If you just want to customize the design of the existing blocks a bit, you can also just create your own Gutenberg Block Styles.

Gutenberg Plugins at a glance

Meanwhile, there are already a lot of Gutenberg plugins in the official directory. It’s really hard to choose one. Especially since many Gutenberg addons offer similar features.

So you don’t have to search for a long time, I present you the best Gutenberg plugins and their main features.

Spectra – WordPress Gutenberg Blocks

With over 300,000 active installations, Spectra (formerly Ultimate Addons) is one of the most popular Gutenberg plugins. It offers you an extensive collection of advanced and creative Gutenberg blocks. Besides additional features, the addon also offers you many design options.

Included are currently 22 different blocks.

Advanced Heading
Column manager
Quotes
Call To Action
Form Styler for Contact Form 7, Gravity Forms
Timeline for posts
Goolge Map
Info Box
Multi Buttons
Slider for posts (Carousel)
Grid Layout for posts
Masonry Layoutfor posts
Price list
Table of Contents
Team member
Testimonials
Star Rating
FAQ, HowTo & Review Schema

A special feature here is definitely the Form Styler. With it you can easily customize the design of Contact Form 7.

Another advantage of Spectra: you can simply deactivate features you don’t need. In addition, it loads its files only on pages where it is used. This is of course very good for the performance of your website.

The add-on is developed by Brainstorm Force, a provider of WordPress themes & plugins. The best known is the theme Astra. But also the plugins Schema Pro, Convert Pro and the addons for Elementor are recommended.

If you use the Astra theme, you can also import ready-made Starter Sites for Gutenberg. And in combination with the Ultimate Addons, very fancy layouts are possible.

Ultimate Blocks – Gutenberg Blocks Plugin

Ultimate Blocks is a Gutenberg Blocks plugin for bloggers and marketers. It is designed to help them create their content faster and easier with Gutenberg.

In addition, the addon also provides some very useful functions. For example, a content filter or a product rating with rich snippet. These are really special features. And of course ideal for bloggers or affiliate sites.

Here is an overview of the existing 19 blocks:

Content Filter
Review (Schema Markup Enabled)
Table of Contents
Tabbed Content
Call to Action
Accordion
Styled Box
Styled List
Expand
Testimonial
Click to Tweet
Social Share
Countdown
Progress Bar
Post Grid
Star Rating
Image Slider
Button

Ultimate Blocks is also a good choice in terms of PageSpeed. Because only the styles of the used blocks are loaded.

Essential Blocks for Gutenberg

Do you use Elementor? Then you might have come across the plugin Essential Addons for Elementor. From the same developers, these Elementor widgets are also available as a Gutenberg plugin.

Essential Blocks for Gutenberg is a collection of 50+ blocks. Here you can also set the design and layout in great detail.

Accordion
Buttons
Call To Action
Countdown
Flipbox
Infobox
Alert
Pricing Table
Social Sharing
Team Member
Testimonial
Progress Bar
Interactive Promo
Image Comparison
Block Wrapper
Container row
Instagram Feed
Image Gallery
Advanced Heading block
Dual Buttons
Woo Product Carousel (PRO)
Timeline Slider (PRO)
News Ticker (PRO)
Fancy Chart (PRO)
Multicolumn Pricing Table (PRO)
Testimonial Slide (PRO)
Woo Product Carousel (PRO)

With over 1000,000 active installations and a 5-star rating, the add-on is one of the most popular Gutenberg plugins. With over 1000,000 active installations and a 5-star rating, the add-on is one of the most popular Gutenberg plugins. In the Pro version* it offers some more features like a news ticker or a timeline slider and more.

For example, I really liked the flipbox. And also the before and after comparison of images stands out from the crowd. The Woo Product Carousel of the PRO version of Essential Blocks was also very useful. It creates dynamic WooCommerce product displays and designs with unlimited styling options using Product Carousels. It enhances your online store by showcasing products in an engaging and visually appealing way. Besides Multicolumn Pricing Table (PRO) is also an outstanding blocks of the PRO version of Essential Blocks.

Gutenberg Blocks

Gutenberg Blocks not only adds some useful elements to the WordPress editor. With this Gutenberg plugin you can also define which user can use which block. And you can disable modules that are not needed. This way the loading time of your website will not be affected unnecessarily.

Currently there are 27 blocks, here are the most important ones:

Column Layout Manager
Slider for latest posts & products
Grid layout for posts & products
Image Gallery: Lightbox & Navigation
Table of Contents
Advanced styling for buttons, lists, separators
Extended image block
Enhanced video block
Forms, Mail-Optin
Accordion
Tab Block
Info Box
Icon Box
Google Maps
Tables
Testimonials
Counter
Custom Block Styles

Stackable – Gutenberg Blocks

Stackable - Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks

With Stackable you extend the WordPress editor with 23 new blocks. In addition, the plugin provides more than 50 ready-made block layouts. From these you can easily select when creating the block.

Also with Stackable you can deactivate not needed functions by selection.

Container Block
Separator Block
Posts Block
Feature Grid Block
Akkordeon Block
Image Box Block
Feature Block
Icon List
Call to Action
Card Block
Header Block
Count Up Block
Video Popup
Price List
Testimonials
Team Members
Notification Block
Number Box
Expand / Show More
Button Block
Quotes
Divider / Spacer

Atomic Blocks – Gutenberg Blocks Collection

Die Block-Sammlung gehört mit zu den beliebtesten Gutenberg Plugins. Sie bietet dir insgesamt 15 Blöcke.

The block collection Atomic Blocks is one of the most popular Gutenberg plugins. Unfortunately, the block addon has not been updated for a long time. It offers you a total of 15 blocks.

Section & Layout Block
Extended Columns Block
Newsletter
Price List
Post Grid
Container Block
Testimonials
Inline Notice Block
Accordion
Share Icons
Call To Action
Customizable Button Block
Spacer & Divider
Author Profile
Drop Cap Block

Besides the plugin, there is also the Atomic Block theme with the same name. This free WordPress theme was developed especially for Gutenberg. And of course, Atomic Blocks can be easily integrated.

CoBlocks

From the web host GoDaddy comes the Gutenberg AddOn CoBlocks. Due to the numerous blocks and features, CoBlocks is a mixture of Gutenberg AddOn and Page Builder.

Currently, the tool includes over 30 blocks and is used by over 200,000 users.

Accordion
Notification Block
Author Profile Block
Buttons Block
Carousel Gallery Block
Click to Tweet Block
Collage Gallery Block
Dynamic Separator Block
Events Block
Features Block
Food & Drinks Block
Form Block
Gif Block
GitHub Gist Block
Hero Block
Highlighted Posts
Icon Block
Logos & Badges Block
Map Block
Masonry Gallery Block
Media Card Block
Offset Gallery Block
Post Carousel Block
Posts Block
Pricing Table
Resizable Row/Columns Blocks
Services Block
Shape Divider Block
Social Sharing & Profile Block
Stacked Gallery Block

There are some really unique block features at CoBlocks. For example, there are extra blocks for menus, food or events.

Kadence Blocks – Page Builder Toolkit

Mit über 50 Tausend Installation gehört ebenfalls zu den sehr beliebten Gutenberg Plugins. Es bietet dir 13 Elemente.

With over 50 thousand installations, Kadence Blocks is also one of the very popular Gutenberg plugins. It offers you 13 elements.

Row Layout
Extended Gallery
Formuls
Extended Überschriften
Extended Buttons
Tabs
Accordion
Testimonials
Icons (also SVG)
Spacer / Divider
Info Box
Icon List

You can find more features in Kadence Blocks Pro*, which is not really cheap with a price of $69,-.

The Kadence theme, on the other hand, is really highly recommended. Already the free version is very extensive and Kadence Pro* of course offers some extras.

Qubely – Gutenberg Blocks & Pagebuilder

Qubely offers some additional features besides 32 block elements.

As with pure page builders, there are ready-made layout packs that permit a quick design of websites. And also the styling options of the single elements can be adjusted very individually.

Due to the many styling options, Qubely comes very close to a classic page builder such as Elementor.

The tool has the following block features to offer:

Columns
Buttons
Testimonial
Headings
Counter
Tabs
Accordion/Toggle
Advanced Text
Video Popup
Google Map
Progress Bar
Social Icons
Info Box
Advanced List
Contact Forms
Pricing
Team
Timeline
Grid Layout for Posts
Icons
Divider
Block Wrapper

So Qubely is more than just a simple Gutenberg block plugin. It is a block-based page builder for the WordPress editor.

More features are also available in a pro version of the plugin. Whether this is really worthwhile, I can unfortunately not judge.

Gutentor

Gutentor is also a page builder for the WordPress editor. Just like Qubely, you can import ready-made templates and block elements. So you can create nice websites in a short time.

If you only need single elements, you can manage them modularly. In total, there are over 30 block features available.

Extended Lists, Paragraphs
Buttons
Counter
Divider
Google Map
Icons, Icon Box
Image Blocks, Image Box
Price List
Progress Bar
Ratings
Video Popup
Column Layouts
Slider
About
Akkoredeon
Advanced Columns
Author Profile
Blog Post
Call to Action
Content Box
Count Down
Featured Block
Gallery
Notification
Opening Hours
Restaurant Menu
Social
Show More
Tabs
Team
Testimonial
Timeline

Otter

Otter Blocks Plugin not only adds additional custom blocks for Gutenberg, but also additional features. Such as custom CSS, animations and conditional visibility for blocks.

In total, the addon offers over 20 blocks, each of which can be customized in design.

Sections
Advanced Heading
Multiple Buttons
Slider
Accordion
Tabs
Maps (Google Map or Open Street Map)
Countdown
Contact Form
Masonry Gallery
Beitragsblock
Review
Service
Pricing Table
Icons / Icon List
Lottie Animation

Ghost Kit

With Ghost Kit you can extend the editor with numerous new elements and functions. In the free version, the plugin offers you over 20 elements.

Grid Layout
Progress Bar
Buttons
Shape Divider (SVG)
Divider
Message Box
Icon Box
Akkoredeons
Tabs
Countdown
Video
Content Carousel
Pricing Table
Testimonials
Twitter, Instagram
Google Maps
Embedding GitHub Gist
Table of Contents
Widget Areas

Compared to the other Gutenberg plugins, Ghost Kit lets you add your own CSS to each block. And also the Responsive display can be set in detail.

In addition, the plugin offers you full control over the individual elements in the backend. Thus, fonts can be specified precisely or completely deactivated. The same applies to the block modules used.

Getwid – Gutenberg Blocks

Getwid currently offers the most extensions. There are over 40 elements in total:

Section Block (Image Background, Video, Animations, Colors,.)
Advanced Heading
Google Maps
Icon Block / Icon Box
Image Box
Social Links
Slider
Buttons
Team Member
Toggle
Tab Content
Gallery
Grid Layout for Posts
Instagram
Counter
Pricing Box
Progress Bar
Form Block
Post Slider
Mailchimp
Content Timeline
Image Hotspot
Video PopUp

Very well done in this Gutenberg plugin is the block for sections. With it you can easily create different background sections. You can choose between color, gradient, image background and video background.

In addition, there is a corresponding WordPress theme Getwid Base.

Elementor Blocks for Gutenberg

Du möchtest Elementor mit dem Gutenberg Editor verbinden? Dann ist das richtige Tool für dich! Denn damit fügst du ganz einfach deine Elementor Templates im WordPress Editor ein.

You want to connect Elementor with the Gutenberg editor? Then Elementor Blocks for Gutenberg is the right tool for you! Because with it you can easily insert your Elementor templates into the WordPress editor.

Conclusion

Currently, the selection of Gutenberg plugins is still quite manageable. Nevertheless, I got lost very quickly during my test. Because every single add-on offers so many possibilities that I couldn’t really find a favorite for me yet.

It’s best to first consider what exactly you need in the first place.

For bloggers, Gutenberg plugins with content features are especially interesting. So the addons that offer, for example, elements for content, extended lists or galleries.

In this category, I really liked the Kadence Blocks and Ultimate Blocks, which I also currently use on my website.

If, on the other hand, you want to make pages or landing pages more appealing, the plugins with page builder features are more suitable for you. For example Gutentor or Qubely.

However, I personally think that none of the Gutenberg plugins presented here can compete with a real page builder like Elementor or Beaver Builder.

In any case, you should be careful not to use multiple Gutenberg plugins at the same time. This is not only bad for performance, but could also lead to style conflicts.

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