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Flexible Spacer Block

by Aki Hamano · 4,000+ active installs · Checked 3 Nov 2026
Healthy

Healthy: maintained, last release 28 Jul 2026, 4 releases in 24 months, no unpatched vulnerabilities.

95/ 100 Canary Score
Sub-scores for Flexible Spacer Block
Ownership100
Maintenance85
Security100
SupportNo data
ReputationNo data

How the score works

Quick answers

Is Flexible Spacer Block still maintained?
Yes. Last release 28 Jul 2026, 4 releases in the last 24 months. 28 Jul 2026 · wordpress.org
Who owns Flexible Spacer Block, and has it changed hands?
No change recorded. Main committer wildworks since Jan 2021. 3 Nov 2026 · SVN log
Was Flexible Spacer Block removed from wordpress.org?
No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 3 Nov 2026. 3 Nov 2026 · wordpress.org
Is Flexible Spacer Block safe?
No known vulnerabilities on record. 3 Nov 2026 · Wordfence Intelligence
Is the latest Flexible Spacer Block update safe to install?
No ownership change before 2.9.0. No one-star spike after it. 28 Jul 2026 · Release history

Active signals

Facts we detected, with links to the source.

No open risk signals. Signals appear here when we detect an ownership change, closure, vulnerability or decline.

Ownership timeline

Who commits to the plugin's code on wordpress.org, over time.

Committers and their active periods
plugin-master27 Jan 2021 to 27 Jan 2021, 1 commits
wildworks28 Jan 2021 to 28 Jul 2026, 27 commits

2 committers recorded. No ownership change since 2021.

Maintenance

Last release
3 months ago
Releases, 24 months
4
Tested up to
7.1 current
Requires PHP
8.0 supported 8.2+
Releases per quarter
Releases per quarter for Flexible Spacer Block
Q1 20241
Q2 20241
Q3 20240
Q4 20241
Q1 20251
Q2 20250
Q3 20250
Q4 20251
Q1 20261
Q2 20260
Q3 20261
Q4 20260

Last release 28 Jul 2026. Tested with WordPress 7.1 (current).

Reputation

Last 90 days: no reviews. Lifetime: 5.0.

Rating distribution
5 star8
4 star0
3 star0
2 star0
1 star0

Security record

No published vulnerabilities on record for this plugin.

Sources: Wordfence Intelligence, CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities, readme changelogs.

Support

Support history appears after our first snapshots of the forum counts.

Momentum

4,000+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.

Weekly downloads, last 27 weeks
Weekly downloads for Flexible Spacer Block
4 May 202682
11 May 2026162
18 May 2026168
25 May 2026169
1 Jun 2026179
8 Jun 2026173
15 Jun 2026189
22 Jun 2026132
29 Jun 2026166
6 Jul 2026138
13 Jul 2026165
20 Jul 2026173
27 Jul 20261,556
3 Aug 2026550
10 Aug 2026361
17 Aug 2026279
24 Aug 2026322
31 Aug 2026247
7 Sep 2026260
14 Sep 2026231
21 Sep 2026300
28 Sep 2026285
5 Oct 2026252
12 Oct 2026325
19 Oct 2026568
26 Oct 2026756
2 Nov 2026143

Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 45% above the 27-week average.

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Facts

Version2.9.0
AuthorAki Hamano
Added28 Jan 2021
Last updated28 Jul 2026
Active installs4,000+
Requires WordPress7.0
Tested up to7.1.4
Requires PHP8.0
CategoryDesign & Themes > Themes & Templates
Tagsblock, spacer, gutenberg, responsive

Other plugins by this author: Flexible Table Block, Custom HTML Block Extension, Enable Responsive Image, RichText Extension, Piano Block

Questions

Is Flexible Spacer Block still maintained?

Yes. Last release 28 Jul 2026, 4 releases in the last 24 months.

Who owns Flexible Spacer Block, and has it changed hands?

No change recorded. Main committer wildworks since Jan 2021.

Was Flexible Spacer Block removed from wordpress.org?

No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 3 Nov 2026.

Is Flexible Spacer Block safe?

No known vulnerabilities on record.

Is the latest Flexible Spacer Block update safe to install?

No ownership change before 2.9.0. No one-star spike after it.

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