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Best design plugins for WordPress

The most popular design plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Layout Grid Block leads with 200K+ active installs, ahead of Visual CSS Style Editor (30K+) and Child Theme Creator by Orbisius (10K+). All 127 plugins tagged “design” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.

Installs aren’t everything: a recent release, a “Tested up to” that matches the current WordPress, and support threads that get resolved show a plugin is looked after. Open any plugin for its downloads, rank history and alternatives.

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Top 10 design plugins

  1. 1.
    Layout Grid Block

    The most installed design plugin, with 200K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 13 reviews, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.2.15.

  2. 2.
    Visual CSS Style Editor

    30K+ active installs. Rated 4.1 from 90 reviews, updated 2 months ago.

  3. 3.
    Child Theme Creator by Orbisius

    10K+ active installs. Rated 4.0 from 44 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.

  4. 4.
    Adobe Fonts (formerly Typekit) for WordPress

    10K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 7 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.

  5. 5.
    Customify

    10K+ active installs. Rated 3.8 from 9 reviews, updated 2 months ago.

  6. 6.
    Elementor Blocks for Gutenberg

    9K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 17 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.

  7. 7.
    Generate Child Theme

    9K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 15 reviews, updated 5 months ago.

  8. 8.
    SureFeedback Client Site

    5K+ active installs. Rated 4.0 from 39 reviews, updated 2 months ago.

  9. 9.
    Blocks CSS

    4K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 25 reviews, updated 2 days ago.

  10. 10.
    Shape Dividers Plus for Elementor

    2K+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 1 month ago.

All 127 plugins tagged “design”