aThemes Blocks vs Grids

Extend the Gutenberg Block Editor with additional functionality. Essential Gutenberg Blocks Plugin with Powerful Blocks for Faster WordPress Websites – No Coding Required Transform your WordPress block editor experience with aThemes Gutenberg Blocks, featuring essential blocks designed for speed, performance, and professional results. Whether you’re building with Sydney, Botiga, or any WordPress theme, our blocks help you create beautiful websites that load fast and convert better. Finally, a Block Plugin That Prioritizes Performance and Simplicity aThemes Gutenberg Blocks represents a complete rebuild focused on what matters most: creating websites quickly without sacrificing performance. Each block is optimized for speed, accessibility, and ease of use, making it perfect for beginners and experienced designers alike. Why you’ll love aThemes Blocks: Lightning-fast performance – Optimized code that doesn’t slow down your site Universal compatibility – Works perfectly with any WordPress theme Smart block management – Enable only the blocks you need for optimal performance Essential Blocks for Every Website 🚀 Core Building Blocks Container Block – Build advanced layouts with flexbox and responsive design controls Heading Block – Customize typography with multiple fonts, sizes, and styling options Button Block – High-conversion call-to-action buttons with animations and hover effects Text Block – Enhanced paragraph block with rich formatting and advanced typography Icon Block – Beautiful icons from popular libraries with extensive styling controls Image Block – Add responsive images with animations and customizable styling Dynamic Content Blocks Testimonial Block – Showcase customer feedback for social proof and trust Google Maps Block – Embed maps with different styling and location markers Post Grid Block – Display posts in a customizable grid with advanced styling options Taxonomy Grid Block – Highlight categories or tags with flexible layouts and styling Team Member Block – Present team profiles with images, bios, and social media links Smart Block Management Dashboard Our intuitive dashboard lets you enable or disable individual blocks based on your needs. Building a simple site? Enable just 3 blocks and keep everything lightning-fast. Need the full toolkit? Activate all blocks. Performance-First Approach Unlike bloated page builders, aThemes Gutenberg Blocks is built for speed: Conditional loading – Only loads CSS/JS for blocks you actually use Optimized assets – Minimal file sizes for faster loading Mobile-first design – Perfect performance on all devices Universal Theme Compatibility aThemes Gutenberg Blocks works seamlessly with any WordPress theme, including: Sydney, Botiga, Astra, GeneratePress, Kadence, Blocksy, OceanWP, Neve, Avada, Twenty Twenty-Four and hundreds more. Who Benefits from aThemes Gutenberg Blocks? Small Business Owners – Build a professional online presence without the cost of hiring developers. Our blocks make it fast, affordable, and easy to create a site that reflects your brand. Bloggers – Bring your content to life with visually engaging blocks, from call-to-actions to image galleries, that keep readers hooked and coming back for more. Web Designers – Speed up your workflow and impress clients with performance-optimized blocks that give you complete creative control without extra coding. Freelancers – Deliver high-quality websites faster with reusable, consistent design tools that save you time and help you scale your business. Agencies – Produce pixel-perfect, SEO-friendly websites for clients at scale while maintaining top performance and design flexibility. WordPress Beginners – Skip the learning curve and create professional-looking websites with easy-to-use, drag-and-drop blocks, no coding skills required. Built by the Team Behind Sydney and Botiga aThemes Blocks is developed by the same team that created the popular Sydney and Botiga themes, trusted by thousands of WordPress users worldwide with 750+ 5-star reviews. We understand what makes websites successful and have built that expertise into every block. Getting Started is Easy Install aThemes Blocks Choose which blocks to enable in the dashboard Start building with the WordPress block editor Create professional websites in minutes, not hours Future-Proof Your WordPress Site As WordPress continues investing in the block editor, aThemes Blocks positions you for success. Learn once, benefit forever with blocks that evolve alongside WordPress core. Documentation & Support To learn how to use aThemes Blocks, you can check our documentation. Need help? Visit our support here. Our dedicated support team is here to assist you. We’re committed to your success and continuously improve aThemes Gutenberg Blocks based on your feedback. Happy user of aThemes Blocks? Join our Facebook Group Or rate us on WordPress 🙂

👉 For more information about the plugin, visit the documentation website. A layout builder is a tool that helps you creating visual structures in your page, from a simple layout made by adjacent columns, to more complex compositions. Grids is entirely based on the WordPress block editor, which means that you’ll be able to use it together with the myriad of content blocks that developers and designers from all around the World are creating. With Grids, we’re bringing a visual structure to the content written with the WordPress Block Editor. 👉 Sections & areas A Section is a portion of the page that aims at being visually distinct from the rest of the content. Sections are usually top-level blocks that you add one after the other; the sequence of sections is what makes your page layout. Each Section that you create is composed by several different Areas. In their most basic form, you can think of Areas as columns, which are nothing else than containers for content blocks. For more elaborated compositions, the Grid Designer allows you to create exactly the grid structure you want within the boundaries of a Section, by using CSS Grid. 👉 Want to know more? Read the plugin documentation! 👉 https://justevolve.it/grids/documentation/ 👉 Still struggling? That may depend on one of the known issues 👉 https://justevolve.it/grids/documentation/known-issues/ 👉 1.3.12 FIX: Prevented admin assets from being enqueued on the frontend. 👉 1.3.11 FIX: Message regarding translations being loaded too early FIX: Styles and scripts correctly load in the editor iframe FIX: Compatibility with WordPress 6.9 👉 1.3.10 FIX: Compatibility issues with WordPress 6.4 👉 1.3.9 FIX: Security fix. 👉 1.3.8 FIX: Fixed display settings functionality for sections and areas. 👉 1.3.7 FIX: Fixed a fallback variable issue for Sections and Areas background. 👉 1.3.6 FIX: Fixed an issue with the margins, paddings association on different media queries. FIX: Fixed background repeat and position default behavior on frontend. 👉 1.3.4 & 1.3.5 FIX: Synced row dimension logic on frontend/backend: empty rows will collapse also on the Block Editor screen. 👉 1.3.3 FIX: Fixed 500 error that occurred when using wide-aligned sections. 👉 1.3.2 FIX: Changed the grid column declaration to minmax(0,1fr) in order to prevent grid blowout. FIX: Fixed nested sections issues. 👉 1.3.1 FIX: Reverted row dimension logic: in Sections created with the advanced editor, empty rows will collapse. 👉 1.3.0 ENHANCEMENT: Added compatibility with the Full Site Editor. ENHANCEMENT: Enhanced compatibility with single page application websites. FIX: Fixed style being applied to nested sections. Updated compatibility to WordPress 5.9. POSSIBLY BREAKING CHANGES: In this version, we have removed the global page setting that allowed for the editor area to be wider when editing a page with the Block Editor. We feel that this should be better handled by the theme itself, especially if it supports the Full Site Editing mode. We have also removed the global page setting that determined the horizontal gutter between areas. This is now handled individually by Section blocks (look for Gap settings). As before, both horizontal and vertical gaps are subject to media queries. We have removed the grids-s-$section_id and grids-a-$area_id classes from their respective elements, since they were no longer needed to generate the element’s style. If you need to specifically identify a section or area, you can use their custom class/anchor controls provided by the Block Editor. 👉 1.2.28 ENHANCEMENT: Added the ability to specify the types of blocks allowed in content areas of a section through the grids/area filter. ENHANCEMENT: Added the ability to specify the size units used in Grids, as well as the default size unit suggested by the editor, through the grids/general filter. FIX: Removed unwanted log to console. Updated compatibility to WordPress 5.7. 👉 1.2.27 FIX: Fixed an issue that occurred when editing custom-created sections and affected previously created areas. FIX: Fixed an issue that prevented post meta to be saved when using Grids with a Custom Post Type. 👉 1.2.26 FIX: Added compatibility with WordPress 5.6 and the latest version of the Gutenberg plugin. 👉 1.2.25 FIX: Minor backend UI fix. FIX: Fixed the dimensioning of blocks in content areas on frontend. 👉 1.2.24 Enhanced support for AJAX-powered content pages. 👉 1.2.23 FIX: Fixed React warnings and errors that occurred when the SCRIPT_DEBUG constant was set to true. FIX: Fixed section styling when in preview mode. FIX: Removed double scrollbar when dragging areas. 👉 1.2.22 FIX: Increased compatibility with WordPress 5.4. 👉 1.2.21 FIX: Fixed a bug that caused section IDs not to be rendered in the page markup. 👉 1.2.20 FIX: Fixed compatibility with Gutenberg 7.3. 👉 1.2.19 FIX: Fixed blocks toolbar issue. 👉 1.2.18 FIX: Fixed reusable block functionality on Sections. FIX: Various minor UI tweaks. FIX: Minor bugs. 👉 1.2.17 FIX: Fixed compatibility with Gutenberg 7.2. FIX: Minor UI tweaks. 👉 1.2.16 FIX: Fixed grid display issues on Internet Explorer 11. Thanks to @amddtim for providing the fixes. 👉 1.2.15 Improved the visualization of units in spacing controls. Added an option to expand the editor width. 👉 1.2.14 FIX: Fixed compatibility with WordPress 5.3. 👉 1.2.13 FIX: Fixed a z-index issue for the area selection highlight. FIX: Fixed an issue that prevented the correct display of duplicated sections. 👉 1.2.12 FIX: Improved the editing of blocks in two vertical adjacent areas in an advanced grid. FIX: Fixed an area width display issue in the block preview. 👉 1.2.11 Added visual feedback to elements when using dimension controls. FIX: Fixed a regression that prevented the correct use of vertical align in Areas. 👉 1.2.10 FIX: Fixed a bug that prevented Sections to be saved correctly when they have an anchor specified. FIX: Minor UI tweaks. 👉 1.2.9 Added anchor support to Sections: you can now add IDs to Section elements on frontend. Various UI tweaks to highlight the grid structure and rendering. Removed the Section block from the Grids section, and made available in the Layout blocks section. Changed the Section and Area block icons to match the plugin brand. FIX: First block selection after inserting a Section in page. FIX: Minor bugs. 👉 1.2.8 FIX: Style alignment for areas when duplicating sections in the Block Editor. 👉 1.2.7 FIX: Restore block insertion mode for newly created areas when using the Gutenberg plugin. FIX: Compatibility fixes with Gutenberg 5.9.0. 👉 1.2.6 FIX: Behavior of content areas when adding lateral spacing. 👉 1.2.5 Added a new “Stretch” option for backgrounds on sections with “wide” alignment. FIX: Minor bugs. 👉 1.2.4 Submitted Grids to the Blocks directory on WordPress.org. Include JS and SCSS source files. 👉 1.2.3 FIX: Fixed an issue that prevented to properly visualize the Block Inserter when the z-index of an area had been tweaked. FIX: Fixed an issue that could cause multiple areas to be added to a section, without using the Grid Designer component. FIX: Minor bug fixes. 👉 1.2.2 FIX: Fixed an issue that prevented custom accent colors to work as intended on the Twenty Nineteen default theme. 👉 1.2.1 FIX: Minor visual tweaks. FIX: Editing of sections composed with the Grid Designer. 👉 1.2 NEW FEATURE: Added page-wide gutter control. ENHANCEMENT: Grid Designer is now available when editing a section, and areas can be rearranged. FIX: CSS style for grids not displaying in loops. FIX: Sections can now be used as reusable blocks. FIX: Minor bugs. 👉 1.1.1 FIX: Translation support. FIX: Issue with blocks toolbar. 👉 1.1.0 NEW FEATURE: Grid Designer. FIX: Translation support. FIX: Minor bugs. 👉 1.0.0 Initial public release.