Starter Templates vs Blockera Site Builder – Responsive Blocks, Block States, and everything Gutenberg is missing

Website Templates, Page Templates and Block Patterns for WordPress Starter Templates is a growing library of 300+ ready-to-use website templates for WordPress. Import a complete website design, a single page template, or an individual section, in one click. Every template works with any WordPress theme, and with the page builder you already use: Elementor, Beaver Builder, Spectra, or the WordPress block editor (Gutenberg). Starter Templates demo Highlights 300+ website templates and ready-made site designs Free Elementor templates and Gutenberg templates Gutenberg templates and block patterns, powered by Spectra Blocks and edited natively in the block editor 200+ page sections, block patterns and layouts Pre-built sections designed for specific use-cases Full site templates, page templates and section templates AI website builder with built-in AI assistant Adaptive design library with royalty-free images Works with any WordPress theme Supported page builders: Elementor, Spectra, Beaver Builder, and the Gutenberg block editor One-Click Website Templates and Template Kits Building a website design from a blank page takes weeks. With Starter Templates you pick a template, import it, and edit the content. Every design is a complete template kit, not just a demo page, but the pages, layouts and settings that make a finished website. You can import at three levels: Full website templates: Every page, menu, and setting for a complete site Page templates: A single page design dropped into your existing site Sections and block patterns: Individual layouts added to any page Preview any template as a live demo before you import it, so you always know what you are getting. Realistic Templates for Every Business Starter Templates goes beyond stunning design. It delivers readymade website templates specifically crafted with your business in mind. Launching an eCommerce store? We have a diverse selection of store templates to get you selling in no time. Creating a business website? We have dozens of professional-quality designs ready for you to make your mark. No matter your industry or niche, we have a template that perfectly aligns with your vision. Free Elementor Templates A fan of Elementor? Look no further. Starter Templates offers a vast collection of professionally designed Elementor templates, with more than 300 Elementor templates available. Import entire websites built with Elementor, individual page templates, or specific blocks to enhance your site’s layout and design. Then just drag, drop, customize, and launch your website. Gutenberg Templates for the WordPress Block Editor Starter Templates offers a large library of readymade Gutenberg templates, Gutenberg block patterns and page layouts, all edited natively in the Gutenberg editor rather than in a separate builder interface. Gutenberg templates are built with Spectra Blocks. Starter Templates installs Spectra for you during import, so there is nothing to set up beforehand, and the design stays editable with the Gutenberg controls you already use. If you build with Gutenberg, you can import a complete Gutenberg website template, a single Gutenberg page template, or one block pattern at a time, without switching to Elementor. Hundreds of Sections and Block Patterns Every section is built for a specific use-case. A hero to open a landing page, a pricing table for a service business, a testimonial layout for social proof, a team grid for an about page. Drop one into any page and the layout, spacing and styling are already handled. Swap the text and images, and the section is done. Want to customize your website design to make it truly unique? Use sections, block patterns and layouts to add your personal style. Available sections include: Hero, Page Header, About, Services, Features, Contact, Why Choose Us, Call To Action, Portfolio, Gallery, Testimonials, Pricing, FAQ, Team, Statistics. Templates That Install the Plugins They Need Depending on the type of template you import, Starter Templates also installs the plugins that template needs to work. Import a booking template and the plugins that provide booking are set up for you. Import an online store template and the eCommerce plugins come with it. You do not need to go hunting for another plugin after importing a template, because the design arrives ready to run. eCommerce, Portfolio and Business Templates You can filter the library by what you are building, so you can start from a template made for your use case instead of reshaping a generic one. eCommerce templates for online stores, designed to work alongside WooCommerce Portfolio templates for designers, photographers, studios and creative freelancers Business templates for agencies, consultants, clinics and local service providers Landing page templates for campaigns, lead generation and product launches Blog and magazine templates for publishers and content sites Restaurant, event and nonprofit templates for everything else Whichever vertical you pick, the template arrives with matching pages, sections and styling rather than a single page you have to build out. AI-Integrated Adaptive Design Library Personalize blocks and patterns to match your website style with the power of AI. The design library within the Starter Templates plugin is integrated with AI and royalty-free image repositories. All elements come pre-populated with relevant text and images that you can easily customize to match your brand. Lightning Fast Websites Starter Templates prioritizes speed and efficiency without compromising quality. Pages created with Starter Templates have efficient, clean code and are free from unnecessary elements. This means faster load times and a smoother experience for visitors on any browser or device. AI Website Builder Alongside the template library, Starter Templates includes an AI website builder. Describe your business and the AI selects a design, generates professional copy, and curates visuals to match your brand, producing a complete website in under two minutes, which you then edit like any other template. Follow the steps below: Enter the name of your website and select the type of website you’re creating (portfolio, business site, landing page, or something else). Describe your business. Use AI to refine your description prompt if you need to. Add your contact details and social media handles so people can interact. The AI will suggest images based on your input. Select the images you want to use. Choose the website structure from the options. Select any site features you need. The AI will generate a website in under 2 minutes. Customize your site as you see fit! AI Assistant for WordPress Our AI Assistant works in a similar way to ChatGPT but is specifically tailored for WordPress. With just a click of a button, you can use AI to help write copy for landing pages, proofread blog posts, translate content into different languages, generate custom HTML and CSS codes, and much more. Royalty-Free Images The Starter Templates plugin offers seamless integration with leading royalty-free image repositories such as Pexels and Unsplash. You have access to millions of top-tier images within your WordPress dashboard. Simply search for the image you need and select it. Training Videos We offer a range of comprehensive training videos designed to complement our templates. They provide the knowledge and skills necessary to build, launch, and maintain your website. Types of Websites You Can Create Starter Templates is perfect for building websites for: personal branding, restaurants, service providers, nonprofits and charities, events, startups, local businesses, wellness businesses, landing pages, lead generation websites, eCommerce stores, blogs, manufacturing businesses, and any other type of WordPress website. There’s no limit to what you can create. Please note: To access AI-generated templates and websites, you’ll need a ZipWP account. Signing up is quick, easy, and 100% free. Fun Facts About Starter Templates ✓ Over 5,000 websites are built with Starter Templates every day. ✓ The plugin has been installed on more than 2 million websites. ✓ Starter Templates has more than 4,500 five-star reviews. ✓ Our team of dedicated full-time WordPress experts help and support hundreds of users daily. ✓ A devoted team of full-time designers keeps the design library up to date. ✓ Our plugin offers more than 150 free Elementor templates. ✓ You can import a complete website, individual page, or section of a page in seconds.

Checkout a quick overview of Blockera Quick Links 🔗 Blockera Site Builder Try Live Demo Feature Requests Roadmap Blockera Community Introduction Video Tired of Gutenberg’s limitations? 🧐 Imagine this: All the familiarity of Gutenberg, same core blocks but supercharged with advanced options and responsive controls. That’s Blockera, It’s the Block Era 😎. Blockera transforms block editor (Gutenberg) into a powerful page builder, by enhancing all core blocks. It’s the ADVANCED MODE for Gutenberg. This unique approach ensures a seamless transition and empowers you to create stunning, responsive websites with advanced design capabilities and animations. Who Is Blockera For? 🎯 Blockera is for anyone that tired of Gutenberg’s limitations and weak performance of other page builders. Install Blockera today and unlock the true potential of Gutenberg for creating professional and blazing fast websites! 7️⃣ Key Missing Features of Gutenberg that Blockera Adds 🏆 1️⃣ Responsive Blocks and Controls: Allows you to customize all style settings for all screen sizes easily, ensuring your site looks perfect on all devices. This feature is not just advanced but also unique to Blockera. 2️⃣ Advanced Style Customization Options: Blockera offers all CSS style customization options for all blocks, making it easy to achieve any design you can imagine. With an intuitive UX, even complex CSS adjustments are a breeze. 3️⃣ Supporting All Core Blocks1: Blockera doesn’t overwhelm you with new blocks. Instead, it supercharges all existing core blocks, adding the advanced features you need to take your website to the next level. Works with all block themes, classic themes and Gutenberg-enabled websites. 4️⃣ Block States: Design hover effects and other state-specific styles to create a more engaging user experience in all blocks. Blockera supports all HTML states for unparalleled flexibility in all core blocks2. 5️⃣ Custom CSS For Blocks3: For those who want to push the boundaries even further, Blockera allows you to add custom CSS codes per block. This feature provides expert developers with the freedom to implement highly specific customizations. 6️⃣ Inner Blocks Customization: This unique feature lets you customize the design of all nested and child blocks from the parent block without having to change them one by one. In upcoming updates, you will be able to attach these customizations to block style variations. 7️⃣ Supporting All WooCommerce Blocks4: Blockera supports WooCommerce blocks as same as core blocks with advanced options, such as block states, custom CSS, and more. All of these features are available in Blockera already. So what’s the future of Blockera? Upcoming Features of Blockera 🔥🔥🔥 Currently we are working on the following features to add in Blockera: Blocks Style Variation Manager: We are working on blocks style variation manager that lets you to create new style variation for blocks or update current styles form block editor. Variable Support for All Features: Currently, Blockera supports variable support for colors, font size and spacing but we are working on to support variable support for all other features like box shadow, border, transforms, transitions and all other features beside that we will add an option to create custom variables. Pattern Library: We will add a new pattern library for Blockera that includes many pre-made patterns and also you can create your own. Icon Support for Blocks and Icon Library: We will add an option to add icons for button, menu and many other blocks and an icon library to select icons from or upload your own icons. Animation Support for Blocks: We will add options to add animation for all blocks with features to create advanced and fast animations easily. Block Conditions: We will add option to add visibility conditions for all blocks with features to create advanced conditions to show or hide blocks. AI Integration: We will add AI integration to block editor for creating content or designing websites. We are working on it. Responsive Design Controls Blockera’s allow you to customize all style settings for all responsive breakpoints easily, ensuring your site looks perfect on all devices. Also, Blockera offers unique customization graph for each option that helps you to find customizations for each option in responsive breakpoints easily. The desktop, tablet, and mobile breakpoints are available in free version and in the Pro version large screen breakpoints beside options to customize all responsive breakpoints settings and adding custom breakpoints are available. Page Builder Design Options for All Gutenberg Core Blocks 🔥 Blockera transforms Gutenberg into a powerful page builder by enhancing all core blocks and adding following design options. Block States & Responsive: You are able to customize all HTML states for all blocks including hover, focus, and more with all following advanced options together to create a more engaging user experience also you can customize all style settings for all responsive breakpoints. Advanced Typography Options: You are able to customize typography options for all blocks from simple customization to advanced options like text shadows, multi-column, strokes, indents, and more. Spacing Options: You are able to customize spacing options for all blocks including negative values, variables values or advanced option to use CSS calc functions. Advanced Layout Options: Including option for adding Flex and Grid layout and detailed options for customizing them. Also option to customize flex and grid child. Advanced Background Options: Including option to add multiple background images and gradients. Option to set background size and repeat type and background clipping and more… Size Options: Options to set width and height or more advanced options like min-width, max-width… or aspect ratio or media fit. Border and Box Shadow: Options to custom and box shadow beside customizing border and border radius or even outline. 2D and 3D Transform: Options to add 2D and 3D transform for for all blocks including multiple transforms or creating perspective for blocks. Advanced Effects: Options to advanced effect settings for blocks like opacity, transitions, filters and backdrop filter or blending and more. Advanced Block Position Options: Options to add advanced position options like absolute or sticky position for blocks like top, right, bottom, left, z-index and more. Mouse Interaction Options: Options to customize mouse interaction for blocks like changing cursor or disabling all mouse interactions for blocks. Integrations & Compatibility 🔥 Blockera is compatible with all core block editor blocks1 and all WordPress themes, including site editor and non-site editor themes. Also we are adding support of all WooCommerce blocks4 continuously. Fast Page Loading Speed 🏎 Blockera does not add any CSS or JS files until it’s needed. By doing this approach we can speed up the page loading time significantly and your website will load faster. Also, we optimize core blocks to render and load faster. Blockera is compatible with Optimization Plugins and use optimization techniques such as combining CSS and JS files and minification. Also, there is no jQuery dependency. Notes: 1- Currently 92 of 93 core blocks are supported. We are working rapidly on the rest to add support soon. 2- All block states are supported in Pro version and in the free version Normal and Hover is available for all blocks. 3- Custom CSS per block is supported in Pro version. 4- Currently 103 of 131 WooCommerce blocks are supported. We are working rapidly on the rest to add support soon. Support 🤝 We’re here to help. Feel free to open a new thread on the Support Forum. Become a Contributor 💁‍♂️ Blockera page builder is an open-source project, and we welcome contributors to be part of our vibrant community! Help us improve the plugin and make it even better – GitHub Link