Blocksy Companion vs Zen Addons for SiteOrigin Page Builder

Blocksy Companion is the official plugin that extends the power of the Blocksy WordPress theme. It unlocks extra features, premium integrations, and beautifully designed starter sites that help you build fast, modern, and fully customizable websites with ease. With Blocksy Companion, you get access to a growing library of starter sites, advanced WooCommerce enhancements, and exclusive extensions that take your website to the next level. Whether you’re creating a personal blog, a business website, or a professional online store, this plugin provides the tools you need to design stunning layouts and improve your workflow. Built for performance and flexibility, Blocksy Companion integrates seamlessly with popular WordPress plugins like WooCommerce, Elementor, Brizy, Beaver Builder, WPML and ACF. It gives you powerful customization options, dynamic features, and optimized code — all without slowing down your site. Key features: Starter Sites Library – import professionally designed demo sites with one click and kickstart your project. Extra Extensions – unlock advanced features such as Cookies Consent, Custom Code Snippets, Trending Posts, and more. WooCommerce Enhancements – boost your online store with additional customization options and modern layouts. Page Builder Ready – works perfectly with Elementor, Brizy, Beaver Builder, and other popular WordPress page builders. Advanced Integrations – seamless compatibility with Mailchimp, Rank Math, WPML, and other top WordPress plugins. Performance Focused – lightweight, fast, and optimized for speed to ensure a smooth user experience. Developer Friendly – clean, extendable codebase that makes customization and scaling easy. Minimum Requirements WordPress 5.0 or greater PHP version 7.0 or greater

Zen Addons for SiteOrigin Page Builder is a curated set of 36 widget extensions built on the official SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle framework. SiteOrigin Page Builder is fast and dependable, but its stock widgets can look dated. Zen Addons fills that gap with modern, sleek widgets that look polished out of the box and stay lightweight. It adds the practical, everyday building blocks most sites actually need, from tabs, accordions, and pricing tables to FAQ sections with Schema.org markup, team grids, testimonials, and video lightboxes, so you can build richer pages inside SiteOrigin without reaching for a heavier page builder. Every widget is designed to be clean, accessible, and easy to style. Widgets render with semantic HTML, follow ARIA best practices, and stay out of your way: nothing loads on the front end unless a widget that needs it is actually placed on the page. Built for the SiteOrigin workflow Zen Addons plugs directly into Page Builder by SiteOrigin and the SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle. All Zen Addons widgets are grouped under their own “ZASO Widgets” tab in the widget picker, so they are easy to find and never get lost among the core widgets. You can enable only the widgets you use and leave the rest off. Widgets included Layout and content Spacer: add adjustable vertical spacing between rows and widgets. Alert Box: show a styled info, success, warning, or error message. Widgetized: place an existing widget sidebar inside your page content. Interactive Simple Accordion / Toggle: stack content into collapsible, toggleable panels. Basic Tabs: organize content into a set of clickable, accessible tabs. Media Video: embed a responsive video from YouTube, Vimeo, or other providers. YouTube Video Lightbox: open a YouTube video in a clickable pop-up lightbox. Vimeo Video Lightbox: open a Vimeo video in a clickable pop-up lightbox. Image Gallery: display a responsive image grid with an optional lightbox that opens full-size images in a pop-up overlay. Business and marketing Info Box: feature an image, title, text, and call-to-action button together. Hover Card: show an image card with a title and button that animate on hover. Flip Card: show a card that flips on hover or keyboard focus to reveal back-side content and a call-to-action. Icon: display a single icon from an icon font or your own upload. Image Icon Group: display a row or grid of linked image icons. FAQ: display a collapsible list of questions and answers with optional Schema.org FAQPage markup for rich results in Google Search. Pricing Table: showcase your plans side-by-side with a features list, a highlighted featured tier, and a call-to-action button per plan. Conversion and engagement Call to Action: combine a heading, text, and button in a banner over a color, gradient, or image background. Counter: count up to a number with a stat that animates when it scrolls into view. Countdown: count down to a date and time for launches, sales, and events. Before / After: compare two images with a draggable slider, with mouse, touch, and keyboard support. Social Share Bar: add share buttons for Facebook, X, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Reddit, WhatsApp, Telegram, email, and a copy-link button, with no third-party scripts. People and social proof Team Member: display a grid of team members with photos, roles, bios, and social links. Testimonial Slider: show a rotating set of testimonials with auto-play, swipe, and keyboard support. Logo Showcase: display a responsive grid of client or partner logos with an optional greyscale-to-colour hover effect. Content blocks Services Grid: present services or features in a grid, each with an icon, title, description, and optional link. Progress Bars: show labeled progress or skill bars that fill as they scroll into view. Post Grid: display a responsive grid of posts with featured images, meta, excerpts, and read-more links. Post Carousel: display posts in a swipeable carousel with autoplay, arrows, and dots. Community (bbPress) bbPress Forum Index: show the full bbPress forum index in your layout. bbPress Topic Index: list recent bbPress topics with optional search and pagination. bbPress Login: embed the bbPress member login form. bbPress Registration: embed the bbPress account registration form. bbPress Lost Password: embed the bbPress lost password recovery form. Integrations Contact Form 7: drop any Contact Form 7 form into a SiteOrigin layout. Where to find your widgets Zen Addons widgets are SiteOrigin widgets, so they appear in two places: Inside Page Builder, click Add Widget and open the ZASO Widgets tab. Under Plugins > SiteOrigin Widgets, where you can turn individual widgets on or off. You can also manage every Zen Addons widget from one place under the Zen Addons menu in your WordPress admin sidebar. The widgets are not listed under Appearance > Widgets, because they are built specifically for the SiteOrigin builder. Standards Semantic, neatly structured HTML. Accessible markup following ARIA best practices. SEO-friendly output. Front-end assets load only on pages where a Zen Addons widget is used. Requirements WordPress 5.5 or later and PHP 7.4 or later. Page Builder by SiteOrigin and the SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle (free on WordPress.org). The Widgets Bundle is required because Zen Addons extends its widget framework. Contact Form 7 is only needed if you use the Contact Form 7 widget. bbPress is only needed if you use the bbPress widgets. Language support English (en_US) English (Australia) (en_AU) Zen Addons Pro (coming soon) A Pro tier is in active development and will add premium widgets not found in the free plugin, including a WooCommerce product showcase and portfolio grid, plus more advanced layout options. To get notified when Pro launches, visit https://www.dopethemes.com/downloads/zen-addons-siteorigin/ . External services This plugin connects to the DopeThemes website to show a short list of recent DopeThemes posts inside the WordPress dashboard news area, so you can see helpful tutorials and product news. The request is made only on the main WordPress Dashboard screen. When that screen loads, the plugin fetches the latest posts from https://www.dopethemes.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts and displays the three most recent titles and links. The response is cached for 12 hours, no personal data is sent with the request, and you can permanently dismiss the news from the dashboard. This service is provided by DopeThemes. Terms of service: https://www.dopethemes.com/terms/ . Privacy policy: https://www.dopethemes.com/privacy-policy/ . Privacy Policy Zen Addons does not collect, store, or transmit any personal data from your site or your visitors. The only external request it makes is the optional, dismissible DopeThemes news fetch described in the External services section above, which sends no personal data and is cached for 12 hours. Support For support, documentation, and feature requests, please visit https://www.dopethemes.com/. Please read the Frequently Asked Questions before opening a support request, and include your WordPress, SiteOrigin, and PHP versions along with a description of the issue. Translations English (en_US) English – Australia (en_AU)