Gutenberg still has no native tabs block, which means anyone who wants clickable, space-saving tabs in a post or page has to pick a plugin. This post compares four real options built specifically for the block editor, not for Elementor or a shortcode-based classic editor: BlaBlaBlocks Tabs Block, Easy Tabs Block, Gutena Tabs, and PlexBlocks Advanced Tabs. The short version: Gutena Tabs is the safest default with the most installs and reviews behind it, Easy Tabs Block wins if you want a pattern library to move fast, BlaBlaBlocks Tabs Block is worth a look if accessibility markup is a hard requirement, and PlexBlocks Advanced Tabs is the one to test on staging if you need a shareable link that jumps straight to one tab.
This is a narrower question than “best WordPress tabs plugin,” which is where most existing coverage sits, and it’s a different question again from a WooCommerce product tabs plugin. If what you actually want is to customize the Description, Additional Information, and Reviews tabs on a WooCommerce product page, none of the four plugins below are built for that job; a plugin like Custom Product Tabs for WooCommerce handles that specific case instead. What follows is for general content tabs anywhere in the block editor: an FAQ page, a documentation section, a features comparison, a pricing page with plan details split by tab. It’s the same narrow-comparison approach used for countdown timer plugins for a sale page and before/after image slider plugins: pick the block-editor-native tool built for one job instead of a generic roundup.
Comparison Table
| Plugin | Best For | Active Installs | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gutena Tabs | Most-installed, simplest setup, part of a larger free block suite | 6,000+ | 100% (7 ratings) |
| Easy Tabs Block | Fast setup from a large pattern library, optional accordion mode | 1,000+ | 100% (5 ratings) |
| BlaBlaBlocks Tabs Block | WCAG-focused markup, horizontal or vertical layout | 700+ | 100% (1 rating) |
| PlexBlocks Advanced Tabs for Block Editor | URL hash deep-linking to a specific tab, built-in mobile accordion mode | Under 150 downloads (new, v1.0.0) | Not yet rated |
Gutena Tabs
Gutena Tabs is the plugin here with a real track record: 6,000+ active installs and seven ratings, all five stars, going back to a plugin first listed in January 2023. It adds a Tabs block that gives you control over color, border radius, typography, padding, and margin from the block’s own settings panel, plus the option to add an icon to each tab label. There’s no jQuery dependency, and you can nest other core blocks (images, buttons, galleries) inside a tab panel the same way you would with any container block.
Setup is straightforward: go to Plugins, then Add New, search “Gutena Tabs,” install and activate it, then open the block inserter in any post or page and add the Tabs block directly. Everything from there, colors, spacing, icons, is controlled from a single settings panel rather than scattered across separate screens.
The honest limitation is that Gutena Tabs is one plugin in a much larger family (Gutena Forms, Gutena Accordion, Gutena Newsletter, a full site editing theme) built by the same vendor, and its own description spends more space cross-promoting those than detailing accessibility specifics. If WCAG compliance is something you need to document for a client, its readme doesn’t make the same explicit ARIA and keyboard-navigation claims that BlaBlaBlocks and Easy Tabs Block do, even though the underlying markup may well be fine in practice.
Easy Tabs Block
Easy Tabs Block leans on a pattern library: over 70 ready-made tab layouts, 30+ of them free, that you insert with one click rather than building a layout from scratch. It supports horizontal and vertical orientation, and it markets itself specifically on accessibility, ARIA roles, aria-selected states, and full keyboard navigation, along with a WCAG-friendly claim in its own description. Any Gutenberg block can go inside a tab panel: images, videos, buttons, even nested blocks.
To set it up, go to Plugins, then Add New, search “Easy Tabs Block,” install and activate, then add the Tabs block from the inserter in any post or page. From there you pick one of the free patterns to start, or build a layout tab by tab, and toggle horizontal or vertical orientation with a single click.
The real limitation is the split between free and Pro. The 70+ pattern claim includes both tiers, and the free version caps out at 30+; the collapsible accordion mode the plugin also advertises is Pro-only. For a straightforward tabbed layout the free tier is enough, but if you specifically want a plugin that can also do FAQ-style accordions without paying, this isn’t quite that plugin out of the box.
BlaBlaBlocks Tabs Block
BlaBlaBlocks Tabs Block is built on the WordPress Interactivity API rather than jQuery or a custom JS framework, and it’s the most explicit of the four about accessibility: WCAG 2.1-aligned markup, ARIA attributes for screen readers, and tab focus management for keyboard users are called out directly in its own description, not implied. It supports both horizontal and vertical layouts, switchable with one click, and ships a handful of ready-to-use templates to start from.
Installing it follows the same pattern as the others: Plugins, then Add New, search “Tabs Block for Gutenberg” (its listed plugin name rather than the vendor name), install and activate, then insert the Tabs block into a post or page from the block inserter.
Its limitation is simply that it’s new and thin on real-world validation: 700 active installs and exactly one rating, on a plugin first listed in August 2025. The accessibility claims read well on paper, but with only one public review to check them against, it’s worth an actual keyboard-and-screen-reader pass on a staging site before shipping it to a client project that specifically needs to meet an accessibility standard.
PlexBlocks Advanced Tabs for Block Editor
PlexBlocks Advanced Tabs for Block Editor is ConicPlex’s own entry in this comparison, and it’s included because it genuinely does something the other three don’t: URL hash support, so a link like a page’s URL with a tab anchor appended opens directly to that specific tab instead of always landing on the first one. That matters for documentation pages, FAQ pages you want to link to from a support email, or a pricing page where you want to send someone straight to the enterprise tab. It also has a built-in mobile accordion mode, collapsing tabs into a stacked accordion on small screens, which is a paid add-on in at least one of the other plugins here.
Setup: install it from Plugins, then Add New (search “PlexBlocks Advanced Tabs”) or upload the zip manually, activate it, then insert the Advanced Tabs block into a post or page. The block comes with a nested Tab Panel block for each tab’s content, and the layout, URL hash behavior, and mobile accordion mode are all toggled from the block’s own settings panel, with per-block styling controls for colors and spacing.
The limitation here is real and worth stating plainly: this is a brand-new plugin, first listed in July 2026, with under 150 downloads and zero ratings so far, so there’s no track record to lean on yet the way there is with Gutena Tabs. It’s also worth knowing before activating it that, like ConicPlex’s other PlexBlocks plugins, it sends a basic API request back to ConicPlex when it’s activated, deactivated, or uninstalled, including the site URL, admin email, plugin version, and WordPress version, a detail stated plainly in its own readme and worth knowing if that’s something your client’s privacy policy needs to account for. Test it on staging first, same as you would with any plugin this new, regardless of who built it.
How to Pick
- If you want the option with the longest track record and the most reviews behind it, use Gutena Tabs.
- If you want to move fast with a ready-made layout instead of building tabs from scratch, use Easy Tabs Block’s free pattern library.
- If a client project has a documented accessibility requirement and you want a plugin that states its WCAG and ARIA support explicitly, use BlaBlaBlocks Tabs Block, and verify it yourself on staging given the thin review history.
- If you need a shareable link that opens directly to one tab, or a built-in mobile accordion without a paid upgrade, use PlexBlocks Advanced Tabs, tested on staging first since it’s new.
- If the actual goal is customizing WooCommerce’s own product page tabs (Description, Additional Information, Reviews), none of these four are the right tool; look at a dedicated WooCommerce product tabs plugin instead.
None of this replaces a custom block when a client’s tab behavior needs to do something none of these four support out of the box, conditional tab visibility tied to user role, or tabs pulling live data from another system. For that, ConicPlex’s Plugin Development team builds it directly rather than forcing a general-purpose tabs plugin to do a job it wasn’t built for.
FAQ
Does Gutenberg have a built-in tabs block?
No. As of WordPress 7.1, the core block library has no native tabs block, which is why a dedicated plugin is the only way to add clickable tabs inside the block editor without custom code.
Will a tabs block plugin work for WooCommerce product tabs?
Not directly. The four plugins compared here add a general-purpose Tabs block you place anywhere in a post or page. Customizing the Description, Additional Information, and Reviews tabs on a WooCommerce single product page is a different job handled by a dedicated WooCommerce product tabs plugin, not a general content tabs block.
Do these tabs plugins slow down my site?
All four describe themselves as dependency-free or jQuery-free, relying on either the WordPress Interactivity API or lightweight vanilla JavaScript. That’s lighter than the older generation of jQuery-based tabs plugins, though actual page weight still depends on how many tabs and how much content you put inside them.
Is content hidden inside a collapsed tab bad for SEO?
Generally no. Google has confirmed for years that content behind a tab, toggle, or accordion is still crawled and can still rank, since it’s present in the page’s HTML even when visually hidden until clicked. The bigger practical concern is making sure the content is worth reading at all, not whether it starts collapsed.
Which of these plugins is safest for a client site with an accessibility requirement?
BlaBlaBlocks Tabs Block and Easy Tabs Block both state WCAG and ARIA support explicitly in their own descriptions. Gutena Tabs has the longer installed track record but doesn’t make the same explicit accessibility claims. Whichever you pick, a real keyboard-navigation and screen-reader test on staging is worth doing before launch, since a marketing claim isn’t the same as a compliance audit.
Sources
- Gutena Tabs – WordPress.org plugin directory
- Easy Tabs Block – WordPress.org plugin directory
- Tabs Block for Gutenberg (BlaBlaBlocks) – WordPress.org plugin directory
- PlexBlocks Advanced Tabs for Block Editor – WordPress.org plugin directory
- Custom Product Tabs for WooCommerce – WordPress.org plugin directory
