by WordPress.org 2.1 (3,884 reviews)

Gutenberg

Name: Gutenberg
Rating: 2.1 (3884 reviews)
Author: WordPress.org

The Gutenberg plugin adds editing, customization, and site building to WordPress. Use it to test beta features before their official release.

Gutenberg ranks #155 among WordPress.org plugins with 400,000+ active installations, a 2.1/5 rating from 3,884 reviews, and was last updated Sep 7, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 7 (Current: 7.1)

v23.9.1 Current Version v23.9.1

Updated 1 week ago Last Update on 07 Sep, 2026

Refreshed 8 hours ago Last Refreshed on

Top 1% by installs Downloads -83.3% this week Actively maintained

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#155

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Active Installs

400K+

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Downloads

49.2M

+3,385 today

Support Resolved

14%

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Rating

42%

Review 2.1 out of 5

2.1 (3,884 reviews)

Next Milestone 500K

Total Progress 4.3%

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Reviews & Ratings

2.1

3,884 reviews

Overall 42%

870 (22%)

152 (4%)

147 (4%)

224 (6%)

2,491 (64%)

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14%

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

12 known vulnerabilities on record · 1 in the last 24 months · checked 1 week ago

Oct 25, 2025

Gutenberg [gutenberg] < 21.9.0

CVE-2025-64354 · Fixed in v21.9.0
Jul 4, 2024

Gutenberg [gutenberg] < 18.6.1

CVE-2024-37492 · Fixed in v18.6.1
Apr 9, 2024

Gutenberg [gutenberg] >= 12.9.0 - <= 18.0.0

Affected >= 12.9.0 <= 18.0.0
Oct 13, 2023

Gutenberg [gutenberg] < 16.8.1

CVE-2023-38000 · Fixed in v16.8.1
Oct 18, 2022

Gutenberg [gutenberg] < 14.3.1

Fixed in v14.3.1
Oct 18, 2022

Gutenberg [gutenberg] < 14.3.1

CVE-2022-43500 · Fixed in v14.3.1
Jul 30, 2022 UNPATCHED

Gutenberg [gutenberg] <= 17.3.0 (unfixed)

CVE-2022-33994 · No fix released
Mar 11, 2022

Gutenberg [gutenberg] < 12.7.2

Fixed in v12.7.2
Mar 11, 2022

Gutenberg [gutenberg] < 12.7.2

Fixed in v12.7.2
Gutenberg [gutenberg] >= 12.9.0 - <= 18.0.0

Affected >= 12.9.0 <= 18.0.0

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Plugin Details

Version: 23.9.1
Last Updated: Sep 07, 2026
Requires WP: 6.9+
Tested Up To: 7
PHP Version: 7.4 or higher
Author: WordPress.org

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆ 2.1
Reviews: 3,884
Support Threads: 7
Resolved: 14%

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

Gutenberg is for tech-savvy early adopters and contributors who want to test beta and experimental WordPress editing features before official release. It provides a modular block editor and full site editing tools, replacing workarounds like shortcodes or custom HTML and PHP for building page and site layouts.

Block-based content editing
Full site editing support
Header, footer, navigation design
Widget adding and adjusting
Site layout arrangement
Early access to beta features

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Gutenberg

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.

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.

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.

View the Versions in WordPress document to get a table showing which Gutenberg plugin version is included in each WordPress release.

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.

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

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