Blocksy Classic Premium available
5★ (872 ratings) · Current rank #10
Highlights · computed from our daily tracking data
- Blocksy currently ranks #10 and has stayed inside the top 10 in every daily snapshot since May 19, 2026 (106 snapshots).
- Active installs grew from 200K+ when we started tracking it in September 2024 to 300K+ today — it crossed the 300K+ mark around November 2025.
- It accounts for roughly 2.7% of all active installs across the themes we track.
- It is averaging 6,887 downloads/day over the last 30 days, down 3% versus the month before (7,108/day).
- The latest release, v2.1.55, shipped on Aug 27, 2026 (5 days ago) — release #442 since the theme joined the directory in 2019.
- Beyond WordPress.org, BuiltWith detects 504,601 live sites running Blocksy across the web, including 2,491 of the one million most-visited sites.
Performance · Google Lighthouse, official wordpress.org demo
| Mobile | Desktop | |
| Largest Contentful Paint | 1.1 s | 0.3 s |
| First Contentful Paint | 1.1 s | 0.3 s |
| Total Blocking Time | 0 ms | 0 ms |
| Cumulative Layout Shift | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Page weight | 43.6 KB | 43.6 KB |
Lab (Lighthouse) data measured on the official demo at wp-themes.com, where every theme serves identical content — so scores isolate the theme's own CSS/JS payload. Tested Aug 3, 2026. Scores vary ±5 between runs. Run a live test ↗
Real-world usage · live sites, via BuiltWith
Ranking history
Ranking history — data table
| Date | Ranking history |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-01 | #10 |
| 2026-08-31 | #10 |
| 2026-07-31 | #10 |
| 2026-06-30 | #10 |
| 2026-05-31 | #10 |
| 2026-04-30 | #11 |
| 2026-03-31 | #12 |
| 2026-02-28 | #12 |
| 2026-01-31 | #13 |
| 2025-12-31 | #14 |
| 2025-11-30 | #15 |
| 2025-10-31 | #15 |
| 2025-09-30 | #16 |
| 2025-08-31 | #16 |
| 2025-07-31 | #16 |
| 2025-06-30 | #16 |
| 2025-05-31 | #16 |
| 2025-04-30 | #15 |
| 2025-03-31 | #15 |
| 2025-02-28 | #15 |
| 2025-01-31 | #14 |
| 2024-12-31 | #14 |
| 2024-11-30 | #14 |
| 2024-10-31 | #14 |
| 2024-09-30 | #14 |
Latest reading of each month from our daily snapshots; the chart holds the full daily history.
Active installs
Active installs — data table
| Date | Active installs |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-01 | 300,000 |
| 2026-08-31 | 300,000 |
| 2026-07-31 | 300,000 |
| 2026-06-30 | 300,000 |
| 2026-05-31 | 300,000 |
| 2026-04-30 | 300,000 |
| 2026-03-31 | 300,000 |
| 2026-02-28 | 300,000 |
| 2026-01-31 | 300,000 |
| 2025-12-31 | 300,000 |
| 2025-11-30 | 300,000 |
| 2025-10-31 | 200,000 |
| 2025-09-30 | 200,000 |
| 2025-08-31 | 200,000 |
| 2025-07-31 | 200,000 |
| 2025-06-30 | 200,000 |
| 2025-05-31 | 200,000 |
| 2025-04-30 | 200,000 |
| 2025-03-31 | 200,000 |
| 2025-02-28 | 200,000 |
| 2025-01-31 | 200,000 |
| 2024-12-31 | 200,000 |
| 2024-11-30 | 200,000 |
| 2024-10-31 | 200,000 |
| 2024-09-30 | 200,000 |
Latest reading of each month from our daily snapshots; the chart holds the full daily history.
Downloads per day
Downloads per day — data table
| Date | Downloads per day |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-31 | 6,736 |
| 2026-07-31 | 11,468 |
| 2026-06-30 | 4,138 |
| 2026-05-31 | 4,047 |
| 2026-04-30 | 21,251 |
| 2026-03-31 | 4,477 |
| 2026-02-28 | 22,296 |
| 2026-01-31 | 19,693 |
| 2025-12-31 | 1,499 |
| 2025-11-30 | 3,265 |
| 2025-10-31 | 28,002 |
| 2025-09-30 | 3,967 |
| 2025-08-31 | 1,978 |
| 2025-07-31 | 4,439 |
| 2025-06-30 | 3,382 |
| 2025-05-31 | 1,694 |
| 2025-04-30 | 2,863 |
| 2025-03-31 | 3,469 |
| 2025-02-28 | 6,033 |
| 2025-01-31 | 2,905 |
| 2024-12-31 | 2,050 |
| 2024-11-30 | 6,809 |
| 2024-10-31 | 2,898 |
| 2024-09-30 | 3,771 |
| 2024-08-31 | 3,175 |
Latest reading of each month from our daily snapshots; the chart holds the full daily history.
Details
| Author | Creative Themes |
|---|---|
| Current version | 2.1.55 |
| Versions released | 442 |
| Last updated | 2026-08-27 |
| Added to directory | 2019-05-10 |
| Requires WordPress | 6.7+ |
| Requires PHP | 7.0+ |
| Type | Classic theme |
| First tracked here | 2024-09-17 |
Description
Blocksy is a fast, modern WordPress theme with advanced WooCommerce support and full compatibility with the block editor.
Frequently asked questions
How many websites use Blocksy?
WordPress.org reports 300K+ active installs. BuiltWith independently detects 504,601 live websites running Blocksy.
How popular is Blocksy?
As of September 1, 2026, Blocksy ranks #10 in the WordPress.org popular themes list.
When was Blocksy last updated?
Blocksy was last updated on August 27, 2026 (version 2.1.55). It has shipped 442 releases in total.
Who makes Blocksy?
Blocksy is developed by Creative Themes. It joined the WordPress.org theme directory in May 2019.
How fast is Blocksy?
On the official WordPress.org demo, Blocksy scores 100/100 for mobile performance in Google Lighthouse and 100/100 for desktop (tested August 2026).
