Bring your creative visions to life with Essential Blocks for Gutenberg, the ultimate blocks library for WordPress!
Enhance your Gutenberg experience with 50+ unique blocks (more coming soon). 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.
DESIGN OUTSTANDING WEB PAGES WITH ADVANCED GUTENBERG BLOCKS LIBRARY!
Each block comes with a bunch of options to control every possible aspect of your website design. You can design your page with endless customization options using this amazing Gutenberg blocks plugin.
???? BLOCKS GLOBAL CONTROL
Now, any block can be saved with customized styling so that it can be reused in other posts or pages. This boosts efficiency, so you do not have to recreate the same block styling repeatedly on all pages or posts.
⚡ LIGHT WEIGHT & INSTANT LOADING
No extra resources or messy codes to slow down your website. Optimized for super fast loading and instant live editing.
⚙️ BLOCKS MODULAR CONTROL
EEnable and disable individual blocks to make your page load faster and smoother. You can deactivate unnecessary blocks to keep the site lightweight.
???? ASSET REGENERATION
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 typographies.
???? 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.
???? ADVANCED ANIMATION FEATURE
With our latest exclusive feature, animation, you can design every block with a stunning animated appearance. 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 Guteneberg-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.
????️ READY GUTENBERG BLOCK PATTERNS
Get stunningly designed, ready-to-use 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
Explore and get access to 2,000+ ready Gutenberg templates from Templately that were created using the default block editor and Essential Blocks. You can easily customize the fully responsive templates just the way you want, upload the designs to the Templately cloud solution to use again later, and collaborate with your team with ease.
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 & CryptoCurrency
– 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.
50+ FREE & ADVANCED BLOCKS AND COUNTING
Design without limits in WordPress block editor, using 50+ of the most useful Essential Blocks for Gutenberg.
Accordion – Add beautiful accordions in your pages, posts, anywhere & reduce scrolling
Button – Quickly add modern buttons with hover effect in your post or page
Call To Action – Design call-to-action buttons quicker than a blink
Countdown – Include a countdown timer to boost your click-through rates
Flipbox – Use animated Flip Boxes to highlight any content inside your page in a great way
Infobox – Design a beautiful info box from predefined styles
Notice – Inform your users with specific Notice information and let them stay well aware of what’s important
Pricing Table – Create Pricing Tables within minutes that convert
Social Icons – Let them share your content with different social media platforms
Team Member – Feature your team members with a few clicks
Testimonial – Showcase what others said about your brand & Increase Your Credibility
Progress Bar – Display how far the specific task or still is in the process
Image Comparison – Let your viewers compare two images interactively
Wrapper – Place any block within the wrapper and style the wrapper
Instagram Feed – Display your Instagram posts beautifully
Image Gallery – Show your image gallery with a beautiful grid and lightbox
Advanced Heading – Advanced Heading block with lots of customization options
Dual Button – Show dual button with nice text or icon separator
Parallax Slider – Create a fancy slider to showcase your team or any image gallery
Typing Text – Design your page using Typing text with an eye-catching typing effect
Toggle Content – Switch content or blocks with a beautiful switcher
Number Counter – Put the spotlight on important statistics to attract visitors
Row – Create complex Row layouts with plenty of styling controls & responsive options
Post grid – Create a stunning and interactive visualization for your blogs in a grid layout with Post Grid block
Table of Contents – Insert Table of Contents (TOC) on your posts/pages and enhance user experience on your WordPress website
Feature List – Display information interactively with the feature list
Slider – Display all your beautiful images in the slider with motion effects and dazzle your audiences
Advanced Tab – Display nested tabs to display key information on an instance in an interactive manner
Fluent Forms – Design your Forms container and fields and choose your preferred form layout to style Fluent Forms
Advanced Image – Customize images in Gutenberg to fit your exact needs
WPForms – Design stunning WPForms in minutes with plenty of controls & styling options
Woo Product Grid – Display WooCommerce products with stunning layouts, buttons, tags, ratings, and more
Post Carousel – Showcase your posts creatively with an animated, dynamic carousel
Advanced Video – Add extra styling and unique customization to your videos and amaze site visitors
Advanced Navigation – Display pages & posts with easy navigation on your website with a stunning & organized appearance
Popup – Showcase your videos, images, or other content with popup & trigger actions
NFT Gallery – Display your NFT items & collections in a stunning gallery view without any coding
Social Share – Share your posts & pages instantly on popular social platforms in one click from your website
Openverse – Easily search & use royalty free images, stock photos, etc CC-licensed images from Openverse for your website
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, or subscription forms – in Gutenberg and manage easily them 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
More blocks and demos coming soon (weekly update)
???? SUPPORT & DOCUMENTATION
If you have any more questions, visit our support on the Plugin’s Forum.
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:
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???? NotificationX– Best social proof & FOMO marketing solution to boost conversions & designing stunning WordPress notification bars.
????️ BetterDocs – Best 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 WordPress solution for embedding videos, images, posts, audio, maps and PDF, DOC, PPT & all other types of content into your website using Gutenberg.
???? BetterLinks – Advanced WordPress link management plugin for link shortening, tracking & analyzing with Instant Redirect for Gutenberg.
How to insert blocks of Essential Blocks in your page or post?
Install and activate Essential Blocks for Gutenberg on your website. Create a new page and click the ‘+’ sign, and you will find all the creative Gutenberg blocks there. Now click on the block you want to insert in your page and create amazing pages.
How to save a block as a reusable block?
You can save any block from Essential Blocks for Gutenberg as a reusable block easily. Click on any block you want to save as reusable, then click on the ‘Add to reusable blocks,’ and instantly, that block will be converted into a reusable block.
What themes do Essential Blocks For Gutenberg support?
Essential Blocks for Gutenberg has no theme dependency. This Gutenberg blocks plugin is compatible with any updated WordPress theme.
Will Essential Blocks slow down my website speed?
No, Essential Blocks will not slow down your website. This Gutenberg blocks plugin brings you the outstanding facility of complete modular control over the activation of each individual block. We have also used optimized codes for this plugin which helps to load only the resources that are currently used.
I do not know how to code. Can I still use Essential Blocks?
Yes, you can still use Essential Blocks. These Gutenberg blocks are created in such a way that you can use them and customize them without code.
What other page builders can I use with this plugin?
You can only use Essential Blocks with the Gutenberg editor. It does not support any other website builder or editor.
Is Essential Blocks Responsive for Smaller Devices?
Also, the Gutenberg blocks available with Essential Blocks plugin are 100% responsive and have cross-browser compatibility. So it is responsive on smaller devices as well.
What is the best way to check for plugin conflicts on my website?
Uninstall all plugins on your website except Essential Blocks for Gutenberg. Then check if any conflict is still occurring or not. If you encounter conflicts, then contact our support team.
How to apply custom CSS to my blocks?
If you want to apply custom CSS with Essential Blocks for Gutenberg, then click on the specific block you want to add CSS code to. Then navigate to the ‘Advanced’ tab and add your custom CSS code. You have to create a class first and then add your custom CSS.
How can I get ready templates for Essential Blocks?
If you want to skip customizing each essential block on your own, you can use ready templates to create stunning blocks. You will receive access to elegant and sleek, ready templates for Essential Blocks and Gutenberg with the Templately plugin.
Can I get ready Gutenberg patterns from Essential Blocks?
Yes, Essential Blocks provides you with a ready, professionally designed Gutenberg pattern.
Does Essential Blocks has any plugin dependency?
You only need the Gutenberg block editor to use Essential Blocks plugin on your WordPress website. Then you can use Essential Blocks and create stunning pages.
Does Essential Blocks provide any WooCommerce blocks for Gutenberg?
Yes, you can effortlessly display your WooCommerce products on your store website using Woo Product Grid Block from Essential Blocks. More blocks are coming soon.
What should I do to use an earlier version of Essential Blocks?
If you found the recent version of Essential Blocks isn’t working or conflicting with other plugins, then you can use earlier versions of the plugin.
= 4.5.6 – 27/03/2024
– Fixed: Post Grid & Post Carousel block is not working in editor
– Fixed: Testimonial block is not working in editor
– Few minor bug fixes & improvements
= 4.5.5 – 25/03/2024
– Added: Browse Template option for multiple blocks
– Added: Sticky Post enable/disable option in Post Query
– Added: Options to add image/icon/text in Accordion block title Prefix & Suffix
– Fixed: Infobox block color issue
– Fixed: Slider block attempt recovery issue
= 4.5.4 – 18/03/2024
– Improved: Security enhancement
– Few minor bug fixes & improvements
= 4.5.3 – 14/03/2024
– Fixed: Advanced Navigation styling issue fix
– Fixed: Advanced Navigation custom navigation not working in mobile
– Fixed: Fluent Form & WPForms not working in multisite
– Fixed: Wrapper conflict with custom height
– Fixed: Advanced video not pausing on popup close
= 4.5.2 – 27/02/2024
– Fixed: Form block not loading when used inside patterns
– Fixed: Pricing Table block feature icon color not updating properly
– Fixed: Images not loading properly on *Image slider** block
– Fixed: Font loading issue
– Improved: Security enhancement
– Improved: Gradient color opacity default value in all blocks
– Improved: Reduce dynamic query
– Improved: Updated new fonts in Google font library
– Few minor bug fixes & improvements
= 4.5.1 – 15/02/2024
– Fixed: ORG issues after release 4.5.0
– Fixed: Featured List icon not loading in frontend
= 4.5.0 – 14/02/2024
– Added: New feature Responsive Breakpoint
– Added: Load more feature in Image Gallery block
– Added: Block Default option for Form block
– Fixed: Advanced Tabs block hash url issue
– Fixed: Image Gallery block loading issue in Firefox browser
– Fixed: Team Member block preset broken
= 4.4.12 – 31/01/2024
– Added: New preset for Table of Contents Block
– Added: Slider Block H tags change option
– Fixed: Attempt block recovery issue in Team Member and Testimonial blocks
– Fixed: Buttons hover color not working when sweep animation effect use
= 4.4.11 – 24/01/2024
– Fixed: Table of Contents block issue with PHP@7.2
– Fixed: Table of Contents block special character support issue
– Fixed: Accordion block expanded color issue
= 4.4.10 – 24/01/2024
– Fixed: Advanced Navigation block color conflict with Twenty Twenty Four theme
– Fixed: Row/Columns block column broken issue with Twenty Twenty Four theme
– Improved: Reduce dynamic query load and implement cache queries
– Improved: Security Enhancement and bug fix
= 4.4.9 – 17/01/2024
– Improved: Reduce too many request on update page/post
– Improved: Table of Contents block multiple request reduce on editor load
– Fixed: Infobox block icon color issue
– Fixed: Advanced Navigation default margin bottom removed
= 4.4.8 – 14/01/2024
– Added: New Icon Picker with FontAwesome v6 and Dashicon support
– Fixed: Team Member block preset 5 issue
– Fixed: Openverse block image loading issue
= 4.4.7 – 08/01/2024
– Improved: Security Enhancement
– Fixed: Table of Content block warnings with PHP 8.2 or higher
= 4.4.2 – 14/12/2023
– Fixed: Infobox background issue fix
– Few minor bug fixes & improvements
= 4.4.1 – 13/12/2023
– Fixed: Form Block spacing issue
– Fixed: Image Gallery Block right side gap issue
– Fixed: NFT Gallery Block API expired issue
– Fixed: Accordion Block scroll issue if the content is bigger than the viewport
= 4.4.0 – 05/12/2023
– Added: Global Color controls
– Added: New Block Icon Picker
– Fixed: Mixed Content issue fix
– Fixed: Flipbox flip issue fix
– Few minor bug fixes & improvements
= 4.3.10 – 30/11/2023
– Added: Responsive sticky mode option in Advanced Video Block
– Added: Disable video download option in Advanced Video Block
– Fixed: Border not working issue
– Fixed: Animation conflict issue in different OS
= 4.3.9 – 20/11/2023
– Fixed: Form Block issue with FSE
– Few minor bug fixes & improvements
= 4.3.8 – 09/11/2023
– Few minor bug fixes & improvements
= 4.3.7 – 09/11/2023
– Added: New presets in Testimonial Block
– Added: Flip on Click feature in Flipbox block
– Added: RTL support in Slider block
– Improved: Block Preview for multiple blocks updated
= 4.3.5 – 01/11/2023
– Added: Custom Order control in Post Grid block contents
– Added: Exit Intent feature in Popup block
– Added: Google Theme and SnazzyMaps Theme in Google Map block
– Added: Select option to set default display filter in Image Gallery block
– Added: Second Button option and Custom Icon picker for Arrow in Slider block
– Fixed: Special Character issue in Table of Content block headings
– Fixed: Exclude posts not working issue in Dynamic blocks
– Fixed: Image Size issue in Advanced Image block
– Improved: Style controls in Post Grid block
= 4.3.4 – 23/10/2023
– Added: Post Carousel block add read more button for all presets
– Added: Fluent Form block change form from controls
– Fixed: Column duplicate issue fix
– Fixed: Form Block input text font size issue in respinsive mode
– Fixed: Essential Blocks Settings page bank when Gutenberg plugin is active issue fix
= 4.2.5 – 11/09/2023
– Fixed: Post Grid and Post Carousel Tags are visible on the top of the carousel
– Improved: Add image size control in Advanced Image Block
= 4.2.4 – 10/09/2023
– Fixed: Post Grid pagination doesn’t update on adding new post
– Fixed: Advanced Tab block content not showing on tab click
– Fixed: Toggle Content block content not showing on toggle
= 4.2.3 – 07/09/2023
– Added: “H” tag select control in Number Counter Block
– Added: Custom Id support in Advanced Tab Block
– Fixed: Fluent Forms Block style not loading in Editor
– Fixed: Post Carousel Block conflict issue fix with LearnDash
– Fixed: Initial loading issue in Image Slider Block
– Improved: Security Enhancement
– Minor Bug fixes & improvements
= 4.2.2 – 30/08/2023
– Fixed: Advanced Navigation error in Widget Area
– Improved: Security Enhancement
– Minor Bug fixes & improvements
= 4.2.0 – 20/08/2023
– Fixed: Post Grid Pagination conflict with Filter
– Fixed: Woo Product Grid Add to Cart button issue fix
– Fixed: Table of Content shows multiple after 4.1.6 update issue fix
– Other bug fixes & improvements
= 4.1.6 – 09/08/2023
– Added: Table of Content block FSE support and more controls
– Fixed: Slider block conflict with animation
– Other bug fixes & improvements
= 4.1.5 – 17/07/2023
– Added: Advanced Image block image size option
– Added: Social Share block Open in New Tab option
– Fixed: Advanced Tab block active color not changing
– Fixed: Post Grid block responsive issue conflict with Animation
= 4.1.4 – 05/07/2023
– Fixed: Image Gallery image alt tag missing
– Fixed: Infobox image alt tag not changing
– Fixed: Adding font group in font-family css
– Minor bug fixes & improvements
= 4.1.3 – 25/06/2023
– Schedule update with minor bug fixes & improvements
= 4.1.2 – 19/06/2023
– Fixed: Shape divider block issue fixes
– Fixed: Team Member block render error
– Fixed: Progress Bar block default render error
– Fixed: Countdown block preset changing not working properly
– Fixed: Advanced Video block console error
– Fixed: Instagram Feed block error
= 4.1.1 – 05/06/2023
– Added: Nofollow Option added in Button Block
– Added: Meta prefix change control in Post Grid & Post Carousel block
– Fixed: Delete Columns Block throwing Error
– Fixed: Popular Templates not loading
– Fixed: Advanced Video Block Validation error remove
– Fixed: Block Widgets throwing PHP notice
= 4.1.0 – 31/05/2023
– Added: New Block EB Shape Divider
– Added: New Presets for EB Post Grid & EB Countdown
– Fixed: Font Awesome icons not loading in FSE
– Improved: Dynamic Query for all the Dynamic Blocks
– Fixed: Time of Read text not being Translatable in EB Post Grid
– Few minor bug fixes & improvements
Fixed: Row Block and Post Grid Block column responsive issue
Fixed: Deprecated Functions removed
3.0.2 – 26/10/2021
Added: New Block – Row/Columns Block
Added: New Block – Post Grid Block
Fixed: Infobox not saving title & description
Typo: “Team member” block title fixed
3.0.1 – 29/09/2021
Added: Option to make the whole infobox clickable
Added: 5 overlay styles in Gallery block overlay style
Added: Caption width and horizontal control in Gallery block
Improved: Edit page block performance by removing unnecessary calculations for styles for all blocks
Improved: Minify css by removing unnecessary css for all blocks
Improved: Image comparison block selection issue on edit page
Improved: Somme css in pricing table block
Fixed: PHP 5.6 compatibility issue
Fixed: Attempt Recovery issue in Gallery Block
Fixed: Some typos
Fixed: Responsive Range Controller unit changing to ‘%’ or ’em’ from ‘px’ not changing value to 100 correctly if the value is more than 100.
3.0.0 – 20/09/2021
Revamped: Restructured code for better performance
Revamped: Inspector-panel redesigned
Improved: Dynamic asset generation instead of inline styles
Added: Responsive & interactive controls for all the blocks
Added: New Presets for most blocks
Added: Margin, Padding, Background & other controls for all the blocks
Improved: Slider Block | Added Vertical Slider, Custom Height & many more
Improved: Parallax Block | Custom Height, Advanced Typography & many more
Improved: Image Gallery | Added color overlay style
Improved: Instagram Block | Added Sorting, layout, show meta option
Improved: Call to Action Block | Added subtitle, sorting option, space, icons & many more
Improved: Instagram Feed Block | Added new layouts, API Limit, sorting, meta options & many more
Improved: Image Comparison Block | Rendering in frontend
Improved: Wrapper Block | Added Inner content, alignment controls & many more
Improved: Accordion Block | Added Hover option with transition effects & many more
Improved: Team Member Block | Added initial layout and improve the ‘Color’ controls
Fixed: Toggle Content Block | ‘Gradient-type’ changing back to ‘linear’
Fixed: Block editor dependency issues
Few minor bug fix & improvements
2.4.4 – 25/08/2021
Added: Wrapper Alignment Option On Flipbox Block, Wrapper Block
Added: Dynamic asset generation instead of inline styles, Responsive controls with preview for Wrapper block, Image comparison and Gallery block
Added: Margin, padding, background and border option for content wrapper in wrapper block
Improved: Few controls and default Design on Flipbox block
Improved: Third party assets enqueue process
2.4.3 – 01/08/2021
Added: Dynamic asset generation instead of inline styles, Responsive controls with preview & design presets for Countdown block, Progress bar and Advanced heading block.
Added: Advanced and responsive typography option for Progress bar, Countdown and Advanced heading block.
Added: Scroll animation, stripe animation, alignment option for every section in Progress bar block.
Added: Alignment option for content, subtitle, Icon as separator in Advanced heading.
Added: Margin, padding, background and border option for content wrapper in Advanced heading, Countdown and Progress bar block.
Improved: Infobox, Notice, Number counter, Countdown, Progress Bar, Advanced heading updated with new inspector panel design and controls.
Improved: Font-style option added for typography control.
Improved: Some unnecessary css & js enqueues are removed & frontend assets optimised.
2.4.2 – 15/07/2021
Added: New design and convention for controls
Added: Fade style for Flipbox
Added: New preset for pricing table, Dual button
Improved: Dual Button, Pricing table, Typing text, Flipbox updated with new controls
Improved: Category register function modified
Improved: Modified few css enqueue files and enqueued editor css from admin asset file.
Fixed: Browser waring for sourcemaps.
2.4.1 – 30/06/2021
Fixed: Newly updated blocks (Notice block, Infobox block, Testimonial block, Typing text block, Number Counter Block) not working on safari browser.
Improved: Background, Margin-Padding, Border, Border-radius options of inspector panel improved.
Improved: Responsive Device Preview improved.
Improved: Dynamic css generation (instead of inline css) & responsive options implemented on flipbox block.
Improved: Typing text block, implemented new controls.