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Genesis Blocks · Version history

Genesis Blocks changelog and version history

Latest version
3.1.11
Aug 20, 2026 (2 months ago)
Releases
31
since 2020
In the last year
4
about one every 86 days
Tested up to
WordPress 7.0.8
PHP 7.1 or later

Releases each year

  • 20205 releases
  • 20215 releases
  • 20225 releases
  • 20237 releases
  • 20244 releases
  • 20252 releases
  • 20263 releases

20263 releases

  1. Genesis Blocks 3.1.11Latest

    • Security: Fix a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in the Sharing block.

  2. Genesis Blocks 3.1.10

    • Fixed: Correct stylesheet loading to fix a regression in 3.1.9 where theme styles could load before block styles on the frontend.

  3. Genesis Blocks 3.1.9

    • Changed: Updated all blocks to WordPress Block API version 3 for improved compatibility in preparation for WordPress 7.0.
    • Fixed: Resolved WordPress 7.0 component deprecation warnings across all blocks.
    • Fixed: Improved block editor compatibility with the iframe-based editor in WordPress 6.9+.
    • Fixed: Resolved PHP 8.1+ compatibility issues with null values in post grid and newsletter blocks.
    • Fixed: Corrected CSS selector targeting for blocks in the iframe editor environment.

20252 releases

  1. Genesis Blocks 3.1.8

    • Fixed: Resolved deprecation notices related to the Newsletter block.

  2. Genesis Blocks 3.1.7

    • Fixed: Resolved deprecation notices for use of translation functions too early.

20244 releases

  1. Genesis Blocks 3.1.5

    • Fixed: Escape exception output as prompted by Plugin Check.

  2. Genesis Blocks 3.1.4

    • Fixed: Security improvement for the sharing block.

  3. Genesis Blocks 3.1.3

    • Fixed: Minor security vulnerability.

  4. Genesis Blocks 3.1.2

    • Fixed: WP 6.5 compatibility problem with responsive font size controls.

20237 releases

  1. Genesis Blocks 3.1.1

    • Fixed: Prevent block errors in wp-admin/widgets.php and in the Customizer with block widgets.

  2. Genesis Blocks 3.1.0

    • Changed: Make the minimum required PHP version 7.1 again.
    • Fixed: Prevent JS error on changing Paragraph and Heading block fonts.

  3. Genesis Blocks 3.0.1

    • Changed: Bump the minimum required PHP version to 8.1.

  4. Genesis Blocks 3.0.0

    • Breaking change: Deprecate the Call To Action block in favor of Core blocks. This will automatically convert your Call To Action blocks to Core blocks when opening the block editor. The blocks should look mainly the same, but there could be some styling changes, especially if you have custom stylin…
    • Breaking change: In the Product Features block (child of Pricing block), the settings ‘List Border Color’, ‘List Border Style’, and ‘List Border Width’ are removed. If you set a ‘List Border Color’, that color won’t appear anymore. But the styling for ‘List Border Width’ and ‘List Border Color’ wil…

  5. Genesis Blocks 2.0.0

    • Breaking change: Deprecate the Button block in favor of Core Buttons block. This will automatically convert your GB Button blocks to Core Buttons blocks when opening the block editor. The buttons should look mainly the same, but there could be some styling changes, especially if you have custom sty…

  6. Genesis Blocks 1.5.5

    • Fixed: Prevent duplicate blocks in the inserter when another plugin uses a GB category.

  7. Genesis Blocks 1.5.4

    • Fixed: Fix PHP 8 uksort.
    • Fixed: Prevent a PHP error on the Newlsetter block.
    • Changed: Add filter to disable responsive font size controls.

20225 releases

  1. Genesis Blocks 1.5.3

    • Fixed: Fix a block error with Desktop responsive controls on the Heading and Paragraph blocks.

  2. Genesis Blocks 1.5.2

    • Changed: NPM tooling overhaul.
    • Changed: Unignore eslint rules, fix linting.
    • Fixed: Prevent an error if another plugin incorrectly filters ‘admin_body_class’.

  3. Genesis Blocks 1.5.1

    • Fixed: Revert changes that modified Profile Box avatar styling.

  4. Genesis Blocks 1.5.0

    • Changed: Remove Google Analytics entirely.
    • Fixed: Ensure styles are enqueued.
    • Fixed: Fix post grid warning.

  5. Genesis Blocks 1.4.0

    • Added: New Getting Started pages to assist with onboarding.
    • Added: Optional analytics tracking for responsive styles and layout modal.
    • Changed: Collections Tab is now the first tab in the layout modal for Sections and Layouts.

20215 releases

  1. Genesis Blocks 1.3.0

    • Added: Responsive controls for the paragraph and heading core blocks.

  2. Genesis Blocks 1.2.5

    • Added: block_categories_all filter for WordPress 5.8.
    • Changed: Replace Font Awesome with SVG files in the Profile Box (aka Author Profile) block, and the Sharing block.
    • Changed: Ensure the Post Grid block works outside of a post context (such as the WordPress 5.8 widgets screen).
    • Fixed: Improve accessibility & readability of the Slate Collection colors.

  3. Genesis Blocks 1.2.4

    • Added: The Post Grid block now allows for multiple categories to be selected.
    • Changed: The Post Grid block now requires the user to begin typing the name of the category they wish to add, instead of selecting it from a dropdown menu.
    • Fixed: The Post Grid block has been optimized to reduce load on server and wait times for sites with many categories/pages.
    • Fixed: The Post Grid Block, when set to show pages, incorrectly used the “Number of items” option to limit the number of pages shown. This has been fixed. The “Number of items” option no longer applies to pages while previewing the block in the editor. The number of pages selected are the number of…
    • Fixed: The genesis_blocks_allowed_layout_components filter was broken for Layouts (but not Sections) since version 1.2.2 and has been fixed here.

  4. Genesis Blocks 1.2.3

    • Fixed: Layout link has been moved back to the left of the admin toolbar.

  5. Genesis Blocks 1.2.2

20205 releases

  1. Genesis Blocks 1.2.1

  2. Genesis Blocks 1.2.0

  3. Genesis Blocks 1.1.1

  4. Genesis Blocks 1.1.0

  5. Genesis Blocks 1.0.0

Questions about Genesis Blocks’s releases

What is the latest version of Genesis Blocks?

3.1.11, released on Aug 20, 2026 (2 months ago). It’s tested up to WordPress 7.0.8 and needs PHP 7.1 or later.

How often is Genesis Blocks updated?

4 releases in the last year, about one every 86 days. Its first release on WordPress.org dates from August 2020.

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Release dates come from the day each version’s folder was made in Genesis Blocks’s WordPress.org SVN repository; the notes from its readme’s changelog, as its authors wrote it.