Ollie Menu Designer vs WP Go Maps Block

Create stunning, content-rich dropdown, mobile, and mega menus using the WordPress block editor and full site editing. Ollie Menu Designer lets you build beautiful dropdown menus and mobile navigation with images, buttons, call-to-actions, and any other blocks – giving you the same creative freedom you have when designing your pages. Menu Designer puts you in complete control of how your menus look and function. Best of all, if you’re using the free Ollie theme, you’ll get access to a collection of beautifully pre-designed menu templates to help you get started quickly. Design Freedom Create dropdown menus and mobile menus that match your vision using any WordPress block you can imagine. Whether you need multi-column layouts, featured images and galleries, rich text with custom typography, or buttons and call-to-action elements, Menu Designer gives you complete creative control. You can even include recent posts, product grids, search bars, forms, custom HTML, and literally any other block to build exactly the navigation experience your site needs. Multi-column layouts with images, text, and buttons Rich content like galleries, forms, and product grids Complete creative control with any WordPress block Mobile-First Options Your menus look great on every device with Ollie Menu Designer’s mobile-optimized approach. Design custom mobile menu experiences that replace default navigation with beautiful, touch-friendly interfaces. You have complete control over responsive behavior, including the ability to disable dropdowns on mobile with fallback URLs, set custom breakpoints, and ensure optimized performance across all devices. Fast, beautiful mobile menu designs with touch-friendly interactions Choose from several pre-designed menu patterns Optimized performance across all devices Build faster with Ollie Get started instantly with the free Ollie block theme, which comes packed with beautiful pre-designed menu templates and patterns built specifically for Ollie Menu Designer. Instead of starting from scratch, you’ll have access to professionally-crafted mobile menus, dropdown designs, and mega menu layouts that seamlessly integrate with Ollie’s design system. Simply install the theme, browse the menu pattern library, and customize the designs to match your brand – no design experience required. Pre-designed menu templates and patterns included Seamless integration with Ollie’s design system Professional designs ready to customize for your brand Adding Mobile Menus with Ollie Menu Designer We’ve created a full video tutorial on creating mobile menus. Navigate to Appearance → Editor → Patterns and edit your Header template part Click the Navigation block In the Navigation block Settings tab, find the Mobile Menu panel Click “Create a new one” or select from existing mobile menu templates Choose from pre-designed Ollie patterns or build custom with blocks Save your menu and select it in the Mobile Menu panel Customize background colors and menu icon in the mobile menu settings Adding Dropdowns and Mega Menus with Ollie Menu Designer We’ve created a full video tutorial on creating drop down and mega menus. Navigate to Appearance → Editor → Patterns and edit your Header template part Click Add Block and search for “Dropdown Menu” Name your dropdown and position it in your navigation In the Dropdown Menu block Settings tab, find the dropdown menu panel Click “Create a new one” or select from existing dropdown menu templates Choose from pre-designed Ollie patterns or build custom with blocks Save your menu and select it in the dropdown menu panel Configure additional customization settings Adding Starter Patterns You can create custom starter patterns for menu templates to give users quick starting points for their menus. This is especially useful for theme developers who want to provide pre-designed menu layouts. How to Add Starter Patterns Create a /patterns folder in your theme or plugin directory Add your pattern files (PHP format) to this folder In each pattern file, ensure you include the following in your pattern header: Block Types: core/template-part/menu This ensures your pattern appears as an option when creating new menu template parts. Requirements WordPress 6.5 or higher A WordPress block theme like Ollie that supports the WordPress navigation block

The easiest to use Google Maps and Open Layers Map Plugin is now available as a standalone map block! Create a custom map block with high-quality markers and add them to your WordPress posts and pages effortlessly. Perfect for contact pages, business locations, event venues, and more! Map blocks are lightweight and deliver optimal performance, ensuring a seamless experience for your WordPress site. They’re easy to customize, allowing you to quickly add and configure maps to suit your needs without compromising site speed or performance. If you need more features like multiple markers, shapes, and a store locator, our full (free) WP Go Maps plugin might be perfect for you. Block Features Add unlimited map blocks to your posts/pages Choose between Google Maps or OpenLayers for each block Edit your marker directly from the block editor Set marker location by free location search, or by right-clicking on the map preview Preview your map in real time, within the block editor Easy to use and customize without any coding experience Control width, height and alignment of your maps From the team that brought you the most popular Google Maps plugin on WordPress Lightweight for optimal performance No database queries or tables Basic info-window for your marker Control zoom level of your map Support for localization Latest Google Maps API Latest OpenLayers API Already using WP Go Maps? You can still use this block for single locations, as it is fully integrated with both our basic and Pro versions! References We make use of a various libraries and 3rd party service providers in order to render maps in your preferred mapping engine. This section will describe each of these in more detail and when they are used. OpenLayers: Served from a local library file (lib/ol.js & lib/ol.css), provided by OpenLayers. We use this library when you set your block to use OpenLayers (default). You can find the source files on the OpenLayers GitHub. OpenStreetMap: When you select the OpenLayers engine, a default map tile server is used, which is provided by OpenStreetMap. This is a 3rd party service provider that we rely on to render your map. They may also make use of MapBox for some of their assets. Google Maps API: If you decide to use Google Maps as your map engine, we will include the Google Maps API as a 3rd party service provider that we rely on to render your maps. In this case, admin map previews are still rendered by OpenLayers and OpenStreetMap. Nominatim (OpenStreetMap): If you perform an address search within the admin area, we will make use of the OpenStreetMap Nominatim to lookup locations and suggest addresses to you. This is a 3rd party service provider that we rely on for address searches.