Block plugins ranked by load time – slowest to fastest

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73 block plugins total tested*

no. blocks

pg wt kb

Ms load time**

 rqst adj

 

baseline block editor default

65

51

176

9

      
 

TOTAL LOSERS

    

1

responsive block editor addons

28

177

3254

5

2

editor blocks

12

54

1314

1

3

essential blocks

23

1000

580

108

4

gutenify

2

218

381

20

      
 

NOT-SO-GOOD

    
  

no. blocks

pg wt kb

Ms load time**

 rqst adj

5

nova blocks

3

55

203

1

6

di blocks

6

149

138

11

7

ghostkit

52

107

138

7

8

PublishPress Blocks

22

124

132

3

9

snow monkey blocks

40

569

130

54

10

ht blocks

0

109

109

7

11

superb blocks

3

67

109

2

12

Guteblock-Ultimate

21

112

98

4

13

Easy Blocks- gutenberg

20

152

98

7

14

advance block extend

6

66

90

7

15

blocks builder

12

470

88

21

16

gtg advanced blocks

41

201

77

13

17

absolutte blocks

11

224

75

5

18

premium blocks for gutenberg

13

164

68

18

19

wp block pack

11

85

56

6

20

blocks kit

11

66

55

2

21

magical blocks

6

189

53

10

22

gutentor

62

179

50

12

      
 

SORTA ALRIGHT

    
  

no. blocks

pg wt kb

Ms load time**

 rqst adj

23

getwid

38

132

47

8

24

ninja gutenberg blocks

15

139

39

16

25

blocks collection

0

98

35

6

26

creative blocks

10

179

35

10

27

duogeek blocks

10

69

32

3

28

qubely

29

98

32

4

29

hero banner slider

1

99

31

6

30

bokez awesome gutenberg blocks

15

95

30

4

      
 

DANG GOOD

    
  

no. blocks

pg wt kb

Ms load time**

 rqst adj

31

block style guides

0

51

28

0

32

coblocks

59

76

27

2

33

grids

1

52

27

1

34

hot blocks

7

104

27

5

35

twentig

1

64

27

1

36

ultra blocks free by fest

26

131

24

4

37

advanced blocks

11

117

23

8

38

Gutenberg blocks and page layouts

13

156

23

10

39

snow monkey forms

1

58

21

2

40

variable column block

1

125

21

8

41

wp blog post layouts

3

169

21

11

42

rise blocks

13

102

20

7

43

advanced rich text tools

0

51

19

0

      
 

VERY NICE

    
  

no. blocks

pg wt kb

Ms load time**

 rqst adj

44

cloud blocks

0

51

9

0

45

gutenblocks

2

101

9

9

46

awesome blocks

28

115

8

3

47

power blocks

1

88

6

5

48

qodeblock

14

108

6

5

49

aino blocks

20

71

3

2

50

Advanced Editor Tools

1

51

3

0

      
 

WINNERS

    
  

no. blocks

pg wt kb

Ms load time**

 rqst adj

51

easy blocks

3

53

0

1

52

pillar press content blocks

0

51

0

0

53

stackable ultimate gutenberg blocks

56

75

0

2

54

artisan

2

88

0

5

55

guten editor blocks

0

51

0

0

56

redux framework

1

51

0

0

57

kadence blocks

14

51

0

0

58

block gallery

3

56

0

1

59

design

0

52

0

1

60

multipurpose block

1

53

0

1

61

snow monkey editor

0

56

0

2

62

double image

2

88

0

5

63

Postx – Gutenberg post grid

17

51

0

0

64

ever blocks

1

52

0

1

65

wp essential blocks

5

105

0

6

66

stylist

0

51

0

0

67

block extras

0

53

0

1

68

ultimate blocks

20

51

0

0

69

EditorsKit

1

54

0

1

70

ultimate addons for gutenberg

28

51

0

0

71

wpdm gutenberg blocks

0

51

0

0

72

Superblocksb – Best collection

0

51

0

0

73

GenerateBlocks

4

148

0

0

*rejected plugins are not listed. Sorry.

**load time is after subtracting the baseline.

Notes

Block library plugins were activated one at a time. No caching or CDN.

No blocks were used on the blank test page.

No Gutenbergs were harmed during the making of this test.

Block plugins ranked by load time – slowest to fastest

Godspeed-

Steve Teare
performance engineer
September 2023

 

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