Gutenberg
The Gutenberg plugin adds editing, customization, and site building to WordPress. Use it to test beta features before their official release.
- Active installs
- 400,000+
- #151 of 1,000
- Downloads, all time
- 52M
- 52,034,284
- Downloads, 30 days
- 288.8K
- 107.1K in the last 7
- Rating
- 2.1 / 5
- 3,888 reviews
- Last updated
- 3 days ago
- Oct 28, 2026
- Version
- 24.3.0
- 406 releases
Upkeep and compatibility
| Last updated | October 28, 2026Updated in the last 3 months |
|---|---|
| Tested up to | WordPress 7.1.4Covers WordPress 7.1.4, the current release |
| Needs WordPress | 7.0 or newer |
| Needs PHP | 7.4 or newer |
| First published | June 16, 2017 |
| Support, last two months | 4 of 6 threads resolved (67%) |
Reviews
2.1 / 5 from 3,888 reviews
| 5 stars | 872 |
|---|---|
| 4 stars | 154 |
| 3 stars | 147 |
| 2 stars | 224 |
| 1 star | 2,491 |
Downloads, last 30 days
What the author says it does
“Gutenberg” is a codename for a whole new paradigm for creating with WordPress, that aims to revolutionize the entire publishing experience as much as Johannes Gutenberg did the printed word. The project is following a four-phase process that will touch major pieces of WordPress — Editing, Customization, Collaboration, and Multilingual.
Following the introduction of post block editing in December 2018, Gutenberg later introduced full site editing (FSE) in 2021, which shipped with WordPress 5.9 in early 2022.
What Does Gutenberg Do?
Gutenberg is WordPress’s “block editor”, and introduces a modular approach to modifying your entire site. Edit individual content blocks on posts or pages. Add and adjust widgets. Even design your site headers, footers, and navigation with full site editing support.
Each piece of content in the editor, from a paragraph to an image gallery to a headline, is its own block. And just like physical blocks, WordPress blocks can be added, arranged, and rearranged, allowing users to create media-rich content and site layouts in a visually intuitive way — and without workarounds like shortcodes or custom HTML and PHP.
The opening of the plugin's own description. The full text, installation notes and changelog are on its WordPress.org page.
Questions the author answers
How can I send feedback or get help with a bug?
The best place to report bugs, feature suggestions, or any other feedback is at the Gutenberg GitHub issues page. Before submitting a new issue, please search the existing issues to check if someone else has reported the same feedback.
While we try to triage issues reported here on the plugin forum, you’ll get a faster response (and reduce duplication of effort) by keeping feedback centralized in GitHub.
Where can I report security bugs?
The Gutenberg team and WordPress community take security bugs seriously. We appreciate your efforts to responsibly disclose your findings, and will make every effort to acknowledge your contributions.
To report a security issue, please visit the WordPress HackerOne program.
Do I have to use the Gutenberg plugin to get access to these features?
Not necessarily. Each version of WordPress after 5.0 has included features from the Gutenberg plugin, which are known collectively as the WordPress Editor. You are likely already benefiting from stable features!
But if you want cutting edge beta features, including more experimental items, you will need to use the plugin. You can read more here to help decide whether the plugin is right for you.
Where can I see which Gutenberg plugin versions are included in each WordPress release?
View the Versions in WordPress document to get a table showing which Gutenberg plugin version is included in each WordPress release.
What’s next for the project?
The four phases of the project are Editing, Customization, Collaboration, and Multilingual. You can hear more about the project and phases from Matt in his State of the Word talks for 2021, 2020, 2019, and 2018. Additionally, you can follow the biweekly release notes and monthly project plan updates on the Make WordPress Core blog for more up to date information about what’s happening now.
Where can I read more about Gutenberg?
- Gutenberg, or the Ship of Theseus, with examples of what Gutenberg might do in the future
- Editor Technical Overview
- Design Principles and block design best practices
- WP Post Grammar Parser
- Development updates on make.wordpress.org
- Documentation: Creating Blocks, Reference, and Guidelines
- Additional frequently asked questions
Latest changelog entry
To read the changelog for the latest Gutenberg release, please navigate to the release page.
Where this page's numbers come from
Read from the WordPress.org plugin API on , when WordPress 7.1.4 was the current release. WordPress.org rounds active installs into buckets. These are the directory's figures, not my verdict, and I haven't tested this plugin.