Released in late 2018, the WordPress Gutenberg editor is getting more and more popular by the day. By default, it has some blocks for you to kickstart creating a website, but they are far from enough to create a professional website. To do this, you’ll need to install some add-ons to access advanced blocks.In this article, we’ve included some popular, free plugins to help you extend Gutenberg with free blocks. Now let’s briefly name and introduce the plugins.

• Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks – CoBlocks
• Gutenberg Blocks – Ultimate Addons for Gutenberg
• Kadence Blocks – Gutenberg Page Builder Toolkit
• Atomic Blocks – Gutenberg Blocks Collection
• Stackable – Gutenberg Blocks
• Advanced Gutenberg

Note: It’s worth mentioning that the following statistics are relevant to when this article was written. These figures might have changed by the time you read this article.

Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks – CoBlocks

CoBlocks contains an amazing archive of page building blocks to be used with the Gutenberg WordPress block editor.

One of the best features of CoBlocks is that the page builder is robust but lightweight, which means that you’ll be able to get maximum functionality without compromising on performance.

Read more about CoBlocks on WordPress.org

Specifications

• 200,000+ active installations
• 31 blocks
• Frequent updates
• 4.5 stars rating
• Translated to 22 languages
• Default theme and compatible with free popular Gutenberg ready themes.
• Open source
• Developed by GoDaddy

Gutenberg Blocks – Ultimate Addons for Gutenberg

This add-on simplifies that website building process. It provides you with several  unique and creative blocks for Gutenberg that help you create pages or posts without writing a single line of code.

Read more about Gutenberg Blocks on WordPress.org

Specifications

• 200,000+ active installations
• 20 blocks
• Frequent updates
• 5 star rating
• Translated to 6 languages
• Compatible with free popular Gutenberg ready themes
• Pre-built templates
• Documentation and support friendly.
• Block management to help you enable/disable the blocks.
• Developed by Brainstorm Force.

Kadence Blocks – Gutenberg Page Builder Toolkit

This plugin adds custom blocks and options to extend Gutenberg’s editing capabilities so you can create custom layouts and more engaging content.

This plugin is meant to be a toolkit that makes the WordPress block editor capable of creating content usually only possible through popular page builder plugins.

Read more about Kadence Blocks on WordPress.org

Specifications

• 50,000+ active installations
• 12 blocks (interactive demo).
• Frequent updates
• 5 stars rating.
• Translated to 3 languages.
• Compatible with free popular Gutenberg ready themes.
• Block management to help you enable/disable the blocks.
• Documentation and support friendly.
• Developed by Kadence WP.

Atomic Blocks – Gutenberg Blocks Collection

Atomic Blocks is a collection of page building blocks for the new Gutenberg block editor.

On top of the handy, time-saving blocks already found in Atomic Blocks, this plugin has a new Section and Layout block! This block comes with a library of pre-designed sections and layouts to help you quickly and easily build a beautiful site with the new block editor.

Read more about Atomic Blocks on WordPress.org

Specifications

• 40,000+ active installations
• 15 blocks
• Frequent updates
• 4.5 stars rating.
• Translated to 7 languages.
• Default theme and compatible with free popular Gutenberg ready themes.
• Pre-designed sections and layouts.
• Documentation and support friendly.
• Block management to help you enable/disable the blocks.

Stackable – Gutenberg Blocks

Stackable is one of the first and most expansive block libraries made specifically for the new WordPress Block Editor (Gutenberg).

It adds essential custom blocks to Gutenberg’s arsenal to achieve a smooth page building experience.

Read more about Stackable on WordPress.org

Specifications

• 20,000+ active installations
• 23 blocks (interactive demo)
• Frequent updates
• 5 stars rating.
• Translated to 5 languages
• Default theme and compatible with free popular Gutenberg ready themes.
• Documentation and support friendly.
• Block management to help you enable/disable the blocks.

Advanced Gutenberg

Advanced Gutenberg adds the missing blocks and configuration you need to build professional websites.

This plugin helps you to take control of the new Gutenberg editor with a user edition profile configuration.

Read more about Advanced Gutenberg on WordPress.org

Specifications

• 20,000+ active installations
• 27 blocks
• Frequent updates
• 4.5 stars rating.
• Translated to 3 languages
• Compatible with free popular Gutenberg ready themes.
• Documentation and support friendly.
• Block management to help you enable/disable the blocks.

Conclusion

In this article, we did our homework and briefly presented some helpful plugins to extend Gutenberg with free blocks. Gutenberg is becoming more and more popular in the WordPress community, which will lead to the development of more add-ons.

Feel free to share your favorite Gutenberg add-on with us in the comments.