Icon Box Block – Insert your favorite icon with customization and design vs The Icon Block
Two WordPress plugins head to head: ranking, active installs, downloads and ratings, from our daily tracking of the WordPress.org directory.
These aren’t all alternatives to each other — they do different jobs — so this page compares popularity only, not features.
At a glance
The Icon Block leads the WordPress.org popular list today at #893, ahead of Icon Box Block – Insert your favorite icon with customization and design at #8,409. Over the last 7 days The Icon Block climbed 2 places and Icon Box Block – Insert your favorite icon with customization and design climbed 38 places. The Icon Block has the largest install base, roughly 67× the next: 40K+ active installs against 600+ for Icon Box Block – Insert your favorite icon with customization and design. Downloads this week: The Icon Block 5,130 and Icon Box Block – Insert your favorite icon with customization and design 69.
| Metric | Icon Box Block – Insert your favorite icon with customization and design | The Icon Block |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank today | #8,409 ▲ 38 | #893 ▲ 2 |
| Active installs | 600+ | 40K+ |
| Downloads, last 7 days | 69 | 5,130 |
| Rating | no ratings | 5★ (29) |
| Last updated | Aug 21, 2026 | Sep 14, 2026 |
| Current version | 0.03 | 2.1.0 |
| Best rank on record | #8,398 | #893 |
| Days in the top 50 | 0 | 0 |
| On WordPress.org since | Aug 2025 | Sep 2021 |
| Sites detected by our detector | 0 | 3 |
Highlighted cells mark the strongest figure in each row. Rank and installs are from the latest WordPress.org capture; downloads are the last seven captured days.
Ranking history Lower is better
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Frequently asked questions
Which is more popular, Icon Box Block – Insert your favorite icon with customization and design or The Icon Block?
By active installs, The Icon Block: 40K+ sites run it against 600+ for Icon Box Block – Insert your favorite icon with customization and design, according to WordPress.org figures captured on October 28, 2026.
Which ranks higher on WordPress.org, Icon Box Block – Insert your favorite icon with customization and design or The Icon Block?
The Icon Block, at #893 on the WordPress.org popular plugins list today, with Icon Box Block – Insert your favorite icon with customization and design at #8,409. The ranking reflects recent installs and moves daily, which is why this page shows the history rather than one snapshot.
Are Icon Box Block – Insert your favorite icon with customization and design or The Icon Block alternatives to each other?
Not all of them. Some of these plugins do different jobs and many sites run more than one. This page compares their popularity, not their features.
Where do these numbers come from?
WordPress.org publishes each plugin’s active install count and its position on the popular list. This site records both every day, along with per-day downloads and ratings, so the charts above show how the plugins have moved over time rather than a single day.