diff --git a/packages/create-block/lib/prompts.js b/packages/create-block/lib/prompts.js
index 99d49120e2d6e..e891331dbc20b 100644
--- a/packages/create-block/lib/prompts.js
+++ b/packages/create-block/lib/prompts.js
@@ -73,6 +73,31 @@ const category = {
 	choices: [ 'common', 'embed', 'formatting', 'layout', 'widgets' ],
 };
 
+const author = {
+	type: 'input',
+	name: 'author',
+	message:
+		'The list of contributors containing only WordPress.org usernames (optional):',
+};
+
+const license = {
+	type: 'input',
+	name: 'license',
+	message: 'The plugin license (optional):',
+};
+
+const licenseURI = {
+	type: 'input',
+	name: 'licenseURI',
+	message: 'The plugin license URI (optional):',
+};
+
+const version = {
+	type: 'input',
+	name: 'version',
+	message: 'The plugin version (optional):',
+};
+
 module.exports = {
 	slug,
 	namespace,
@@ -80,4 +105,8 @@ module.exports = {
 	description,
 	dashicon,
 	category,
+	author,
+	license,
+	licenseURI,
+	version,
 };
diff --git a/packages/create-block/lib/scaffold.js b/packages/create-block/lib/scaffold.js
index 85186c15eb717..be9b09588bde6 100644
--- a/packages/create-block/lib/scaffold.js
+++ b/packages/create-block/lib/scaffold.js
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ module.exports = async function(
 		category,
 		author,
 		license,
+		licenseURI,
 		version,
 	}
 ) {
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ module.exports = async function(
 		version,
 		author,
 		license,
+		licenseURI,
 		textdomain: namespace,
 	};
 	await Promise.all(
diff --git a/packages/create-block/lib/templates.js b/packages/create-block/lib/templates.js
index da5ea63312a35..581e4ee1c4845 100644
--- a/packages/create-block/lib/templates.js
+++ b/packages/create-block/lib/templates.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ const dashicon = 'smiley';
 const category = 'widgets';
 const author = 'The WordPress Contributors';
 const license = 'GPL-2.0-or-later';
+const licenseURI = 'https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html';
 const version = '0.1.0';
 
 const templates = {
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ const templates = {
 			category,
 			author,
 			license,
+			licenseURI,
 			version,
 		},
 		outputFiles: [
@@ -31,6 +33,7 @@ const templates = {
 			'index.js',
 			'$slug.php',
 			'style.css',
+			'readme.txt',
 		],
 	},
 	esnext: {
@@ -44,6 +47,7 @@ const templates = {
 			category,
 			author,
 			license,
+			licenseURI,
 			version,
 		},
 		outputFiles: [
@@ -53,6 +57,7 @@ const templates = {
 			'src/index.js',
 			'$slug.php',
 			'style.css',
+			'readme.txt',
 		],
 		wpScriptsEnabled: true,
 	},
diff --git a/packages/create-block/lib/templates/es5/readme.txt.mustache b/packages/create-block/lib/templates/es5/readme.txt.mustache
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..b0e13c215642b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/create-block/lib/templates/es5/readme.txt.mustache
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+=== {{title}} ===
+Contributors:      {{author}}
+Tags:              block
+Requires at least: 5.3.2
+Tested up to:      5.3.2
+Stable tag:        {{version}}
+Requires PHP:      7.0.0
+License:           {{license}}
+License URI:       {{{licenseURI}}}
+
+{{description}}
+
+== Description ==
+
+This is the long description. No limit, and you can use Markdown (as well as in the following sections).
+
+For backwards compatibility, if this section is missing, the full length of the short description will be used, and
+Markdown parsed.
+
+== Installation ==
+
+This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working.
+
+e.g.
+
+1. Upload the plugin files to the `/wp-content/plugins/{{slug}}` directory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly.
+1. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' screen in WordPress
+
+
+== Frequently Asked Questions ==
+
+= A question that someone might have =
+
+An answer to that question.
+
+= What about foo bar? =
+
+Answer to foo bar dilemma.
+
+== Screenshots ==
+
+1. This screen shot description corresponds to screenshot-1.(png|jpg|jpeg|gif). Note that the screenshot is taken from
+the /assets directory or the directory that contains the stable readme.txt (tags or trunk). Screenshots in the /assets
+directory take precedence. For example, `/assets/screenshot-1.png` would win over `/tags/4.3/screenshot-1.png`
+(or jpg, jpeg, gif).
+2. This is the second screen shot
+
+== Changelog ==
+
+= {{version}} =
+* Release
+
+== Arbitrary section ==
+
+You may provide arbitrary sections, in the same format as the ones above. This may be of use for extremely complicated
+plugins where more information needs to be conveyed that doesn't fit into the categories of "description" or
+"installation." Arbitrary sections will be shown below the built-in sections outlined above.
diff --git a/packages/create-block/lib/templates/esnext/readme.txt.mustache b/packages/create-block/lib/templates/esnext/readme.txt.mustache
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..b0e13c215642b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/create-block/lib/templates/esnext/readme.txt.mustache
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+=== {{title}} ===
+Contributors:      {{author}}
+Tags:              block
+Requires at least: 5.3.2
+Tested up to:      5.3.2
+Stable tag:        {{version}}
+Requires PHP:      7.0.0
+License:           {{license}}
+License URI:       {{{licenseURI}}}
+
+{{description}}
+
+== Description ==
+
+This is the long description. No limit, and you can use Markdown (as well as in the following sections).
+
+For backwards compatibility, if this section is missing, the full length of the short description will be used, and
+Markdown parsed.
+
+== Installation ==
+
+This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working.
+
+e.g.
+
+1. Upload the plugin files to the `/wp-content/plugins/{{slug}}` directory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly.
+1. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' screen in WordPress
+
+
+== Frequently Asked Questions ==
+
+= A question that someone might have =
+
+An answer to that question.
+
+= What about foo bar? =
+
+Answer to foo bar dilemma.
+
+== Screenshots ==
+
+1. This screen shot description corresponds to screenshot-1.(png|jpg|jpeg|gif). Note that the screenshot is taken from
+the /assets directory or the directory that contains the stable readme.txt (tags or trunk). Screenshots in the /assets
+directory take precedence. For example, `/assets/screenshot-1.png` would win over `/tags/4.3/screenshot-1.png`
+(or jpg, jpeg, gif).
+2. This is the second screen shot
+
+== Changelog ==
+
+= {{version}} =
+* Release
+
+== Arbitrary section ==
+
+You may provide arbitrary sections, in the same format as the ones above. This may be of use for extremely complicated
+plugins where more information needs to be conveyed that doesn't fit into the categories of "description" or
+"installation." Arbitrary sections will be shown below the built-in sections outlined above.