Stackable

Item: Stackable
Rating: 4.9
Author: Fast WordPress

by Gambit Technologies

Design-focused Gutenberg blocks with global colour and typography controls and ready-made section designs.

4.9521 WordPress.org reviewsBlocksFreemium

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What Stackable does

Design-focused Gutenberg blocks with global colour and typography controls and ready-made section designs.

It sits in the blocks part of a WordPress stack and is sold by Gambit Technologies on a freemium basis. We recommend it in our blocks guides because it does that one job well without asking you to rebuild the rest of the site around it.

Every plugin adds work to a page request, so treat this as a decision with a cost. Record a speed test before you install it and run the same test afterwards, on the same page, so you know exactly what it charged you.

Real user ratings

Score

4.9/5

Reviews

521

Active installs

100,000+

Downloads

5.6M

Latest version

3.20.2

Last updated

2026-09-09

These figures come straight from the public WordPress.org plugin directory API for version 3.20.2, not from us. Check them yourself on the WordPress.org listing. Our own editorial score is 4.9/5.

Where Stackable ranks elsewhere

Stackable does not appear in the published "best of" lists we track from WPBeginner, TechRadar, Kinsta, Themeisle and similar sites. That is not a mark against it - those roundups are short and skew towards the biggest names.

What changed in the latest version

v3.20.2Latest release

Fixed: Dynamic Content - custom date formats display correctly instead of HTML #3754
Fixed: Dynamic Content - auto-detected custom fields now load on the frontend #3750
Fixed: Columns block - mobile content alignment now applies in the editor #3752

v3.20.1

Fixed: Block editor error when editing templates with styled Stackable blocks #3747

v3.20.0

New: Design Library - save and manage your own patterns (Premium) #3629
New: Settings - default to theme margins for Heading blocks #3673
New: Settings - default icon for Icon List block #3674
Change: Dynamic Content - optimized PHP memory usage #1986
Fixed: Design Library - faster previews and smoother browsing #3629
Fixed: Editor - Safari responsive preview no longer freezes #3726
Fixed: Yoast SEO - analysis highlighting works with Stackable blocks #3727
Fixed: Icon List - improved Widgets screen performance #3728

Release notes are the developer's own words, published on WordPress.org. Read the full changelog

Pros and cons

Global design system controls for block pages
A free tier you can trial before paying
Actively maintained and used on production sites we test

The full block library is behind the premium licence
The features most sites need sit in the paid tier

How to use it

1Install on a staging copy first if the site takes money.
2Work through the setup wizard and connect any external accounts it needs.
3Configure the one feature you installed it for, and leave the rest off.
4Test the result as a logged-out visitor on both mobile and desktop.
5Re-run our speed test to confirm the plugin has not cost you load time.

How it compares

Other blocks plugins we recommend, with their rating and pricing model.

Plugin	Our rating	WordPress.org	Pricing	Best for
Stackable	4.9	4.9 (521)	Freemium	Global design system controls for block pages
GenerateBlocks	4.9	4.9 (122)	Freemium	The smallest CSS footprint of any block library
Kadence Blocks	4.8	4.8 (332)	Freemium	Design freedom without a page builder
Otter Blocks	4.7	4.7 (249)	Freemium	Conditional display rules on any block
ProductX	4.4	n/a	Freemium	Store layouts in the block editor
ShopEngine	4.5	4.6 (212)	Freemium	Modules you can switch off