Organic Profile Block vs WP Go Maps Block

The Organic Profile Block is designed to work with the WordPress 5 block editor and Gutenberg plugin. This custom block is designed to display personal profiles. It includes options to add a profile image, name, title, biography, and social media links. The social media options include icon links to personal profiles for Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and email. The profile block is an excellent solution for creating author profiles on posts, staff or employee pages, and testimonials. Additionally, this plugin is a great reference for budding WordPress block developers. Since WordPress blocks are developed in Javascript, creating a block can be intimidating for WordPress developers more familiar with PHP, HTML, and CSS. That’s why we developed the Profile Block using the Javascript ES5 language, which does not require the use of a compiler to edit the code. For more information, please refer to our How To Create A Custom Block article. A premium version of the block is included in the Organic Blocks Bundle plugin. The bundle includes 12 premium blocks for the Gutenberg editor. The premium Profile Block can display unlimited social media links, and features several more options for modifying the profile image size, colors, and style. Premium Blocks The following blocks are only available by upgrading to the Premium Version: Content Slideshow Block View Example – Display any posts type within a customizable slideshow. Posts Block View Example – Display a collection of posts from any post type in a customizable layout — perfect for blogs and featured news sections. Portfolio Block View Example – Showcase any post type in a masonry style portfolio layout. Premium Profile Block View Example – Showcase personal profiles with social media links — perfect for displaying team members and author profiles. Testimonials Block View Example – Display customer and client testimonials in a customizable slideshow. Pages Block View Example – Display a customizable section of featured pages. Header Block View Example – Create headers for your website displaying your logo, site title, and custom menus in a customizable layout. Footer Block View Example – Create a custom footer for your website displaying copyright information, legal links, social media icons, and more. Widget Area Block View Example – A unique block for registering widget areas on any page or post of your website. Toggle Block View Example – A custom block for toggling the display of content — perfect for documentation and FAQ pages. Modal Block View Example – Create content within a customizable popup box that can be viewed by clicking on a link. Alert Block View Example – Notify your website visitors of important information using the Alert Block. Contribute: This plugin is open source software, and you may actively contribute on Github. Installation & Setup Note: This plugin requires the WordPress 5 block editor or the Gutenberg plugin active. Upload ‘organic-profile-block’ to the ‘/wp-content/plugins/’ directory. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress. Within a post or page, select the ‘+’ symbol to add a new block. From the ‘Blocks’ tab, select the ‘Profile’ block. Add your profile image and content to the block. Within the ‘Block’ section on the right, add your social media links.

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.