Gutenberg Essential Blocks – Page Builder for Gutenberg Blocks & Patterns vs Spectra Legacy – Gutenberg Blocks

Bring your creative visions to life with Essential Blocks for Gutenberg, the ultimate Gutenberg blocks library for the WordPress default editor! Enhance your web-building experience with the essential Gutenberg extensions’ 70+ unique blocks and the brand‑new AI feature for image generating & content writing. Add power to the block editor using our easy-to-use blocks, which are designed to make your next WordPress page or post design easier and prettier than ever before. Plus, AI helps you generate rich, high‑quality content instantly with just a few keywords. DESIGN OUTSTANDING WEB PAGES WITH ADVANCED & ESSENTIAL GUTENBERG BLOCKS LIBRARY! See It In Action: Check out all the interactive block demos in one place. 🤖 WRITE WITH AI – POST/PAGE CONTENT INSTANTLY Generate engaging content for pages and posts in seconds with the Write With AI feature of Essential Blocks. Simply enter a few keywords and submit your prompt. Our built‑in AI engine will create rich, high-quality content instantly. ✨ READY AI CONTENT FOR RICH TEXT INPUT Get AI-generated content in one click for all your rich text input blocks. With this global AI feature, you can automatically create, modify, or personalize your text content fields for any Gutenberg block. 🦾 GENERATE IMAGE WITH AI IN WORDPRESS Directly from your Gutenberg editor, generate AI images with your given prompt within a few seconds. To get the best output, customize options like AI model, image type, sizes, etc. Create AI images for Gutenberg blocks in one click. 🧱 BLOCK PLUGIN WITH FULL CUSTOMIZATION Each Gutenberg block comes with a bunch of options to control every possible aspect of your website design on the block editor. You can design your page with endless customization options using this amazing Gutenberg blocks plugin. 🌐 GUTENBERG BLOCKS GLOBAL CONTROL, COLORS & TYPOGRAPHY Now, any block can be saved with customized styling. You can also personalize the colors and typography throughout your entire website. This boosts efficiency, so you do not have to recreate the same styling repeatedly on all pages or posts. ⚡ LIGHT WEIGHT & INSTANT LOADING No extra resources or messy code to slow down your website. Optimized for super-fast loading and instant live editing. 🈸 WPML CERTIFIED GUTENBERG PLUGIN Translate Gutenberg blocks with WPML in your chosen language & offer a multilingual experience to your visitors. ⚙️ GUTENBERG BLOCKS MODULAR CONTROL Enable and disable individual blocks to make your page load faster and smoother. You can deactivate unnecessary blocks to keep the site lightweight. 🚀 ASSET REGENERATION FOR FASTER GUTENBERG PAGES Keep your website’s loading speed fast and secure against heavy scripts and CSS files with the Asset Regeneration feature. 🖊️ COMPATIBILITY WITH GOOGLE FONTS Choose any Google Font you prefer from a collection of 1,000+ font families available using Essential Blocks. Now, you can give your websites a customized look with stunning typography. 👁️ CONTROL BLOCKS VISIBILITY WITH CONDITIONS, LOGICS (PRO) Apply display conditions to the blocks you’ve selected based on a variety of factors, including date and time, query strings, user roles, and browsers. Easily create visibility restrictions for content using the Gutenberg editor. 🛡 UNFILTERED MEDIA FILE UPLOADS Easily upload SVG and JSON files directly to your WordPress Media Library without hitting file type restrictions. This unlocks advanced customization possibilities, empowering you to seamlessly integrate custom animations, illustrations, and data-driven visuals into your Gutenberg experience. 💻 RESPONSIVE ON ALL DEVICES Directly from your Gutenberg block editor, you can control each block’s responsiveness individually. With flexible, responsive customization options, make your website user-friendly for all devices. 💧 LIQUID GLASS EFFECT ON WORDPRESS Add smooth, glossy liquid glassmorphism effects to your WordPress site; no coding is needed. Instantly bring modern and futuristic UI to Gutenberg designs. 💫 INTERACTIVE ANIMATION WITH GSAP FOR PAGE BUILDER (PRO) With our latest exclusive feature, animation, you can design every block with a stunning animated appearance. Add smooth transitions, scroll effects and vibrant animations. Grab users’ attention instantly with eye-catching animations, transitions, and many more. ⚡ DYNAMIC TAGS & ACF SUPPORT (PRO) Enhance the flexibility and customization options of your Gutenberg-built website and easily add custom fields to posts, pages, or custom post types with dynamic placeholders or variables generated from various parameters or data sources. 🔄 TRANSFORM BLOCKS WITH INTERACTIVE EFFECTS Instantly add engaging transform effects to your Gutenberg blocks and create interactive experiences without any coding. Apply hover animations, dynamic transitions, and smooth visual transformations to make your website feel modern, responsive, and visually captivating. 🔒 PASSWORD PROTECT CONTENT & BLOCKS (PRO) Secure any Gutenberg block, section, or content with password protection and control who gets access. Easily restrict premium resources, exclusive content, private pages, or client-only sections directly from the block editor without writing a single line of code. 🎨 IMAGE MASKING & MORPHING (FREEMIUM) Transform ordinary images into captivating visual experiences with advanced masking and morphing effects. Easily apply creative shapes, seamless transitions, and dynamic image transformations to highlight products, showcase portfolios, or create engaging website sections—all directly within the Gutenberg editor without writing a single line of code. 🧭 ONE PAGE NAVIGATION (PRO) Guide visitors through long pages with smooth, customizable one page navigation. Create sticky section menus that let users jump between content effortlessly, improve the browsing experience and keep readers engaged, all within the Gutenberg editor without writing a line of code. 📋 COPY/PASTE STYLE (FREE) Build faster while keeping every page visually consistent. Copy the complete style of any Essential Blocks block and paste it onto another with a single click. Reuse your favorite designs, save time and eliminate repetitive customization, built directly into the Gutenberg editor with no coding required. 🖼️ READY GUTENBERG PATTERNS BUILT WITH BLOCKS Get stunningly designed, ready-to-use Gutenberg block patterns for your WordPress website. Instantly add a block layout to Gutenberg or your site editor to make your website-building experience faster and more effective. 🎯 STUNNING GUTENBERG TEMPLATES FOR WORDPRESS Explore and access Templately’s 3,000+ ready, AI-powered Gutenberg templates created with Essential Blocks. You can easily insert the entire site with a single click, customize the fully responsive templates to your liking, upload the designs to the Templately cloud solution for future use, and easily collaborate with your team. You will find a wide variety of stunning Gutenberg website or web page templates in any niche: – Blog & Magazine – Celebration – Creative – eCommerce – Education – Entertainment – Fashion & Lifestyle – Food & Restaurant – Health & Medical – Multipurpose – NFT & Crypto Currency – Non-profit – Portfolio & Consultancy – Technology – Travel… and many more. 👨‍💻 EXPERT SUPPORT We have a very friendly support team ready to help you out. Ask your questions in the support forum; we will get back to you immediately. 70+ FREE GUTENBERG BLOCKS AND COUNTING Design without limits in WordPress block editor, using 70+ of the most useful Essential Blocks for Gutenberg. Accordion – Collapsible content panels to reduce scrolling Button – Modern buttons with hover effects Call To Action – Eye-catching call-to-action sections Countdown – Countdown timer to boost click-through rates Flipbox – Animated flip boxes to highlight content Infobox – Info boxes from predefined styles Notice – Notice/alert boxes for important information Pricing Table – Pricing tables that convert Social Icons – Share content across social media platforms Team Member – Feature your team members Testimonial – Showcase reviews to build credibility Progress Bar – Display task or skill progress Interactive Promo – Eye-catching promo headings Image Comparison – Interactive before/after image comparisons Wrapper – Group and style any block together Instagram Feed – Display Instagram posts beautifully Filterable Gallery – Image gallery with grid & lightbox Advanced Heading – Headings with extra customization options Dual Button – Two buttons with a text/icon separator Parallax Slider – Fancy slider for teams or galleries Typing Text – Eye-catching typing text effect Toggle Content – Switch content with a toggle switcher Number Counter – Highlight key statistics Row – Row layouts with responsive styling controls Post grid – Interactive grid layout for blog posts Table of Contents – TOC for posts/pages to improve UX Feature List – Display information as a feature list Slider – Image slider with motion effects Advanced Tab – Nested tabs for key information Fluent Forms – Style Fluent Forms containers & fields Advanced Image – Customize images to your exact needs WPForms – Style WPForms with extra controls Woo Product Grid – WooCommerce products in stunning layouts Post Carousel – Animated, dynamic post carousel Advanced Video – Extra styling for video embeds Advanced Navigation – Organized, easy site navigation Popup – Popups that showcase content & trigger actions NFT Gallery – Display NFT items & collections Social Share – One-click social sharing for posts & pages Openverse – Search royalty-free, CC-licensed images Google Maps – Present a fully responsive map on your website with your preferred configurations, styles, etc. Shape Divider – Make your website designs stand out by showcasing different sections with stunning shape dividers Form – Create responsive forms of any type – contact forms, RSVP forms, multi-step forms or subscription forms – in Gutenberg and manage them easily from your WordPress dashboard. Timeline Slider (PRO) – Showcase your posts & pages in an attractive timeline slider and design with stunning presets & styling options Advanced Search (PRO) – Let visitors find any content on your website easily with a customizable, dynamic search bar Data Table (PRO) – Insert an advanced data table on your website without any code and display information in an eye-catching way Woo Product Carousel (PRO) – Display your WooCommerce products with dynamic Product Carousels and designs using limitless styling options News Ticker (PRO) – Show the latest news or highlights on your website with a dynamic ticker in an engaging way that instantly drives attention Fancy Chart (PRO) – Design visually stunning & interactive charts to bring life to dull datasets Multicolumn Pricing Table (PRO) – Use a variety of layouts to impact your customers to choose the pricing best plan by showcasing comparison table by mentioning features, displaying icons, and so on Stacked Cards (PRO) – Display your content in a unique style with the EB Stacked Cards block. With this block, you can easily make your stacked cards sticky in place and provide users an interactive experience when they scroll through your website Testimonial Slider (PRO) – Display engaging and credible customer testimonials, reviews and ratings in a sleek slider format to build trust and encourage conversions Offcanvas (PRO) – Showcase a sidebar menu on your Gutenberg site using the Offcanvas block and grab visitors’ attention with various stunning transitions & effects Breadcrumbs – Make smooth navigation for your posts or pages by adding a Breadcrumbs block. Taxonomy – Display and organize content by categories, tags, product SKUs, etc. to make it easy for users to navigate. Woo Product Details – Display WooCommerce product details with an organized layout that helps grab customers’ attention. Woo Product Price – Display the price of the WooCommerce product and style it using custom colors and typography. Woo Product Rating – Display WooCommerce product ratings to build credibility among visitors and customers. Woo Product Images – Showcase eye-catching WooCommerce product images that draw in customers and are easy to customize. Woo Add to Cart – Display the ‘add to cart’ option for all your WooCommerce products to ensure easy navigation for customers. Post Meta – Attractively showcase your current post metadata like author, date, excerpt & more. Text – Add and customize text content on your website that catches the attention of the visitors. Lottie Animation – Add LottiFiles Animations to your Gutenberg site seamlessly and customize how you want it to appear. Mega Menu (PRO) – Create fully customized & mobile-friendly menu with grid, nested, dropdown, etc. dynamic layouts; add icons, badges, multimedia, etc. Query Loop Builder (PRO) – Easily create advanced, filterable post layouts in Gutenberg with the Query Loop Builder block. Display dynamic content stunningly and hook visitors, no coding required. Business Hours (PRO) – Showcase available opening times in a stylish and interactive table view. Highlight closing days, special days, multi-shift, etc. Flex Container – Create outstanding, complex design layouts in Gutenberg editor and easily handle responsive layouts without coding. Animated Wrapper (PRO) – Design interactive layouts & containers in Gutenberg with dynamic animation effects. Image Hotspots – This block enables you to pin items, products, etc into images with detailed pricing, URL, and description and make them interactive. Timeline – Create an interactive timeline in WordPress to showcase your story or company’s history, achievements, events, and roadmaps. One Page Navigation (PRO) – Create smooth scrolling navigation menus for single page Gutenberg websites. More Gutenberg blocks and demos coming soon for the block visual editor (weekly update) 📄 SUPPORT & DOCUMENTATION If you have any more questions, visit our support on the Plugin’s Forum. Find out how to use each Gutenberg block with our detailed documentation. For information about our features, FAQs and more, check out our website at Essential Blocks for Gutenberg. 🏆 GET ACCESS TO EASY & ESSENTIAL GUTENBERG TUTORIALS Learn from our video tutorials available on our Youtube Channel. LIKED ESSENTIAL BLOCKS? Join our Facebook Group. Or rate us on WordPress. 😊 CONTRIBUTE The full source code is available on GitHub Repository. Feel free to contribute or report an issue. 🔥 WHAT’S NEXT? If you like Essential Blocks, then consider checking out our other WordPress Plugins: 🎨 Templately – Ultimate AI-powered templates cloud for WordPress with thousands of ready Gutenberg website layout designs and unique cloud collaboration features. 🔔 NotificationX– Best social proof and FOMO marketing solution to boost conversions & design stunning WordPress notification bars. 🗒️ BetterDocs – Best AI-powered documentation & knowledge base plugin for WordPress to help you reduce support tickets. ⏰ SchedulePress – Complete solution for managing WordPress content scheduling through an editorial calendar & social share 📌 EmbedPress – Easiest embedding solution for WordPress for embedding 250+ multimedia content sources. 🔗 BetterLinks – Advanced WordPress link management plugin for link shortening, tracking & analyzing with Instant Redirect for Gutenberg.

This plugin was previously called Spectra. It’s now Spectra Legacy. Nothing on your website has changed. Your blocks, pages, settings, and content all continue to work exactly as they did before. There’s nothing to migrate and nothing to configure. Spectra Legacy vs. Spectra Blocks We’ve split Spectra into two products. Spectra Legacy is this plugin — built for existing Spectra users. It receives security and compatibility updates and full support, but no new features. Spectra Blocks is a new, separate plugin where all new feature development happens, aimed at new installs and anyone who wants ongoing additions. If you’re already using this plugin, no action is needed; installing Spectra Blocks is entirely optional whenever you’re ready. If you’re already using this plugin, you don’t need to do anything. If you want new features as they’re released, you can install Spectra Blocks separately, whenever you’re ready. There’s no deadline and no required migration. What’s included Spectra Legacy includes the full block library your site is already built on: layout tools, content and post blocks, form and SEO blocks, social blocks, and site tools like Popup Builder and Coming Soon mode. Blocks included Core — Container, Heading, Image, Icon, Buttons, Info Box, Call To Action, Countdown Content — Sliders, Content Timeline, Google Maps, Inline Notices, Tabs, Taxonomy List, Price List (Loop Builder in Spectra Pro Legacy) Post — Counter, Modal Popup, Post Carousel, Post Grid, Post Timeline Social — Instagram Feed, Blockquote, Social Share, Team, Testimonials Forms — Contact form, newsletter signup, suggestion form, reCAPTCHA (registration/login forms in Spectra Pro Legacy) SEO — FAQ, How-To, Review, Table of Contents Dynamic content — Archive feed filtering by date, author, category, and post type Site tools — Popup Builder, Coming Soon mode, block animations, local Google Fonts, global styling defaults About the AI block The AI block previously included in this plugin is now called ZipAI. It still works in Spectra Legacy for compatibility. New AI features are being built in Spectra Blocks going forward. Compatibility Works with most standard WordPress themes, including Spectra One, Astra, Blocksy, and GeneratePress. Compatible with common plugins including WooCommerce, SureCart, Gravity Forms, LearnDash, MemberPress, and Yoast SEO. See our documentation for the full compatibility list. Support & community Spectra Legacy is actively maintained — security patches, compatibility updates, and support all continue. This plugin is not deprecated. Support forum: use the Support tab on this page Documentation: wpspectra.com/docs Facebook Group: Web Creators by Astra Facebook: Spectra X (Twitter): @wpspectra Contribute Spectra is open source. Browse the code or contribute on GitHub: brainstormforce/wp-spectra Credits Our external packages use Rating Star Component that are distributed under the terms of the ISC. While Slick, Lottie and Striptags is distributed under the terms of the MIT. Additionally, we incorporate FontAwesome v6 under the CC BY 4.0 License, and dnd kit licensed under the MIT License.