Better Block Editor (BBE) vs Designer Blocks for Block Editor by Weaver

Better Block Editor (BBE) adds responsive layout controls, hover effects, on-scroll animations, and ready-to-use site templates to Block Editor. It’s not another page builder. It doesn’t replace core blocks or add bloat — BBE just adds the missing settings where needed. It works with your current block theme and plugins, so your existing content stays intact. Highlights Responsive Settings for Row, Stack, Grid, Columns, Button, Navigation, and text (Heading, Paragraph) blocks — choose a breakpoint, then adjust orientation, spacing, and alignment at that breakpoint. Responsive Visibility for any block — set the default visibility state and change it at a chosen breakpoint. Prevent Shrinking for elements set to Fixed or Fit-content sizes — keeps complex layouts intact on small screens. Animation on Scroll — configurable animation effect, easing, duration, and delay. Hover colors for Button and Navigation. Pre-made Sites and Partial Import — bring over a full site or a single page/section; assets import automatically. One-click customization for imported content — set primary, secondary, and neutral colors; BBE creates a balanced palette in one click. Native Block Editor integration — no lock-in, lightweight, GPL, and free. Free pre-made site templates Business — https://templates.wpbbe.io/business/ Brewery — https://templates.wpbbe.io/brewery/ Life Coach — https://templates.wpbbe.io/life-coach/ Bakery — https://templates.wpbbe.io/bakery/ More templates coming soon. How it works Import a template and make it yours in minutes with the one-click customization tool. Mix pages and sections from different templates with Partial Import. Create a professional website in hours — not weeks! Features Responsive Settings for Row and Stack — change orientation (convert Row ↔ Stack), justification, vertical alignment, and spacing at a chosen breakpoint. This panel is key to controllable responsive behavior in Block Editor sites. Prevent Shrinking — available when a block’s width/height is set to Fit content or Fixed; prevents fixed-size elements from collapsing on small screens. Responsive Visibility for any block — set the default visibility state (visible/hidden) and change it at a chosen breakpoint. Responsive Settings for Grid — replaces the core Stack on mobile with a dedicated panel to choose the stacking breakpoint and adjust spacing at that breakpoint. Improved Stack on mobile for Columns — choose the breakpoint and optionally reverse the column order at that breakpoint. Navigation overlay menu — replaces the fixed Mobile option with Responsive; pick the exact breakpoint when navigation collapses to a menu icon (useful for headers). Hover color for Navigation — add hover color controls for menu and submenu items. Responsive Settings for Button — control the orientation of inner buttons (stack or reverse), plus justification and vertical alignment at a chosen breakpoint. Hover colors for Button — set text, background, and border colors on hover. Responsive Settings for Post Template (Grid view) — stack posts and adjust spacing at a chosen breakpoint. Animation on Scroll for any block — subtle reveal on scroll with configurable effect, easing, duration, and delay. Responsive text alignment — add alignment controls at a chosen breakpoint for Heading, Paragraph, and select text-based blocks. SVG Icon block + sanitized SVG upload — place SVG icons anywhere; control size, color, hover color, and linking. Breakpoints — edit built-in breakpoints and add or remove custom breakpoints. Requirements & Compatibility WordPress 6.8 or later Uses the native Block Editor (Gutenberg) Works with block themes; does not target third-party page builders Privacy This plugin does not collect personal data from site visitors. It uses standard Block Editor controls and optional template imports. Site owners should review their own analytics/embeds for compliance. License Better Block Editor is distributed under the GPLv2 or later. You are free to use it on personal and commercial sites. Resources Official website — https://wpbbe.io/ User Guide — https://docs.wpbbe.io/

The new Block Editor Editor (Gutenberg) provides a completely new way to edit your WordPress Pages and Posts. The standard version provides many blocks, but Designer Blocks for the Block Editor by Weaver adds several new blocks that make it easy to add modern web design patterns to your pages. Designer Blocks for the Block Editor by Weaver currently includes: All-in-One Image/Text Combine an image in one column with up to three text elements in the second column. You can control the size and shape of the image. You can independently control the position, text color, and font-size of the three text elements. You can switch the order of the columns. Not only can you control the background color, you can also specify a cover background image that can be switch to a parallax image. You control the display height of the background image. This Block allows you to easily create amazingly beautiful elements on your page. Image Columns Create a block with up to four columns with an image at the top of the block, with a title and description under. The image can be a square, a circle, or the aspect of the original image. This web design pattern is found on many modern sites, and is commonly used for showing staff, product images/logos with descriptions, or other blocks with text under an image. The Image Columns block makes it trivial to create this design. Features shared by blocks Image shape choice: original aspect ratio, plus square or circle in three sizes Background color for columns Text area text color and font-size. Standard Gutenberg text properties: bold, italic, strikethrough, link Wide and Full width display if theme supports it Responsive – will automatically look good on desktops and mobile devices Demos, Help, and Full support on our own website Designer Blocks for Gutenberg by Weaver Demo Weaver Support Forum Suggestions Welcome This version has been tested and is fully compatible with the final WordPress 5.0 release! As features, APIs, and best practices change in the Block Editor, so will this plugin. The goal of this plugin it to include easy-to-use designer blocks that mix images, text, and background images arragned in different creative patterns. If you have a favorite web design pattern you’d like made easy, just send us an email, and we’ll see if it can be made into a block.