Magazine Blocks – Blog Designer, Magazine & Newspaper Website Builder, Page Builder with Posts Blocks, Post Grid

79 Quality Score

Active Installs

17/30

With only 6,000 active installs, this is a niche plugin that has not gained broad traction compared to mainstream page builders with millions of installs.

Update Freshness

25/25

The plugin was updated on 2026-04-02 and is tested against WordPress 6.8.5, indicating the developer is actively maintaining it against current core releases.

User Rating

15/15

A 98 out of 100 score from 8 ratings is excellent, but the sample size is small enough that a handful of disgruntled users could shift the score significantly.

Support Health

8/15

Zero support threads opened and zero resolved gives no signal either way, which is neutral to slightly concerning for a plugin relying on community feedback.

WP Compatibility

15/15

Requiring WordPress 5.4 and PHP 7.0 keeps the plugin broadly compatible with older sites, though modern hosts now default to PHP 8.0 or higher.

Scores higher than 73% of indexed plugins

About

A collection of dynamic post blocks to quickly build stunning news, magazine, and blog websites.

Active Installs 6k+

Rating ★★★★½ 4.9/5

Last Updated 2026-09-14 10:23am GMT

Requires WordPress 6.3+

Tested Up To 7.1

Requires PHP 7.4+

Security History

9 known vulnerabilities, all patched

9 Medium

Most recent: September 17, 2026

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Magazine Blocks <= 1.8.6 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Arbitrary Post Modification / Site-Wide Template Takeover via Builder Templates REST Endpoint Medium

September 17, 2026 Patched in ["1.8.7"] CVE-2026-75017

Magazine Blocks <= 1.8.6 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'clientId' Block Attribute Medium

September 17, 2026 Patched in ["1.8.7"] CVE-2026-75016

Magazine Blocks – Blog Designer, Magazine & Newspaper Website Builder, Page Builder with Posts Blocks, Post Grid <= 1.8.6 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting Medium

August 24, 2026 Patched in ["1.8.7"] CVE-2026-78290

Magazine Blocks – Blog Designer, Magazine & Newspaper Website Builder, Page Builder with Posts Blocks, Post Grid <= 1.8.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting Medium

June 26, 2026 Patched in ["1.8.4"] CVE-2026-57650

Magazine Blocks <= 1.8.3 - Missing Authorization Medium

February 26, 2026 Patched in ["1.8.4"] CVE-2026-40728

Magazine Blocks <= 1.3.20 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting Medium

December 30, 2024 Patched in ["1.3.21"] CVE-2024-56258

Magazine Blocks <= 1.3.15 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting Medium

October 24, 2024 Patched in ["1.3.18"] CVE-2024-50429

Magazine Blocks – Blog Designer, Magazine & Newspaper Website Builder, Page Builder with Posts Blocks, Post Grid <= 1.3.14 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting Medium

October 1, 2024 Patched in ["1.3.15"] CVE-2024-9218

Magazine Blocks <= 1.3.6 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting Medium

May 14, 2024 Patched in ["1.3.7"] CVE-2024-34760

What It Does

Magazine Blocks adds a collection of Gutenberg post blocks designed for building news, magazine, and blog layouts in WordPress. It focuses on dynamic post grids and newspaper-style page designs rather than general-purpose page building. In practice, it lets editors assemble front pages and content hubs with curated post listings without writing custom queries or shortcodes.

Who It's For

This plugin fits small to mid-sized news, magazine, or content-heavy blog sites that want a Gutenberg-native way to build editorial homepages. It is well suited to independent publishers, niche lifestyle or tech outlets, and editorial teams that prefer block editing over full drag-and-drop builders. Sites with relatively modest traffic and a single editor or small team will get the most value from its focused block set.

Who Should Skip It

If you already run Elementor, Kadence Blocks, Spectra, or another established page builder with post listing widgets, you likely do not need this plugin. Large publishers running custom theme frameworks or dedicated CMS platforms like Newspack Pro will also find it redundant.

The Bottom Line

Magazine Blocks is a well-maintained, narrowly focused plugin that delivers Gutenberg blocks specifically for editorial and magazine-style layouts. Its tiny install base and lack of support history make it a calculated bet rather than a safe default, so most publishers will be better served by Kadence Blocks or Spectra unless they want a lightweight, opinionated tool for post grids. Recommended only if you specifically need its magazine-focused block design and accept the small community footprint.

Pick Elementor if you want a full visual page builder with theme building, WooCommerce support, and a massive template library rather than Gutenberg-only blocks.

Spectra Legacy – Gutenberg Blocks 95/100

Choose Spectra if you want a broader Gutenberg block toolkit with over 1 million installs and more design flexibility beyond editorial layouts.

Kadence Blocks — Page Builder Toolkit for Gutenberg Editor 89/100

Pick Kadence Blocks for a mature Gutenberg enhancement suite with strong theme integration and a larger user community of 600,000 installs.

Starter Templates – AI-Powered Templates for Elementor & Gutenberg 89/100

Pick Starter Templates if your priority is importing prebuilt full site designs quickly rather than assembling blocks manually.

Classic Widgets 89/100

Classic Widgets is unrelated to page building and should only be considered if you need to restore the old widget screen, not as an alternative for layout design.