Asteris Blocks vs ZoloBlocks – Advanced Gutenberg Blocks, Website Builder & Page Design Toolkit

50 free Gutenberg blocks. Full-featured, and free forever. Asteris Blocks gives you a polished, alphabetised block library covering everything you need to build landing pages, blog posts, and product pages. Every block is complete — nothing is locked behind a paywall, and the plugin never nags you to upgrade. What you get 50 blocks — Hero, Pricing Table, FAQ Accordion (with schema), Recipe Card (with rich results), Comparison Table, Countdown, Cookie Notice, Code Block with syntax highlighter, Image Hotspots, Map (OpenStreetMap), QR Code, Before/After Slider, Table of Contents, and 37 more. 12 pre-built patterns — Hero + Stats, Pricing 3-tier, Full landing page, and more — one-click insert. 60 block style variations — Hero (minimal / split / gradient), Feature Grid (cards / icons-only / bordered / numbered), Pricing (classic / minimal / bordered / highlighted), and dozens more. Newsletter integrations — Mailchimp, MailerLite, ConvertKit, Brevo. API keys encrypted at rest (AES-256-CBC). See “External services” below. Schema.org markup — FAQ + Recipe + AggregateRating JSON-LD validates on Google Rich Results Test. HTML anchor IDs on every block — link anywhere, jump anywhere. Native typography + colour controls on every text-bearing block. 100/100 Lighthouse accessibility on Kadence, GeneratePress, Twenty Twenty-Five. What you do NOT get No email-gated features — every one of the 50 blocks is fully functional, free. No nag screens, no pop-ups, no “your trial expires” timers in your editor. No tracking. No cookies. No analytics. The only outbound connections are the optional third-party services listed under “External services” below, and they run only when you add the relevant block to a page or configure a newsletter provider. Asteris Blocks is full-featured and free forever — funded by our other products, not by upselling you. If you ever want premium section patterns and pro-level design controls, there’s an optional Asteris Blocks Pro — but the free plugin is complete on its own and never pushes you toward it. Why Asteris Blocks? Built lean on purpose. Here’s what you actually get: Tiny footprint — about 215 KB zipped, and it loads zero front-end CSS or JavaScript on pages that don’t use an Asteris block. Only loads where it’s used — the shared stylesheet and script enqueue only on pages where one of your Asteris blocks actually renders. No site-wide weight. No JavaScript framework — blocks render in PHP with tiny vanilla-JS view scripts; no React or jQuery dependency dragged onto your front end. 50 blocks, 12 patterns, 60 style variations — all free — nothing gated, no “premium” lock icons cluttering the inserter. Schema built in — FAQ, Recipe and AggregateRating JSON-LD that validates on Google’s Rich Results Test, no separate SEO plugin required. No phone-home — no tracking, no cookies, no analytics on you. The only outbound calls are blocks you choose to add (Map, Video, embeds) — each documented below. Accessibility-minded — 100/100 Lighthouse accessibility on Kadence, GeneratePress and Twenty Twenty-Five. GPL-2.0 — audit it, fork it, keep it forever. No nag screens — Pro is mentioned once, never a pop-up or a disabled button. Asteris Blocks Pro Asteris Blocks is full-featured and free forever. If you want to go further, the optional Asteris Blocks Pro adds: 73 premium section patterns — niche page templates (photographer, music artist, conference, salon, fitness), video + audio sections, premium e-commerce layouts. The control layer — fine-tune any block’s spacing, responsive visibility, hover states, animations and custom CSS, no code required. AI Section Generator — describe a section and get a ready-to-edit block layout. Cloud pattern library — one-click insert from a growing hosted collection. Same lightweight, no-bloat build. See everything included at asterisblocks.com/blocks-pro. External services This plugin can connect to the following third-party services. None of them are contacted unless you add the block that uses them to a page, or configure a newsletter provider. No data is sent to us. Newsletter providers (optional). When you configure a provider and a visitor submits the Newsletter block, the visitor’s email address (and name, if entered) is sent from your server to that provider’s API to create or subscribe the contact. You choose the provider and supply the API key. Mailchimp — terms: https://mailchimp.com/legal/terms/ — privacy: https://www.intuit.com/privacy/statement/ MailerLite — terms: https://www.mailerlite.com/terms-of-service — privacy: https://www.mailerlite.com/legal/privacy-policy ConvertKit (Kit) — terms: https://kit.com/terms — privacy: https://kit.com/privacy Brevo — terms: https://www.brevo.com/legal/termsofuse/ — privacy: https://www.brevo.com/legal/privacypolicy/ OpenStreetMap (Map block). Adding the Map block embeds a map from openstreetmap.org. When a visitor loads the page, their browser requests map tiles from OpenStreetMap. Terms: https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Terms_of_Use — privacy: https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Privacy_Policy YouTube / Vimeo (Video block). Adding a video embeds a player from youtube-nocookie.com or player.vimeo.com when a visitor plays it. YouTube terms: https://www.youtube.com/t/terms — Google privacy: https://policies.google.com/privacy — Vimeo terms: https://vimeo.com/terms — Vimeo privacy: https://vimeo.com/privacy Spotify / SoundCloud (Embed block). Adding the Embed block with a Spotify or SoundCloud URL embeds that provider’s player. When a visitor loads the page, their browser requests the player and the track/episode you embedded from open.spotify.com or w.soundcloud.com. Only the public URL you paste into the block is sent. Spotify terms: https://www.spotify.com/legal/end-user-agreement/ — Spotify privacy: https://www.spotify.com/legal/privacy-policy/ — SoundCloud terms: https://soundcloud.com/terms-of-use — SoundCloud privacy: https://soundcloud.com/pages/privacy

ZoloBlocks is a collection of blocks, patterns, and page templates for the WordPress block editor. It helps you design complete pages using the native editor without a third-party page builder. Live Demo | Pro Version | Documentation What ZoloBlocks Provides A library of advanced blocks that extend the default WordPress block editor. Pre-designed patterns and page templates you can insert into pages. Full Site Editing compatibility with block themes. Dynamic content options for site, post, or user data. Query loop options for posts, products, or custom post types. Animation and visual effect options for supported blocks. Optional AI text generation to help draft headings and paragraphs (third-party service, see “External services” below). Pattern import and export for reuse across sites. Key Features Layout building with pre-built sections and templates. Responsive containers for mobile, tablet, and desktop. Mega menu for multi-level navigation. Dynamic content and query loop for posts or custom post types. Entrance and scroll-based animations on supported blocks. Optional AI text generation inside the editor (third-party service). Pattern import / export for reuse across pages or sites. Available Blocks ZoloBlocks ships 60+ free and pro blocks across categories such as Image, Slider & Carousel, Post, Review, Form, Popup, Utility, Creative, Loop & Animation, Grid & List, Single Page Elements, and Advanced. A full list with live demos is available at https://zoloblocks.com/demo/. Who Is It For Website designers, freelancers, agencies, bloggers, content creators, small business owners, portfolio builders, and digital marketers who want to design WordPress pages directly in the block editor. Support The team behind ZoloBlocks ships regular updates. For help, contact support. Visit BdThemes for more plugins and documentation. Source code The compiled JavaScript and CSS files in the build/ and assets/ directories are generated from the source code in the src/ directory. Public source repository: https://github.com/bdthemes/zoloblocks Build instructions: Clone the repository. Run npm install to install dependencies. Run npm run build to generate the production assets in build/. Run composer install to install PHP dependencies (used for development tooling only). External services This plugin connects to several third-party services. Each service is only contacted when the related feature is used or configured. No personal data is sent unless the corresponding feature is enabled or the user interacts with it. 1. Google reCAPTCHA Used by the Form block when the site administrator enables reCAPTCHA protection and provides site / secret keys in ZoloBlocks settings. – What is sent: the reCAPTCHA token generated in the visitor’s browser, the visitor’s IP address, and the configured secret key, sent to https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api/siteverify on form submission. The Google reCAPTCHA JavaScript (https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api.js) is loaded on pages containing a form when reCAPTCHA is enabled. – When: only when reCAPTCHA is enabled and a form is submitted. – Provider: Google LLC. Terms: https://policies.google.com/terms Privacy: https://policies.google.com/privacy 2. Google Maps Used by the Google Map block when added to a page. – What is sent: the configured Google Maps API key and a request to load the Google Maps JavaScript API from https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js. The browser of any visitor viewing a page containing a Google Map block will load map tiles from Google. – When: only when a Google Map block is present on a page. – Provider: Google LLC. Terms: https://cloud.google.com/maps-platform/terms Privacy: https://policies.google.com/privacy 3. Google Fonts list (WordPress.org mirror) Optional. Used by the typography controls only when a site administrator enables Settings → Editor Options → Load Google Fonts catalog (WordPress.org mirror) in the ZoloBlocks dashboard. – What is sent: a simple HTTP GET request (no personal data) to https://s.w.org/images/fonts/wp-7.0/collections/google-fonts-with-preview.json to retrieve the list of Google Fonts. – When: only after the option is enabled, and only when the block editor needs to refresh the font list. – Provider: WordPress.org. Terms and privacy: https://wordpress.org/about/privacy/ 4. Zolo AI (AI text generation by Sigmative) Used by the optional AI text generation feature inside the block editor. – What is sent: the prompt text entered by the site administrator in the editor, and the API key configured in ZoloBlocks settings, sent to https://ai.sigmative.com/api/prompt/v1/generation/chat/completions. – When: only when an administrator clicks the AI generation action in the editor. – Provider: Sigmative. Privacy: https://sigmative.com/privacy-policy 5. Mailchimp (optional Form integration) Used only when a site administrator configures a Form block to send subscriber data to Mailchimp. – What is sent: the visitor’s email address, optional first name, the configured Mailchimp API key and list ID, sent to https:// .api.mailchimp.com/3.0/lists/{list_id}/members (where is the data center prefix derived from the API key). – When: only when a visitor submits a form whose Mailchimp integration has been configured by the administrator. – Provider: Intuit Mailchimp. Terms: https://mailchimp.com/legal/terms/ Privacy: https://www.intuit.com/privacy/statement/ 6. Custom Webhooks (optional Form integration) Used only when a site administrator pastes a custom webhook URL into the Form block settings. – What is sent: the visitor’s email address and optional first name, sent as a JSON POST request to the URL configured by the administrator. – When: only when a visitor submits a form whose webhook URL has been configured by the administrator. – Provider: the third-party service chosen by the administrator. The administrator is responsible for ensuring the destination has an appropriate privacy policy.