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BlockSpare – Gutenberg Blocks for News, Magazine, Blog & Business Websites v4.2.6

BlockSpare is a powerful Gutenberg blocks plugin built for publishers, bloggers, businesses, agencies, and content creators who want to build beautiful WordPress websites using the native Block Editor...

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  • On Plugin Auditor since Sep 13, 2026
  • Last audited Sep 13, 2026

Compatibility & requirements

The PHP and WordPress versions this plugin needs, and how current its version support is.

  • Requires PHP 5.3+
  • Requires WordPress 4.9+
  • Tested up to WP 7.0 WP 7.1.3 is current
  • Version adoption 48% run the current version

Audit scores by category

125 checks

How this plugin scores across the six areas we audit, from security to accessibility.

  • 66 Passed
  • 45 Warnings
  • 14 Failed
Security 57/100
Needs Improvement

21 of 37 checks passed.

Code Quality 57/100
Needs Improvement

35 of 61 checks passed.

Performance 50/100
Needs Improvement

6 of 12 checks passed.

Compatibility 33/100
Poor

2 of 6 checks passed.

Privacy 33/100
Poor

1 of 3 checks passed.

Accessibility 17/100
Poor

1 of 6 checks passed.

Code footprint

How much code ships in this plugin, and the file types that make it up.

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ZIP file size

6.1 MB

24.8 MB unzipped

Total files

961

across all file types

Lines of PHP

93,418

in 285 files Large

File types

  • PNG
  • PHP
  • CSS
  • JS
  • Other

Top issues

The most important findings from the latest audit, ordered by severity.

  • 3 Critical
  • 1,073 High
  • 351 Medium
  • 364 Low

This is a preview of notable findings. Full file-level results, line numbers and code context are in the scan.

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How scores changed across versions

Across 30 audited versions of BlockSpare – Gutenberg Blocks for News, Magazine, Blog & Business Websites, The largest regression was in Privacy (-67). The codebase grew 4383% in size.

Audited 1.1.1 → 4.1.0 · 30 versions

0 50 100 1.1.1 1.3.4 2.7.1 4.1.0

How issues changed across versions

Findings by severity for each audited version, so you can see which issues were fixed over time.

0 898 1795 1.1.1 1.3.4 2.7.1 4.1.0

Download momentum

How fast this plugin is being installed lately, and whether that pace is rising or slowing.

Last 7 days

5,100

downloads

Today

724

downloads

Week over week

−8%

vs previous week

Month over month

−11%

vs previous month

Download trend: Declining. Abandonment risk: None.

Version intelligence

52% of installs run an older version

≈ 5.2K+ sites on a lower-scoring version.

  • Other
  • v3.2
  • v3.3
  • v4.2

Ratings

33 ratings on WordPress.org

  • 5 30
  • 4 2
  • 3 0
  • 2 1
  • 1 0

Support: 0 / 1 threads resolved in the last two months

Maintenance & history

How actively this plugin is kept up, from its last update to its release history.

Last updated

This month

Jun 14, 2026

Actively maintained

Release cadence

~ every 15 days

average between releases

Total releases

37

since Apr 2020 · 6 yrs

Contributors & developers

The people credited with building and maintaining this plugin.

Running BlockSpare in Your Site?

Our latest audit of BlockSpare v4.2.6 flagged 1,791 issues. Scan your own copy to see each one with its exact file, line number, and a recommended fix.

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